Hung Dong Industrial Cluster Infrastructure - 'Struggling' for nearly 2 decades

The project is extended.

On October 4, 2005, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued Decision No. 3437/QD.UBND-CN approving the Detailed Planning Project of the Small Industrial Park in Hung Dong commune (Vinh city). The planning area of ​​this project is 39.5 hectares, in the western region.North-South railwayand south of Dang Thai Mai street, Hung Dong commune.

Nearly 20 years after the investment approval, Hung Dong Small Industrial Cluster is still an empty lot. Photo: Tien Dong

On May 18, 2007, Nghe An Provincial People's Committee issued Decision 1739/QD.UBND-CN approving the investment project to build technical infrastructure for Hung Dong Small Industrial Park. Accordingly, phase 1 of this project covers an area of ​​27.51 hectares, including industrial cluster foundation items and 8 internal traffic routes; wastewater drainage system; water supply and fire prevention and fighting system; power supply system. The total investment of the project at this time is 69 billion VND, from capital mobilized from investors; partial support from the provincial and Vinh city budgets...

Initially, this project was invested by Vinh City People's Committee, however, the project was later transferred to Vietnam Machinery Installation Corporation - Lilama. From 2010 to present, the project was transferred to Railway Infrastructure and Urban Development Investment Joint Stock Company as the investor. From the initial total investment of 69 billion VND, the project has now increased its total investment to 253,601 billion VND. Since receiving the project, Railway Infrastructure and Urban Development Investment Joint Stock Company has changed its Investment Certificate 4 times, mainly registering to adjust the implementation progress and operation period of the project.

Up to now, the land clearance of the entire project land has been completed but the investor has not been able to start construction because the land has not been leased and the construction permit has not been granted. Photo: Tien Dong

The latest change to the Investment Registration Certificate was on January 12, 2022, the deadline for completing the synchronous construction of the technical infrastructure of Hung Dong Small Industrial Cluster Phase 1 is in the fourth quarter of 2023.

According to our research,Hung Dong small industrial clusteris one of three industrial clusters in the province invested by enterprises to build technical infrastructure for the industrial cluster. To implement this project, the Provincial People's Committee and Vinh City People's Committee issued two decisions to reclaim more than 28.1 hectares of agricultural land from 184 households in three hamlets: Yen Khang, Yen Xa, Yen Vinh (Hung Dong commune), with a total amount of nearly 69 billion VND.

Up to now, the households have received compensation and handed over the land to the investor to construct the project. However, the investor has only been allowed to lease 7.7 hectares, the remaining area has not completed the leasing procedures and the issuance of the Land Use Rights Certificate. This makes this project still just an empty lot, unable to be completed and put into operation.

Mr. Dau Quang Cuong - Head of the Project Management Board of Hung Dong Small Industrial Cluster, Railway Infrastructure and Urban Development Investment Joint Stock Company said: Currently, the investor is completing the procedures to be allocated land, granted a Construction Permit, then proceed to level the ground and complete the construction of functional areas. The reason the project is taking so long, Mr. Cuong said, is due to the slow site clearance, causing many opportunities to attract large investors to be missed over the past 10 years.

Overall perspective of Hung Dong Small Industrial Cluster. Photo: Tien Dong

No access yet

Up to now, although the site clearance work of Hung Dong Industrial Park has been completed, the access road is not yet available, in which the two routes D3 and N3 connecting this industrial park with Dang Thai Mai and Ho Ngoc Lam and Nguyen Chi Thanh streets have not been completed, thus affecting the implementation of the project. Not to mention, some areas that have been completed for compensation are interspersed in a "leopard" shape, so the infrastructure cannot be completed, affecting the progress and the work of attracting projects into the industrial park, causing waste in land use.

It is known that previously, the D3 route (750m long), connecting Nguyen Chi Thanh Street with Dang Thai Mai Street, went through the industrial park and the N3 route (453m long) connecting D3 Street with N1 Street, was invested by the Railway Infrastructure and Urban Development Investment Joint Stock Company. But in 2013, the project to build these two routes was handed over to the Vinh City People's Committee with a total investment of more than 64.9 billion VND.

Route D3 connecting to Dang Thai Mai street cannot be completed because of 11 households. Photo: Tien Dong

However, according to Mr. Duong Anh Ngoc - Deputy Director of Vinh City Construction Investment Project Management Board: The site clearance for the Hung Dong Industrial Cluster Project as well as the construction of D3 and N3 roads encountered many difficulties and was prolonged due to disagreement from the households whose land was recovered, and many complaints and petitions. For D3 road, only 75% of the contract volume has been completed, the remaining 60m long section, adjacent to Dang Thai Mai road, is stuck with 11 residential land plots that must be relocated and resettled, so there is no land to proceed with construction. As for N3 road, there are still 9 residential land plots that must be relocated and resettled.

Not to mention, when constructing these routes, households whose agricultural land was recovered obstructed the contractor from constructing, so it was necessary to develop a construction protection plan twice in January 2019 and September 2020. By the beginning of 2021, households and individuals with agricultural land on routes D3, N3 and the new industrial cluster project will receive all compensation and site clearance according to the approved plan.

The unfinished D3 route is currently blocked by concrete blocks. However, people still use this route to travel. Photo: Tien Dong

On April 15, 2022, the construction unit connected D3 and N3 roads with the industrial park project and Nguyen Chi Thanh Street. However, the connection point between D3 and Dang Thai Mai Street could not be completed because the City People's Committee was carrying out compensation, site clearance, and resettlement for 11 households, and had not yet handed over the site, so construction could not begin.

On the other hand, according to Mr. Ngoc, the land fund for resettlement for 20 households on the D3, N3 roads in the infrastructure project of dividing land plots in My Hau hamlet, Hung Dong commune (7.7 hectares) has not yet completed the technical infrastructure because the project had to temporarily stop construction to adjust the planning according to the zoning plan of Hung Dong commune. At the same time, it is necessary to adjust the investment policy, adjust the project, adjust the construction protection design and estimate, adjust the cadastral map extract and the accompanying legal procedures. Currently, the City People's Committee is submitting to the Department of Construction for appraisal of the adjusted construction drawing design, only then will there be a basis to deploy the construction to complete the resettlement infrastructure for the additional roads D3, N3.

Faced with the delay of Hung Dong Small Industrial Cluster, responding to the petition of voters of Hung Dong commune at the 4th session of the 18th Provincial People's Council recently, the Provincial People's Committee also requested the investor to complete the technical infrastructure items in Hung Dong Industrial Cluster, especially the new centralized wastewater treatment system for secondary investors renting land in the industrial cluster. Only attract high-tech industries, supporting industries that do not pose a risk of pollution, and environmentally friendly industries, to ensure sustainable development and not affect the lives of people around the industrial cluster.