The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested departments, branches, units and localities to focus on thoroughly resolving the petitions of enterprises.

On October 6, 2022, at the Provincial People's Committee Office, Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired a meeting with the Provincial Business Association and Business Associations.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting between the Provincial People's Committee and Business Associations and Business Associations. Photo: Pham Bang

At the meeting, after listening to the Department of Planning and Investment's report on the implementation of resolving difficulties of enterprises; Associations and Business Associations reporting on difficulties and obstacles of enterprises; responses from relevant departments, branches, localities and units; Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee concluded and assigned departments, branches, units and localities to focus on implementing the following contents in the coming time:

- Strengthen dialogue with businesses, have specific solutions to thoroughly resolve businesses' recommendations according to the motto of strengthening solutions and resolutions, limiting explanations and explanations.

- Implement synchronously, effectively and drastically administrative procedure reform solutions; be ready to support and share difficulties and problems of enterprises, create the most favorable conditions for enterprises to develop and attract more enterprises to invest in the province.

- Strengthen the capacity of cadres and civil servants; promote discipline and order in state agencies; improve transparency, responsibility and public ethics; promote the application of information technology, handle work in the digital environment, limit direct contact with businesses in handling work; strictly handle civil servants who harass and cause difficulties for businesses.

- Assign the Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion to take the lead in connecting with VCCI Nghe An, Business Associations, and Business Associations to synthesize business recommendations and send them to the Department of Planning and Investment for assignment to sectors and localities for resolution; Monitor the resolution process of departments, sectors, and localities; advise the Provincial People's Committee to organize regular meetings and ad hoc meetings when necessary to handle business recommendations.

- Assign the Department of Planning and Investment to preside over and coordinate with sectors to resolve business recommendations; report to the Provincial People's Committee the results of resolving recommendations of departments, sectors and localities and send them to the Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion for monitoring and synthesis.

- Propose that VCCI Nghe An, the Provincial Business Association and Business Associations continue to grasp and propose to the province (through the Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion) difficulties and problems of enterprises to remove and resolve.

Representatives of Associations and Business Associations attended the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

Regarding specific recommendations of enterprises:

1.Proposal of Truong An General Materials Joint Stock Company and Construction Investment Joint Stock Company 379 on site clearance of the land area being re-encroached by people in Area A - Nam Cam Industrial Park:

Assign the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board to preside over and coordinate with departments, branches and Nghi Loc District People's Committee to review all difficulties and problems; carefully prepare content and specific solutions to advise the Provincial People's Committee to organize a meeting before October 20, 2022.

2.Proposal of Hung Hung Joint Stock Company, Van Minh Company Limited and Minh Anh - Do Luong Garment Joint Stock Company regarding land rent:

The authority to consider and resolve the exemption and reduction of land rent and land use fees belongs to the tax authority. Therefore, the Provincial Tax Department is requested to resolve the enterprises' recommendations on exemption and reduction of land rent and land use fees in accordance with the actual situation and regulations of the law. Report to the Provincial People's Committee the implementation results before October 30, 2022.

3.Recommendation of Vinaconex Construction Joint Stock Company 16 on resolving violations in land use fee collection at the Adjacent Housing Project in Truong Thi Ward, Vinh City:

The case is currently being handled by the Provincial People's Court and is undergoing the litigation process. After the verdict is issued, the relevant agencies will comply with the regulations.

4.Recommendation of Nghe An Petroleum Company:

a) Regarding the refund of the amount of money that Nghe An Petroleum Company paid for compensation for site clearance at the land granted under Decision No. 515/QD-UBND dated June 16, 2016 of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee:

Regarding this content, the Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 3095/QD-UBND dated October 10, 2022, allocating VND 369.6 million to Nghe An Petroleum Company to refund the remaining value of land rent.

b) Regarding the procedure for reissuing the expired certificate of eligibility for petroleum business of the Nghi Phong Petroleum Store Project, Nghi Loc district:

The Department of Industry and Trade is requested to preside over and coordinate with the Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion and relevant departments and branches to consider and resolve for businesses before October 30, 2022.

5.Proposal of Nghe An Dredger and Construction Joint Stock Company on adjusting land rental price in accordance with actual land value as stipulated in Vinh city land price list for the period 2020 - 2024:

The collection of land rent is in accordance with regulations; at the meeting on June 3, 2022, the Provincial Land Valuation Council agreed to maintain the land price approved by the Provincial People's Committee in Decision No. 508/QD-UBND dated November 19, 2020. Therefore, the Enterprise is requested to fulfill its tax obligations according to regulations.

6.Proposal of Nghe An Infrastructure Development Construction Investment Company Limited on site clearance and handover of Nam Cam Industrial Park infrastructure assets to the company to implement the business plan:

Assign the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board to synthesize and include the content in the meeting along with the content in section 5.1 above, and report to the Provincial People's Committee for resolution.

7.Recommendations of Hoang Thi Loan Textile and Garment Joint Stock Company on guiding enterprises to implement and enjoy preferential import and export tax rates under the RCEP Agreement:

After receiving guidance documents from the Central Government, the Provincial Customs Department is requested to promptly guide businesses on related procedures according to regulations.

8.Proposal of Nghe Tinh Port Joint Stock Company on speeding up the completion of the new fishing wharf and related infrastructure to soon relocate all fishing boats of fishermen anchored in Cua Lo port area and to arrange the planning of the dumping area after dredging to facilitate the maintenance and exploitation of the seaport, better serving ships entering and leaving the port:

Currently, Nghi Tan fishing port and Nghi Thuy fishing port have been completed and put into use for fishing boats in Cua Lo town and other localities to anchor and unload goods.

- Assign the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to coordinate with Nghe Tinh Port Joint Stock Company to guide fishermen's fishing boats to dock and anchor in accordance with regulations.

- Assign the Department of Transport to preside over and coordinate with the People's Committee of Cua Lo town to advise the Provincial People's Committee to continue working with the Ministry of Transport and the Maritime Administration to implement dredging of the channel from Nghi Tan fishing port area to Cua Lo port channel.

9.Some recommendations related to investment procedures of Petrolimex Nghe Tinh Transport and Service Joint Stock Company, Hoang Thi Loan Textile Joint Stock Company, Central Construction Materials Joint Stock Company:

The Department of Planning and Investment shall preside over and coordinate with relevant departments, branches and localities to guide and facilitate enterprises in the implementation process, and report to the Provincial People's Committee on the implementation results before October 31, 2022.

10.Some recommendations related to payment of outstanding construction debts of Rural Development and Construction Joint Stock Company 10, Nghe An Shipbuilding and Construction Joint Stock Company:

Assign the Department of Planning and Investment to coordinate with the Department of Finance to review outstanding debts of basic construction projects according to the following principles:

- For projects using concentrated public investment capital: Only pay outstanding debts for basic construction arising from December 31, 2014 or earlier in accordance with regulations. The level of capital used for the project must be responsible for paying the debt.

- For projects using sources other than concentrated public investment capital, debt repayment obligations are the responsibility of the investor.

11.Recommendations of Nghe An Sugarcane Company Limited (NASU), MML FARM Nghe An Company Limited on repairing or asphalting the DT 531C road section from Km0 to Km 6+100 to ensure traffic safety and transportation of agricultural products for people's lives, transportation of sugarcane, agricultural products, Masan pig farm:

For the above road section, the Department of Transport reported that it will continue to maintain regular maintenance and is expected to include the above road section in the Upgrade and Repair Plan in 2023.

Assign the Department of Transport to inform businesses so they can be proactive in the process of implementing production and business. Avoid making repeated recommendations.

12.The proposal of Nghe An Seafood Joint Stock Company requires Nghe An Electricity Company to comply with the following legal provisions: (1) Relocate the power line system to return the site so that the Company can implement the project on schedule; (2) Refund the land use fee according to the area of ​​the power grid safety corridor due to the installation of the power line system on the company's land from the time of construction to the present; (3) Compensate for material damage and economic damage due to the project's slow construction progress:

The Department of Construction shall preside over and coordinate with the Department of Industry and Trade, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the Provincial Tax Department and the People's Committee of Cua Lo town to review the planning documents and land lease documents of the project; organize a site inspection of the project, work with Nghe An Seafood Joint Stock Company to determine and agree on the responsibilities of the relevant parties and implementation solutions. To be completed before November 15, 2022.

The above is the conclusion of comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee at the meeting with the Business Association and Provincial Business Associations. The Provincial People's Committee informs the departments, branches, sectors; People's Committees of districts, cities, towns and related units to know and coordinate in implementation./.