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

According to the assessment, in recent years, the provincial authorities and sectors 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.

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

The main causes of the above limitations are the lack of coordination between state management agencies in monitoring, supervising and inspecting projects; the 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.

Viewpoints and objectives of the resolution

Investment project management is a key and continuous task, requiring the synchronous participation and high determination of the entire political system, especially the leaders and the participation of the entire population. The work of inspecting and reviewing investment projects must be implemented regularly, substantially and effectively, contributing to improving the efficiency of land use, creating a favorable, fair and transparent investment and business environment, promoting the socio-economic development of the province. Strengthen the leadership of Party committees and organizations at all levels, the participation of the Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations and the people; maximize the role and responsibility of state management agencies in managing and supervising the progress of project implementation and the compliance with legal regulations of investors; overcome shortcomings and limitations in state management of investment projects.

Select large-scale investment projects that ensure the environment, have high feasibility and socio-economic efficiency. Improve the efficiency of land use of investment projects in the province. Overcome the situation of slow-progress projects, unimplemented projects causing waste of land resources, affecting the investment and business environment of the province. Detect, prevent and promptly handle violations of the law in investment, construction and land use activities of investors.

The resolution sets out key tasks and solutions in the coming time.

1.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.

2.Focus on attracting investment projects that are in line with the development orientation of sectors, fields, and regional spaces in the provincial planning; large-scale, effective, dynamic, and spillover projects that promote the investment and business environment 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.

3.Enhance responsibility, effectiveness and efficiency of state management of investment projects from the step of approving investment policies until the project is completed and put into operation.

- Improve the quality of consulting and appraising project investment policies. Strictly 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 and abolish or propose competent authorities to amend, supplement, replace and abolish in a timely manner to ensure consistency, unity and convenience in implementation.

Focus on resolving difficulties in investment procedures, 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 investment according to regulations; regularly review and urge investors to fully and promptly fulfill 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 violating the law that 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.

4.Continue to promote administrative reform, especially cutting down administrative procedures, shortening the time for implementing investment procedures; regularly disseminate and popularize policies and regulations of laws 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 harassing and causing trouble for investors. Promote the application of information technology in handling records, administrative procedures and investment project management; effectively connect, update, manage and exploit investment project data among levels and sectors.

5.Prioritize budget allocation for building key infrastructure, infrastructure of industrial parks and industrial clusters, and creating clean land funds to attract investment to ensure favorable conditions for investors during implementation.