Nghe An is ready for the 10th meeting with investors.

Nghe An Newspaper interviewed comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee on some related contents.

PV:The 2018 Spring Investor Meeting is coming up. How has the province been preparing so far, sir?

Provincial leaders inspect Vinpearl Cua Hoi Resort. Photo: TL

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa:The 2018 Spring Investor Meeting will be held on March 10, 2018, at the Muong Thanh Phuong Dong Hotel Convention Center, Vinh City with over 800 delegates attending.

The conference is expected to invite leaders of the Government, ministries, branches of the Central Government, Vietnamese representative agencies abroad, neighboring provinces, corporations, general companies, Vietnamese business associations, banks, investment funds, enterprises, businessmen from Nghe An, FDI enterprises, embassies, commercial counselors in Vietnam, international organizations and many foreign investors...

For this important event to take place successfully, the Provincial People's Committee has a Plan to prepare for the Spring 2018 Investor Meeting.

Based on the assigned tasks, the subcommittees have focused on implementing them with the highest spirit and progress. Specifically, up to now, the content subcommittee has basically completed the program and scenario for organizing the Conference; reviewed and completed the list of investment attraction projects and issued the Decision to grant investment registration certificates to a number of projects.

The logistics, security and propaganda subcommittee has completed printing and issuing invitations; developed a plan to arrange accommodation and meals for the Conference; and developed a plan to ensure security and order before, during and after the Conference;

Provincial leaders visit the operating area of ​​Mavin AustFeed Nghe An Company Limited. Photo: Thanh Le

Regarding information and propaganda work, the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Provincial Investment Promotion and Support Center to coordinate with the members of the Subcommittee to draft a Propaganda Plan for the 10th Meeting with Investors in Spring 2018.

According to the draft, the propaganda contents include: Propaganda about the purpose, meaning, program, and activities of the 10th Meeting with Investors - Spring Mau Tuat 2018; propaganda about the achievements of investment promotion activities of Nghe An province; introduction of development viewpoints, policies, and investment potential of Nghe An province.

In addition, the Provincial Investment Promotion and Support Center has also coordinated with relevant units to develop a propaganda theme, providing some necessary information for the documentary film "Nghe An - Attractive Investment Destination"; hanging propaganda banners and flags; completing the plan for the exhibition area outside the Conference;...

It can be said that, with the proactiveness and responsibility of all levels, sectors and the close direction of the provincial leaders, up to now, all preparations for the 10th Meeting with Investors - Spring Mau Tuat 2018 have basically been completed on schedule, ensuring the most successful Conference.

PV:Dear comrade, the 2018 Spring Investor Meeting is associated with the 10th anniversary of Nghe An province organizing the investment promotion conference. So, compared to many previous Investment Promotion Conferences, what are the new points of this Conference?

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa:The conference to meet investors can be said to have become a traditional annual conference after the Lunar New Year. The conference to meet investors in the Spring of Mau Tuat 2018 is an opportunity to promote, introduce and advertise the potentials, advantages, investment incentive policies of Nghe An province to the domestic and foreign business community; Create a forum for international organizations, investors, domestic and foreign businesses to meet, exchange experiences, establish cooperative relationships, and link the province's socio-economic development.

Unlike previous conferences, this conference is the 10th year we have held a meeting with investors. Therefore, in addition to organizing an annual conference, this is also an opportunity for the province to evaluate and summarize the experience of organizing the conference.

Thereby, building and promulgating more appropriate and correct investment attraction policies so that Nghe An can continue to promote signed and cooperated projects in the conference, properly implement commitments; build action programs, and support investors.

In addition, the province also expects this to be a "push" for departments, branches and localities in building mechanisms and policies to attract investment in related fields, reforming administrative procedures appropriately to meet development requirements.

VSIP Nghe An is VSIP's 7th project in Vietnam. Photo: PV

PV:Could you tell us the goals and directions that Nghe An province sets for the meeting with investors in the Spring of Mau Tuat 2018?

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa:At the 2018 Spring Mau Tuat Investor Meeting, Nghe An aims to create new breakthroughs to attract more investors and large-scale projects to Nghe An.

The province's investment attraction orientation is to target investors in industrial park infrastructure, focusing on economic zones, industrial parks, and industrial clusters that have been invested in synchronous and complete infrastructure. Moreover, this is the criterion that helps us avoid environmental impacts and consequences.

Accordingly, this year’s meeting with investors is different in that the province will rely on the core of industrial park infrastructure investors. Therefore, their partners and investors are the investors that the province is targeting.

Currently, the province is focusing on reviewing and directing those investors to provide the province with a list of potential investors so that we can direct, sign, and provide investment certificates at the conference.

Second, the province is reviewing the list of projects that can be signed and granted investment certificates at the conference. The projects will hold groundbreaking and commencement ceremonies right on the occasion of this important event.

In order for the projects signed at the conference to be implemented soon, right after the conference, the province held a meeting and assigned tasks to the committee members, Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee as well as departments and branches to review and urge drastic implementation.

In that spirit, in 2018, Nghe An set a goal to continue to strongly improve the investment environment. Learning from previous years, in 2018 the province will review and promptly urge, not allowing projects that have been signed, agreed upon, and granted investment certificates at meetings with investors to affect the province's investment environment; causing inequality between real projects and projects that are just "beating the drum to register their names".

The province's viewpoint is that Nghe An always accompanies, creates the most favorable conditions and is ready to support and cooperate closely with all investors with specific and practical actions; at the same time, it will resolutely direct the recovery of slow-progressing and unfeasible projects.

PV:Thanks comrade!