Young town and "bright colors"...

(Baonghean) - Although newly established, Hoang Mai Town has all the elements for rapid and sustainable development, becoming a growth pole of the province. Looking at the potential, achievements and development orientations, we have the right to expect from this land at the head of Nghe An...

Established in 2013, Hoang Mai had a relatively difficult start due to natural disasters, and the technical infrastructure in the early stages was still lacking and not synchronized. In addition, the requirement to restructure and innovate the growth model, focusing on quality and efficiency and ensuring sustainability posed many challenges for Hoang Mai in its development orientation. With a favorable geographical location, and the orientation in the common development space of becoming one of the three growth poles of Nghe An province, the dynamic urban area of ​​the Nam Thanh - Bac Nghe region, Hoang Mai has taken steps to be ready to welcome investment capital for development. Mr. Hoang Ngoc Thuy, in charge of the Economic Department of Hoang Mai Town People's Committee, said: "In the town, there are 3 industrial parks including: Hoang Mai I Industrial Park, Hoang Mai II Industrial Park and Dong Hoi Industrial Park, which have been merged into the Southeast Economic Zone of the province. Enterprises receive many incentives if they invest in these industrial parks. This is a great advantage in the town's investment promotion and attraction work".

Hoang Mai Town has many advantages to develop marine economy. Photo: Sy Minh

Therefore, after a period of silence, the process of attracting investment into industrial parks in the area has shown signs of warming up with many projects with large total investment capital. A typical example is the investment project of Hoa Sen Group in Dong Hoi Industrial Park on an area of ​​35 hectares. The factory is invested in a cold rolling line with a total design capacity of 1 million tons/year, 2 galvanized steel production lines with a total design capacity of 500,000 tons/year, 1 color-coated steel production line with a design capacity of 120,000 tons/year...

Mr. Le Phuoc Vu, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hoa Sen Group, highly appreciated the potential and investment environment in Hoang Mai. Therefore, within just over 20 days since the investment decision, Hoa Sen Group started the project at Dong Hoi Industrial Park. This is considered a record in attracting investment. Also at Dong Hoi Industrial Park, the Quynh Lap 1 Thermal Power Plant Project will soon be held by the Investor, Vietnam National Coal - Mineral Industries Group, and is expected to be put into operation in 2020. Quynh Lap 1 Thermal Power Plant with 2 units, capacity of 1,200 MW, has a total investment of up to 1.8 billion USD. These are just 2 of many projects being prepared for investment in industrial parks in Hoang Mai Town, creating an industrial picture with many bright colors, full of expectations.

Tourism is also a highly anticipated sector in the overall economic picture of Hoang Mai. This coastal town has full advantages in nature, culture, and history to develop diverse types of tourism such as: sea tourism, spiritual cultural tourism, and eco-tourism. The most famous tourist destination in the land of Nghe An is Con Temple in Quynh Phuong Ward associated with the annual Con Temple Festival. Sea tourism has also developed rapidly with beaches in Quynh Phuong and Quynh Lien bustling with activities, especially in the summer. The system of accommodation services at these beaches has also been initially invested in and built, basically meeting the needs of tourists.

And a highlight, very promising in the journey to Hoang Mai, is the tourist route on Mai Giang River associated with Vuc Mau Lake. Based on those potentials, to make tourism an important economic sector, contributing more to development, Hoang Mai Town has determined to increase investment in rapidly developing sea tourism and eco-tourism services. Linking the construction and consolidation of craft villages and other entertainment activities with tourism development. Continuing propaganda and promotion, promoting investment, developing infrastructure for tourism. Building a civilized, safe and friendly tourism environment in tourist areas and destinations of the town. Encouraging economic sectors to participate in tourism development. "By 2020, the town strives to welcome 150 - 200 thousand tourists to visit, making tourism a strong economic sector of the locality", said Mr. Nguyen Van Binh, Head of the Department of Culture - Information of Hoang Mai Town.

With the characteristics of a coastal town with developed fishing, aquaculture, seafood and fishing logistics services, Hoang Mai focuses on strongly developing this marine economic sector with many potentials and advantages. In Quynh Phuong ward, where people have a traditional profession of going to sea. In recent years, people have actively converted and built many new large-capacity boats, going offshore, bringing high economic efficiency. According to statistics, there are 612 boats in the ward, of which 202 are over 90 CV. Mr. Ho Xuan Huong, Vice Chairman of Quynh Phuong Ward People's Committee said: "With the development of the offshore fishing fleet, fishing logistics services such as gasoline, ice, necessities, etc. have developed, creating stable jobs for many workers and making a significant contribution to the economic development of the locality". Currently, in Quynh Phuong ward, there are 7 petrol tankers, not including gas stations on land; 6 ice production facilities, 5 ice trading facilities; 25 fresh product purchasing facilities; 55 seafood purchasing and processing facilities. Not only in Quynh Phuong, but fishing logistics services are also very developed and have become the livelihood of many people in Hoang Mai.

With that development, in the next term, the Town Party Committee clearly stated: "Promote career conversion, invest in fishing equipment with large capacity, with enough offshore reach to develop high-value seafood fishing. By 2020, strive to have over 500 ships with a capacity of over 90 CV, of which over 200 ships with a capacity of over 400 CV". Inevitably, the fishing logistics service sector in Hoang Mai will certainly continue to develop more strongly.

In addition, Hoang Mai Town has had development orientations according to the motto of diversifying and strongly developing trade and service sectors on the basis of planning and building a network of commercial centers, supermarkets, and a network of markets that meet standards in the town. Pay attention to investing in building a transportation and warehouse network to ensure the circulation of goods. Complete the construction of the town's passenger station and parking lots in accordance with the construction planning. Encourage investment in developing the seaport and river port system. Improve the quality, scale and efficiency of service sectors. Focus on developing credit, transportation, postal and telecommunications, banking, information technology, healthcare, and sports services. Through the above overview, it can be seen that the overall economic picture of Hoang Mai Town in the coming years has many bright colors. And with what has been achieved, placed in the new times and opportunities, it is believed that Hoang Mai Town will develop commensurate with expectations.

Nhat Le