Provincial leaders criticize some departments and branches for being slow in handling investment procedures.

Chau Lan - Lam Tung• DNUM_BEZBCZCABI 12:11

(Baonghean.vn) - Criticizing some departments and branches for being slow in investment procedures, not caring, and not taking high responsibility for investors' problems, was the issue raised at the year-end meeting between provincial leaders and investors on the morning of December 14.

This morning, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to hear about the progress of key projects. The meeting was chaired by comrades: Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation requested departments and branches to further enhance their responsibility in handling procedures for investors. Photo: Lam Tung

Also attending the meeting were representatives of investors of the projects: VSIP Nghe An Industrial, Urban and Service Park; WHA Industrial Zone 1 - Nghe An Infrastructure Construction and Business; Cua Lo Deepwater Port; projects of FLC, Vingroup, Song Lam Cement, Thien Minh Duc, MDF Wood Processing Factory.

Still many problems

The DKC Petroleum Depot Project will officially come into operation at the end of 2018. When the project comes into operation, it is expected to contribute about 2,000 billion VND to the state budget. This project also includes the DKC Petroleum Port with a scale of building a specialized port to receive ships with a capacity of up to 49,000 DWT, 1 port to receive ships with a capacity of up to 10,000 DWT; total investment of 570 billion VND, operating time of 50 years. Currently, the investor wishes to invest in building a road to the port and the Provincial People's Committee has issued Document No. 6226/2018 on proposing investment capital for the road construction project to the Government.

At the meeting, the representative of the investor of the DKC Petroleum Depot Project, Ms. Chu Thi Thanh - Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Thien Minh Duc Company, said: Although there have been policies and proposals, the departments and agencies are still slowing down the procedures. The company hopes that the departments and agencies will speed up the procedures so that the project can soon be put into operation.

Regarding the progress of the Hemaraj project, the investor also wishes to speed up the site clearance and relocation of the large cemetery in Nghi Thuan commune; request all levels and sectors to convert protective forests to production forests, and complete the extraction and measurement.

Regarding the projects invested by Song Lam Cement Group Corporation, the progress of relocating Warehouse K41 is currently very slow, and the planning for relocating households within the area affected by the environment is also slow.

Ms. Chu Thi Thanh - Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Thien Minh Duc Company said that investment procedures for DKC Petroleum Depot projects are still slow. Photo: Lam Tung

Vingroup is investing in several projects in Nghe An, including the Quang Trung B area renovation project. Currently, the investor is coordinating with the City People's Committee to develop a compensation, support, and temporary housing plan for land acquisition and project implementation. The investor is proposing to the locality to exempt land use fees and land rent for the project.

Some other investors also proposed some other problems such as raw material mines and forest conversion.

At the meeting, some sectors such as the Department of Finance, Natural Resources and Environment also explained some opinions about capital sources, progress in resolving problems, long-term planning for land mines...

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee frankly criticized some departments and branches for slowing down procedures for investors; one procedure taking an average of 1 year to complete is too slow.

According to comrade Le Ngoc Hoa, in attracting investment, we must be creative, quick, dare to do and dare to take responsibility. Administrative reform is an important issue that departments such as the Department of Planning and Investment, Department of Natural Resources and Environment are still slow in procedures for large projects such as Hemaraj, Hanoi Beer, VSIP...

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee criticized the Department of Planning and Investment and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment for being slow in handling investment procedures. Photo: Lam Tung

Focus on high responsibility to investors

Currently, it can be said that many investment projects in Nghe An are stuck in procedures and are in a state of “waiting”. If administrative reform is not implemented drastically and substantially, investors will still face difficulties.

At the meeting, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh highly appreciated the recent regular meetings between investors and the province, which created a forum and promptly resolved some problems for investors. At the same time, he criticized the directors of specialized departments who were absent from the meeting, such as the Department of Planning and Investment, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Economic Zone Management Board, and requested the above departments and branches to grasp the issues to resolve them for investors.

The Provincial Party Secretary affirmed that Nghe An will always resolve issues for investors on the basis of the law, research and clarify issues to find quick solutions. Priority will be given to projects that bring in large budget revenues for the province.

Regarding the viewpoints and perceptions of all levels and sectors for each investment project, it is necessary to better define them, avoiding the situation of asking and asking. Common problems among investors need to be consulted to find a common solution.

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 assigned specific progress to each sector and district for the projects. Photo: Lam Tung

Concluding the meeting, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy requested the Provincial People's Committee office to report back on how the issue has been resolved in the previous meeting, to avoid keeping investors waiting.

The Chairman assigned the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board to develop a plan for land and material use. Assigned Hung Nguyen district to focus on site clearance for the VSIP project and hand over the cleared site before January 15, 2019.For Vinh city, GMPB directive is within the city scope in January 2019.

The issues of the Hemaraj project also need to be implemented in December 2019. For the deep-water port project of TH Group, the Provincial People's Committee requested TH Group to implement the project soon. For the project of DKC Petroleum Depot, the Department of Planning and Investment was assigned to have a road for the project soon. The Provincial People's Committee will have a specific announcement after the meeting.