Building a set of standard procedures for investment in the Southeast Economic Zone
(Baonghean.vn) - That was the proposal of Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Hoa at the conference to summarize the work of 2019 and deploy tasks for 2020 of the Management Board of Southeast Economic Zone held on the afternoon of December 23, in Vinh City.
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| Also attending the conference were representatives of a number of departments, districts and towns and 57 enterprises and investors in the Economic Zone and Industrial Park.Photo: Nguyen Hai |
In 2019, despite many difficulties, the Management Board of the Southeast Economic Zone (EZ) has made great efforts to complete the assigned tasks. Along with completing the overall adjustment of the general planning for the construction of the Southeast Economic Zone until 2040 to collect opinions from the community and adjusting the construction zoning plan of the East - Southeast area, Southeast Economic Zone, detailed planning for the construction of Tri Le Industrial Park (Anh Son), Cau Garden (Dien Chau)..., the Management Board of the Southeast Economic Zone also carried out many other investment promotion activities.
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| Construction and installation of 110 KV low voltage line into WHA Industrial Zone 1 - Nghe An invested by Hemajai Group in Nghi Loc. Photo: Nguyen Hai |
In 2019, the Economic Zone advised the Provincial People's Committee to decide on investment policies and grant investment registration certificates for 25 projects with a total registered capital of VND 7,562 billion, an increase of 78% in the number of projects and a 2-fold increase in investment capital compared to 2018; adjusted 19 projects, with an additional registered investment capital of over VND 700 billion.
Up to now, the Southeast Economic Zone and industrial parks have attracted 227 projects, including 41 FDI projects with a total registered capital of 754.27 million USD and 186 domestic projects with a total registered investment capital of over 37,000 billion VND.
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| VSIP Industrial Park infrastructure in Hung Nguyen has been basically invested and is continuing to expand its area. Photo: Nguyen Hai |
Currently, 98 projects in the economic zones and industrial parks have come into operation, with industrial production value reaching VND 27,302 billion, up 14.91% over the same period in 2018; realized revenue reaching VND 42,796 billion, up 44.26% over the same period in 2018; exports reaching 316.89 million USD, up 130.19%; budget contribution of VND 1,962 billion; creating jobs for 18,784 workers, average labor income reaching VND 6,019 million/person/month.
In addition, essential infrastructure in the Southeast Economic Zone includes the road traffic system, seaport system, water supply system, wastewater and solid waste treatment system; technical infrastructure of industrial parks inside and outside the Southeast Economic Zone continues to be invested and upgraded. Environmental resource management, enterprise and labor management, and administrative reform are given more attention and care.
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| Awarding Certificates of Merit from the Provincial People's Committee to 1 collective and 2 individuals in the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board with outstanding achievements in 2019. Photo: Nguyen Hai |
At the conference, based on the opinions of enterprises and Nghi Loc district, comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acknowledged the efforts of the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board, reflected in the increase in revenue, increase in provincial budget and creation of more jobs for workers in the economic zone and industrial park.
Agreeing with the goals and proposed solutions of the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested the Board to continue to gather opinions from enterprises, on that basis, promptly complete the process and procedures for investment in the Southeast Economic Zone to limit the phenomenon of investors having to go around in circles and waste time; continue to review the procedural documents to clearly understand specific and urgent problems to advise the leaders of the Provincial People's Committee to organize a dialogue meeting to resolve them. On the side of enterprises and investors, it is necessary to share the difficulties of the province and strictly comply with the provisions of the law so that investment procedures can be implemented most smoothly.
The Management Board of the Southeast Economic Zone must focus on thinking and researching more deeply to better perform its advisory and bridging role, advising the province in promoting investment as well as attracting reputable infrastructure investors to not only attract key projects into the Economic Zone but also remove infrastructure bottlenecks to invite secondary investors, logistics services... into the Economic Zone and Industrial Park.
One of the important tasks is that the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board continues to implement many solutions to concretize the goals of the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress, Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW dated July 31, 2013, Notice No. 55-TB/TW dated April 20, 2019 of the Politburo on the direction and tasks of developing Nghe An province until 2020, which is to build Nghe An Southeast Economic Zone into a multi-industry, multi-functional economic zone; submit to the Government for the overall adjustment of the master plan for the construction of the Southeast Economic Zone until 2040 and put the Southeast Economic Zone into the group of key coastal economic zones nationwide to prioritize investment and development in the period 2021 - 2025./.
