Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee inspects the operation of wood processing facilities
On the morning of February 24, comrade Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee and the working delegation inspected the investment and operation of factories and wood chip processing facilities in Anh Son and Con Cuong districts.
Accompanying were Mr. Nguyen Danh Hung - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; representatives of the Forestry Department and related units.
Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van De and members inspected the construction progress at two wood processing factories: MDF Fiberboard Joint Stock Company and Green Energy Joint Stock Company under Nghe An Agricultural Materials Corporation, both located in Khai Son commune, Anh Son district.
According to the report of Anh Son District People's Committee, Anh Son District is constructing 2 wood processing factories in Tri Le Industrial Park, Khai Son Commune, Anh Son District. Including: Factory for manufacturing and processing wood pellets for export (Green Energy Joint Stock Company) with a designed capacity of 150,000 tons of wood pellets/year, total investment of over 400 billion VND. According to the plan, the project will be put into operation from July 2025.
Nghe An MDF Wood Joint Stock Company, produces MDF, HDF, and laminated wood. Project scale and capacity: MDF, HDF: 360,000 m3/year, laminated wood: 2,400 m3/year... The factory is expected to be operational in the third quarter of 2027.
With the current progress, Anh Son district requests the Provincial People's Committee to direct and urge the acceleration of the construction progress of the wood production and processing factory project of Nghe An MDF Wood Joint Stock Company.
Also on the same day, the working delegation inspected the Forestry Processing Zone Project at the Industrial Cluster of Bong Khe Commune, Con Cuong District and the forest products processing activities at Hoan Thanh Wood Processing Joint Stock Company, Chi Khe Commune, Con Cuong District.
According to the representative of Con Cuong District People's Committee, Hoan Thanh Wood Processing Joint Stock Company recently leased a unit to illegally chop wood chips. Con Cuong District People's Committee requested to stop the operation and made a record of administrative violations.
Con Cuong district has a large area of forest and forestry land, nearly 164,600 hectares, however, up to now, there has not been a production and processing facility that has been properly invested in and in accordance with the law on purchasing and processing activities.
In order to effectively purchase and process products from planted forests, create convenience for people, and avoid being forced to lower prices by traders, Con Cuong district proposed that the Provincial People's Committee consider creating favorable conditions to soon complete procedures so that the Forest Products Processing Zone Project in the Industrial Cluster of Bong Khe Commune, Con Cuong District can soon come into operation.
Propose that the Provincial People's Committee agree to adjust the Land Use Planning for the period 2021-2030 of Con Cuong district so that the weighing and chipping stations in the district can serve as a basis for proposing to competent authorities to complete documents and procedures related to land, environment... to operate in accordance with the provisions of law.
Through the on-site inspection, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van De requested processing facilities to complete legal procedures in accordance with regulations. At the same time, he requested project owners to speed up construction progress and put the factories into operation soon.
To meet the project progress, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested localities to coordinate effectively with the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board, and at the same time direct communes and towns to properly implement management work, creating favorable procedures for investors to deploy the construction of factories.
Besides, proactively inspect to promptly detect and correct violations related to the forest product processing sector in accordance with authority, especially not allowing them to arise and affect socio-economic development in the area.
