Nghe An: Urging progress of licensed projects

(Baonghean) - The Provincial People's Committee and departments, branches and localities are stepping up the work of urging and speeding up the progress of signed projects. Up to now, a number of projects have been well connected and implemented, such as the container production project of the Korean TKV Group, the Hai Chau Confectionery Factory of the Sugarcane Corporation 1, the Hemaraj Industrial Park project of Thailand, and the Thanh Chuong Tea Island eco-tourism project.

The WHA Hemaraj 1 Industrial Park investment project is invested by the Joint Venture of Transport Construction Corporation 4 - JSC and WHA Hemaraj Land and Development PTE.Ltd, with a total investment of VND 2,056 billion, located in the Southeast Economic Zone; the Provincial People's Committee has held a meeting with the investor to implement the next steps and soon start construction when the Government approves the investment.

On March 7, 2017, Nghi Loc District People's Committee held a meeting with the participation of members of the District Compensation Council, Land Use Rights Registration Office, the investor, Nghi Long Commune People's Committee, Nghi Thuan Commune People's Committee, and the Management Board of Dong Nam Economic Zone to start implementing the compensation plan for the Hemaraj 1 project. Currently, the Land Use Rights Registration Office is coordinating with the investor, Nghi Long Commune People's Committee, Nghi Thuan Commune to set up and hand over compensation markers for land use rights.

The Korean shopping mall on the 3rd floor of Vinh market has come into operation. Photo: Vo Huyen

The Cau Cau mixed tourism and resort project in Thanh An commune (Thanh Chuong) invested by the Traffic Construction Corporation 4 - Joint Stock Company is hiring a French consulting team to survey and develop a detailed plan.

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said: The Provincial People's Committee has assigned Vice Chairmen, departments and branches to monitor and urge projects, closely follow investors to support implementation. Up to now, some projects have been well connected and implemented such as the container production project of the Korean TKV Group, Hai Chau Confectionery Factory of Sugarcane Corporation 1, Hemaraj Industrial Park project of Thailand, Thanh Chuong tea island eco-tourism project. The advantage is that some investors have prepared their documents quite carefully so they can implement them as soon as the investment licenses are granted.

Workers are paving asphalt on N5 road serving Song Lam cement factory. Photo: Thu Huyen

At the same time, some projects signed since 2016 are being actively implemented. Hoa Sen Dong Hoi Factory Phase 2 is currently being actively implemented and is building a factory, installing production lines including 1 cold rolling line with a capacity of 400,000 tons/year; 1 rust removal line with a capacity of 800,000 tons/year; 1 edge cutting line with a capacity of 400,000 tons/year; 2 shaft grinding machines with a capacity of 12 rolling shafts/day. The factory's leaders said that immediately after putting the Phase 1 line into operation, it is expected that by May 2017, all remaining items of Phase 2 will be completed and put into operation, creating more than 1,000 jobs for workers here.

The Vissai Seaport Project, planned by the investor Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company, has been approved by the People's Committee of Nghe An province for detailed planning with the main function of a specialized port, serving mainly the operations of The Vissai Group, with the ability to expand to meet the domestic freight transport needs of the locality and the region when needed. The port is located in Nghi Thiet commune, Nghi Loc district, consisting of 2 wharf areas: the international wharf area and the domestic wharf area, in which the international wharf area includes 3 wharfs to receive ships from 30,000÷70,000DWT, the domestic wharf area includes 7 wharfs to receive ships from 3000÷10,000DWT. The annual cargo volume target for 2020 is 9 million tons/year. Currently, the investor has completed about 60% of the work volume, and is speeding up the construction progress of the international wharf to put Vissai Port into operation in June 2017.

Construction of Vinh ancient citadel moat. Photo: Chau Lan

At the VSIP Industrial Park project, 175.56 hectares have been acquired and 7 investors have leased land. The Provincial People's Committee has just inspected and assigned the Department of Transport to direct contractors to arrange 7 construction teams on the route, striving to complete the first layer of asphalt before April 30, and complete the entire project before June 30, 2017. The Vinpearl Cua Hoi project is being vigorously constructed to open on April 30, the Korean shopping center on the 3rd floor of Vinh Market has been put into operation, and the Vinh sub-urban project has been assigned by the Provincial People's Committee to complete the land acquisition and clearance in April.

Also according to comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Provincial People's Committee is directing to strengthen the work of supporting investors to actively implement licensed projects; support investors in finding locations, collecting information to implement projects that have signed commitments and memorandums of understanding; focus on perfecting the apparatus of the Investment Promotion and Investment Support Center to accompany investors in quickly implementing projects.

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