Strengthening the Party's leadership in the management of investment projects using land in Nghe An province

According to the Resolution's assessment, in recent years, all levels and sectors of Nghe An province have led and directed the implementation of many positive results in investment attraction, the number of investment projects has increased, the quality of projects has been increasingly improved; many investors, enterprises with potential and brands at home and abroad have been interested in learning and investing in the province, making an important contribution to promoting growth and economic restructuring, creating jobs, increasing income for workers, and contributing to local budget revenue. In addition, the work of reviewing, inspecting, supervising and managing investment projects that have been focused on has promptly removed difficulties and obstacles, handled the recovery and termination of projects that have not been implemented or are being implemented behind schedule, contributing to improving the investment and business environment and improving land use efficiency.

A corner of Cua Lo Town. Illustration: Nguyen Book

However, the management of investment projects in the province has not met the requirements. There are still projects violating regulations on investment, land, planning, construction, etc., causing waste of land resources and affecting the investment and business environment of the province.

The causes of the above limitations are mainly due to the lack of close and synchronous coordination between state management agencies in monitoring, supervising and inspecting projects; inspection and handling work is not thorough and timely; legal regulations still have many problems and overlaps, causing difficulties in investment project management.

In the context of the increasing number of investment projects in the province and increasingly limited land resources, there is a need to further improve the effectiveness of state management of investment projects using land.

Resolution 13 sets out specific objectives:

- Select large-scale investment projects that ensure the environment, have feasibility and high economic and social efficiency.

- Improve the efficiency of land use of investment projects in the province. Overcome the situation of slow-progressing projects and unimplemented projects, causing waste of land resources and affecting the investment and business environment of the province.

- Timely detect, prevent and handle violations of the law in investment, construction and land use activities of investors.

To effectively implement the above objectives, the Resolution sets out the following tasks:

- Strengthen the leadership of Party committees and organizations at all levels; promote propaganda work, raise awareness of investment attraction and management and supervision of investment projects.

- Effectively implement Resolution No. 31/NQ-HDND dated July 14, 2022 of the Provincial People's Council on strengthening state management of suspended projects, slow-progress projects and projects using land for the wrong purpose in Nghe An province.

- Strengthen discipline, order and clearly assign and decentralize management responsibilities of all levels and sectors in investment project management and land use management.

- Party members, cadres and civil servants must be exemplary and strictly comply with legal regulations in the process of implementing investment project management; not influence or interfere with the inspection and handling of violations in the field of project investment to ensure objectivity, fairness and transparency.

- Strongly promote the role of the Fatherland Front at all levels, socio-political organizations and people in supervising the management of investment projects.

- Focus on attracting investment projects that are suitable for the development orientation of industries, fields, and regional spaces in the provincial planning; large-scale, effective, dynamic, spillover projects that promote the investment environment, business, and socio-economic development of the province. Research and develop a set of investment attraction criteria to serve as a basis for selecting investors to effectively implement projects.

- Enhance responsibility, effectiveness and efficiency of state management of investment projects from the investment policy approval step until the project is completed and put into operation.

- Improve the quality of consulting and appraising project investment policies. Closely review compliance with approved planning; construction and environmental protection standards; carefully consider land use efficiency; strictly select investors in accordance with legal procedures; do not allow negative situations or group interests to occur in approving investment policies, licensing, and extending investment projects.

- Focus on removing difficulties and obstacles for investment projects.

- Strengthen the review of overlapping and inappropriate contents in legal documents, leadership and direction documents of the province related to the management of investment projects using land to amend, supplement, replace or abolish or propose competent authorities to amend, supplement, replace or abolish in a timely manner to ensure consistency, unity and convenience in implementation.

- Focus on resolving difficulties in investment procedures and site clearance compensation; encourage investors to concentrate resources to put the project into operation soon.

- Strengthen state management of investment projects after licensing.

- Strengthen inspection and supervision of project implementation by investors according to registered progress; periodically evaluate investments according to regulations; regularly review and urge investors to fully and promptly fulfill their financial obligations to the state budget; supervise the implementation of inspection and examination conclusions; promptly detect, prevent and strictly handle violations of the law by investors. Resolutely terminate operations and reclaim land for investment projects that are behind schedule in accordance with legal regulations. Strengthen management and attract investors to implement projects on reclaimed land.

- Publicly post information on projects and investors violating laws on investment, planning, land, tax, construction, etc.; projects that violate laws and are subject to enforcement, revocation, or termination of operations on the province's electronic information portal and the websites of departments, branches, and localities to create consensus and enhance public supervision.

- Continue to promote administrative reform, especially cutting down administrative procedures, shortening the time for implementing investment procedures; regularly propagating and disseminating policies and legal regulations on investment, construction, and land. Implement public and transparent planning and administrative procedures in the fields of investment, construction, land, and procedures related to investors. Tighten administrative discipline and order, improve public ethics, resolutely handle cases of officials and civil servants who harass and cause trouble for investors. Promote the application of information technology in handling records, administrative procedures, and managing investment projects; implement interconnection, update, manage, and effectively exploit data on investment projects among all levels and sectors.

- Prioritize budget allocation for building key infrastructure, industrial park and industrial cluster infrastructure, and creating clean land funds to attract investment to ensure favorable conditions for investors during implementation.

The Provincial Party Standing Committee assigned the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee to lead the Provincial People's Committee to develop a plan to implement this resolution, assign tasks associated with a specific implementation roadmap; regularly monitor and inspect; periodically report annually to the Provincial Party Standing Committee on the implementation results.

Party committees, party organizations, and authorities disseminate, disseminate, propagate, and develop plans to implement the resolution in accordance with the characteristics, requirements, and tasks of the industry, locality, and unit; regularly inspect and urge the implementation of the resolution at agencies, localities, and fields under their responsibility. Heads of Party committees, authorities, agencies, and organizations are responsible for the implementation of tasks within the scope of leadership and management.

The Party Committee of the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations at the provincial level, and the Standing Committee of the Provincial Youth Union shall step up propaganda and mobilize union members, association members and people to participate in monitoring and providing social feedback on the implementation of the resolution.

The Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department shall preside over and guide the implementation of propaganda, dissemination and implementation of the resolution to all levels, cadres, party members and people; coordinate with the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee to monitor and urge the implementation of the resolution.

The Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Committee presides over and coordinates with the Provincial Party Committee's Party building committees and relevant agencies to monitor, inspect, and supervise the implementation of the resolution.

This resolution is disseminated and thoroughly understood to the Party cell.