Hoang Mai Town: Promoting investment attraction and urban infrastructure construction

(Baonghean) - The Party Committee of Hoang Mai Town determined that the 2015 - 2020 term is a time of strong, comprehensive, and turning-point breakthroughs on the journey of building the town, first of all, basically achieving the criteria of a type III urban area by 2020. This is a general goal, including many criteria, requiring the town to have many strong and appropriate solutions for effective implementation...

In the next phase, Hoang Mai Town prioritizes the development of industry, trade, services and tourism, in which industry accounts for the maximum proportion. Agriculture will develop in depth, increasing production value. According to that orientation, Hoang Mai Town determines to continue to strongly improve the investment environment, attract resources, and create favorable conditions for development. In particular, focusing on information and propaganda work on the investment and business environment and investment support policies of the province and town to create trust for businesses and high consensus in socio-economic development of the people. Assistance in accessing capital, land, applying science and technology, providing information, promoting trade... to strongly develop small and medium enterprises, actively contributing to economic restructuring, job creation, hunger eradication, poverty reduction, and positively contributing to the budget. Improve the quality of investment promotion and introduction work to attract investment capital from economic sectors; use and maximize capital sources to invest in developing socio-economic infrastructure.

Production line at Hoang Mai Cement Factory. Photo: Sm

In addition, the town focuses on directing the development of advantageous product groups such as construction materials mining and processing industry; manufacturing industry; textiles and handicrafts; agricultural, forestry and fishery processing industry. Prioritizing the development of high-tech industrial projects, supporting industries serving large-scale industrial projects, industrial projects creating breakthroughs in economic development. Attracting investment to quickly fill the area of ​​3 industrial parks including: Hoang Mai I Industrial Park, Hoang Mai II Industrial Park and Dong Hoi Industrial Park. Along with that, encouraging the development of small industrial parks, craft villages, creating conditions for the development of seafood processing industry, shipbuilding industry, and production of traditional goods.

Focus on building tourism into an important economic sector with rapid, effective and sustainable development. Specifically, encourage investment in building commercial centers, supermarkets, wholesale and retail centers; invest in upgrading Con temple, coastal infrastructure; plan and promote the development of cultural, historical, ecological and resort tourism at Vuc Mau lake, Hoa Tien cave, Quynh Lap and Quynh Lien beach resorts. The agricultural sector will be oriented to develop in depth with the planning and development of high-tech agricultural zones in Quynh Vinh and Quynh Trang communes. Focus on investing in agricultural production models serving urban areas; forestry production models for high economic efficiency. At the same time, continue to promote seafood exploitation through investing in offshore fishing fleets with synchronous and modern equipment and synchronously building a system of fishing services, fishing ports and storm shelters. Developing marine fishing teams and groups.

Hoang Mai town also identified and invested in key programs, creating a breakthrough in development. First of all, it is the completion of the master plan for socio-economic development of the town until 2025, taking into account the year 2030; the general planning of the town and detailed zoning plans of wards and communes. Detailed planning of important areas such as: Planning and planning of land use, traffic, electricity, services, tourism. For wards and communes, focus on adjusting the planning in the direction of linking with urban construction, paying attention to developing the traffic system, administrative and commercial centers and local welfare works. Strengthening the effectiveness of state management to effectively implement the planning. At the same time, publicizing and protecting the planning. Reviewing, evaluating, adjusting and supplementing the planning to suit the new situation and tasks. Manage planning protection, strengthen propaganda, attract organizations and individuals to invest in implementing approved town construction planning.

On the other hand, focus on mobilizing resources to build economic, technical and social infrastructure, town administrative areas, urban lighting systems; waterways, rural transport; traffic systems connecting Nghi Son Economic Zone; water supply and drainage systems, environmental pollution treatment. Dredging and embanking key dyke sections of Hoang Mai riverbank to ensure the movement of ships and boats in order to exploit the strengths of waterways, exploit the land along both sides of the river to develop into service, tourism and commercial areas. Pay attention to investing in building schools, medical facilities, cultural works. All of the above infrastructures are developed in association with the criteria of a type III urban area. Another breakthrough factor is to focus on doing a good job of site clearance, attracting investment projects, prioritizing projects with large investment levels, high technology, high added value, solving employment and ensuring the environment. The second is to promote administrative reform and transparency in investment attraction policies.

The next key breakthrough is to encourage investment, transfer of technology and equipment, especially in the fields of processing agricultural products, aquatic products, seafood, mining industry, plant varieties, livestock... to meet export needs. Building brands and unique products such as: Quynh Di fish sauce, seafood, Soi - Quynh Loc village wine... In addition, building human resources to meet development requirements by creating conditions for the establishment and improving the quality of vocational training facilities in the town. Prioritizing the training and fostering of cadres, especially young cadres and female cadres. Paying attention to attracting intellectual resources of scientists, managers, high-quality workers, and local children to build their homeland.

Focusing on innovation in leadership, direction, management and administration; focusing on administrative reform is one of the key tasks that needs to be implemented drastically, in the direction of simplifying procedures; applying technology and improving the capacity and quality of staff from the Town level to the wards and communes. Along with that, it is necessary to strengthen the work of direction, inspection and urging the implementation.

Promoting the achieved results, drawing lessons from the past term, the Party Committee and people of Hoang Mai Town "unite, innovate, be democratic, disciplined, responsible", promote all resources, build Hoang Mai Town to develop rapidly and sustainably, basically meet the criteria of a type III urban area by 2020 and become one of the three growth poles of the province.

Nguyen Huu Tuy

(Deputy Secretary of the Town Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Hoang Mai Town)