Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee: Hoang Mai needs to calculate land resources for attracting investment

Continuing the program of visiting and working in Hoang Mai town, on the afternoon of May 14, comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee had a working session with the leaders of Hoang Mai town. Also attending were comrade Tran Van Hung - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command and representatives of relevant departments, branches and sectors. Photo: Dao Tuan

Lack of investment resources according to the criteria of type III urban areas

According to the report of the People's Committee of Hoang Mai town, the total production value in 2018 reached 13,698 billion VND, an increase of 18.34% over the same period. The economic growth rate reached 16.43%. The economic structure continued to shift in the right direction, increasing the proportion of industry - construction and services, reducing the proportion of agriculture, forestry and fishery. The total budget revenue in the area reached more than 292.5 billion VND. The average added value per capita for the whole year reached 52.69 million VND.

Total production value by the end of the first quarter of 2019 is estimated at 3,843 billion VND, up 12.1% over the same period. Economic growth rate is estimated at 14.82%, of which industry - construction increased by 24.73%; services increased by 15.64%. Budget revenue is quite good, in the first quarter it reached 64,705 billion VND, equal to 29.4% of the province's estimate, up 43% over the same period (land use fee alone reached 48 billion VND).

At the meeting, the town leaders also pointed out some shortcomings and limitations in implementing socio-economic tasks. That is, agricultural production still faces many difficulties; seafood exploitation is the town's strength, but is still affected by natural disasters because fishing boats do not have a place to take shelter from storms, and it is difficult to enter and exit the Con canal.

Chairman of Hoang Mai Town People's Committee Nguyen Huu Tuy spoke at the meeting. Photo: Dao Tuan

The tourism and service sectors have not developed commensurate with their potential. Construction progress on some key projects is slow, and many projects lack the capital to complete them.

Some infrastructure projects are urgent in socio-economic development, building criteria for type III urban areas but there are no resources for investment such as: Bridge connecting Road No. 2 to Quynh Phuong and Quynh Lien coastal tourist areas; Lach Con storm shelter area; Quynh Lap fishing wharf and anchorage area... Therefore, the goal of the town meeting the criteria of a type III urban area by 2025 is very difficult.

Tax arrears by the end of 2018 were more than 33.3 billion VND, of which recoverable debt was more than 13.6 billion VND.

Hoang Mai City Party Secretary Vo Van Dung said that Hoang Mai is facing many bottlenecks in the development process. Photo: Dao Tuan

Speaking at the meeting, the leader of Hoang Mai town said that after the town was established in 2013, it had developed rapidly, but up to now, many bottlenecks have begun to appear in many fields.

Specifically, the town has many projects and constructions, but almost none of them have been completed and put into operation. In addition, investment is mainly focused on economic infrastructure, while social infrastructure systems such as schools, public works, and grassroots cultural institutions are still not synchronized.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy inspected the planning of Dong Hoi Port, Hoang Mai town on the morning of May 14. Photo: Dao Tuan

Participating in the working session, representatives of a number of departments and branches also raised a number of issues related to contents such as: investment attraction, construction, urban planning, exploitation and processing of aquatic resources, education and training...

Need to evaluate the effectiveness of land exploitation activities

Concluding the working session, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy highly appreciated the efforts of Hoang Mai town in implementing socio-economic tasks in recent times.

Regarding the local proposals, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that on September 18, 2014, the Provincial Party Standing Committee issued Resolution No. 11 on Construction and Development of Hoang Mai Town to 2020 and the following years. This is the legal basis for construction and development of the town.

The province's policy also allows the town to retain all the money collected through land exploitation activities to serve construction investment. At the meeting, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy continued to agree with this policy.

However, in the context of public investment activities being greatly impacted and capital resources being difficult, Hoang Mai town still has many unfinished projects and works. Local leaders need to seriously review and re-evaluate land planning and use as well as land fund exploitation.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy requested Hoang Mai town to accurately calculate land funds and land resources for investment attraction activities.

In addition, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee directed Hoang Mai town to accurately calculate land funds and land resources for investment attraction activities.

Because if the industrial land fund is not met, it will be difficult to attract investors. Being proactive in land resources also means creating new urban values ​​and the appearance of the town. To do this, we must focus on planning work.

Regarding the exploitation and capture of aquatic products, comrade Thai Thanh Quy affirmed that Hoang Mai town is the locality with the largest offshore fishing fleet in the province with more than 1,000 vessels with a capacity of 90CV or more and about 80 vessels fishing in the Truong Sa sea area. Therefore, the town must pay attention to fishing logistics. According to the proposal of the town's leaders, the province will first study the policy for Hoang Mai town to invest in a seafood processing industrial park.

Hoang Mai Town. Photo: Google Maps

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy also focused on analyzing the issues facing Hoang Mai town in infrastructure construction, urban beautification, and planning orientation for traffic system development.

Regarding 21 projects and works proposed by Hoang Mai town for investment and construction, comrade Thai Thanh Quy requested the Department of Planning and Investment to carefully check. Accordingly, the province will create conditions for capital sources for implementation of any projects that are included in the list of public investment capital use in the period 2016-2020.

Regarding the fields of culture, health, education - training, finance and banking, comrade Thai Thanh Quy requested that the town's leaders must have a long-term vision and early planning, on that basis, meet the requirements of objective trends set by development.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy inspected a number of key projects in Hoang Mai town.

(Baonghean.vn) - Inspecting Dong Hoi port at Dong Hoi Industrial Park, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy emphasized that this is a key economic project of Hoang Mai town in particular and the province in general, so he requested local leaders and related units to find solutions to remove difficulties to continue implementing according to the plan.