Localities in Nghe An strive to attract investment capital to the grassroots level.
(Baonghean.vn) - In Nghe An, if the provincial level attracts many investors to implement industrial park infrastructure projects to welcome secondary investors or large FDI enterprises, then district-level localities are also making efforts to improve and create an inviting business environment to attract investment.
Proactive approach to attracting capital
In order to promote socio-economic development, in recent years, instead of waiting for investors, the Party Committees and authorities of some districts and towns have developed resolutions and policies on administrative reform and improving the investment environment to pave the way for investors and businesses. A typical example of this is Thai Hoa town. Since 2018, the Party Executive Committee of the town has issued Resolution No. 10 on attracting investment in the area. By 2021, based on the summary and evaluation of 3 years of implementing Resolution 10, the town continues to issue Plan No. 35/KH-UBND on administrative reform andimprove investment environmentperiod 2021-2025.
Up to now, after 3 years of implementing Plan No. 35 mentioned above, Thai Hoa town has made a change by attracting 8 investment projects with a total capital of over 1,835 billion VND, much higher than previous years. Thanks to that, the town has gradually filled up Nghia My Industrial Cluster and proposed to double the area of the industrial cluster; continue to propose to the province to approve the planning of infrastructure construction of the Industrial Cluster in Tay Hieu commune.
To upgrade essential infrastructure, after completing Hieu II bridge and urban projects in Long Son ward, the town is implementing investment planning to build a bypass road, build urban areas along Hieu river and Hieu III bridge in the near future.
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Tuan - Head of the Town's Finance and Planning Department said: Investment projects on technical infrastructure in the area are implemented synchronously and methodically on the basis of Resolution No. 02 of the Provincial Party Committee on building and developing Thai Hoa town into a central urban area of the Northwest region of Nghe An.
Not only attracting key projects, driving forces, exploiting the advantages of Phu Quy land of corporations such as: TH, Vinamik, Vingroup, TNG, ... the town also attracts large projects such as the Viet A Steel Structure and Electric Cable Factory Complex with a total investment of 1,128 billion VND; Taiwan high-end garment and leather shoe factory with a total investment of 230 billion VND; Plastic additives and plastics factory with a total investment of 200 billion VND; Thai Hoa Garment Factory with a total investment of 149 billion VND... Currently, the town is completing procedures to attract 4 more projects with a total investment of 1,112 billion VND, of which the largest is the CAP Nghe An Furniture Factory (Hop Luc Group) with a total investment of 668 billion VND.
Similarly, Tan Ky district, with its advantage in construction materials, has issued Decision No. 2480/QD-UBND approving the Implementation Plan of the "Project on developing construction materials production in Tan Ky for the period 2021-2025, with a vision to 2030". In addition to publicizing the list and tasks for implementation, Tan Ky district also strives to remove difficulties for businesses; encourage and motivate businesses to invest in order to exploit the strengths of local materials, creating jobs for workers.
Thanks to that, in the past 3 years, Tan Ky district has attracted over 100 billion VND from investment enterprises to restructure brick and tile production facilities in the area. At the same time, it has attracted hundreds of billions of VND to invest in the production of unburnt bricks and fresh concrete mixing stations in the area. The district has also gradually shaped the future construction material production areas such as the production and processing of sand and gravel in Nghia Dong commune, tiles and fresh concrete in Nghia Hoan and Tan Long communes; stone mining in Tan Hop commune...
While lowland mountainous districts exploit comparative advantages to develop the economy and attract investment, districts such as Do Luong, Dien Chau, Quynh Luu, and Hoang Mai town also proactively adjust their planning to invite investors in industrial cluster infrastructure and commercial housing and social housing projects to welcome satellite and auxiliary projects after secondary investors and FDI enterprises lease land...
Resolutely remove obstacles and difficulties for investors
To improve the investment environment, districts focus on administrative reform andimprove district competitiveness(DDCI), building a competent administrative apparatus to accompany and support business investors. Recent years have shown that in localities where the leaders, especially the Chairman of the District People's Committee, are determined and closely involved, and where the staff and civil servants are professional and responsible, the investment environment there has changed and has been recognized by businesses.
Mr. Phan Van Giap - Chairman of Tan Ky District People's Committee shared: With the advantage of mineral resources, the biggest wish of the district is to invite large investors to build factories with modern technology, large scale but not to ignore small and medium-sized enterprises and investors operating in the area. Therefore, along with the arrangement and conversion so that small-scale enterprises can enter the Industrial Cluster and large enterprises can enter the Industrial Park, the district prioritizes attracting projects that create added value and create jobs in the area. To improve the competitiveness of the district, immediately after the province announced the year 2023, Tan Ky district actively implemented solutions to cut administrative procedures and remove difficulties for businesses.
One of the current difficulties is land acquisition and site clearance for investment projects. According to regulations, each industrial cluster must have a minimum area of 25-30 hectares and a maximum of over 70 hectares. However, because most of the area has been allocated to the people for long-term stability and the reserve land fund (5%) in localities is not much, there are many difficulties in implementing projects requiring land acquisition. In addition, some localities are still slow in administrative reform; infrastructure has not met requirements.
The owner of a garment project from Nam Dinh investing in Quy Hop said: In 2021, with the advice of local leaders, the enterprise went to Quy Hop district to survey many places and chose a location in Tam Hop commune. After 2 years of campaigning, the people agreed to hand over nearly 3 hectares of land, but when implementing the project, the technical infrastructure outside the fence was not guaranteed, causing difficulties for the enterprise.
It can be affirmed that improving the investment attraction environment in the districts is not only an effort to synchronize the province's preferential policies into practice, but the Party committees and leaders of localities need to accompany, be determined and closely follow so that investment projects can be implemented smoothly and quickly put into operation.