"Clearing the way" for industrial development

Improve investment environment

In 2023, the province's investment environment has had positive changes, especially in administrative procedure reform. Currently, 100% of administrative procedures related to qualified business investment are carried out on the online public service system at levels 3 and 4. Many administrative procedures have had their processing time shortened, creating conditions for businesses to soon implement projects. Typically, business registration has been reduced from 3 days to 2 days. Issuance of investment registration certificates for projects not subject to investment policy decisions has been reduced from 15 days to 7 days. Issuance of work permits for foreigners has been reduced from 7 days to 3 days...

Investor CE LINK Limited (China) has invested 60 million USD to build a factory to produce and process electronic components and automobile signal transmission cables... in An Phat 1 Industrial Park. During the investment procedures, CE LINK Limited said that the enterprise received enthusiastic support from the province's functional departments and branches. The application for an investment registration certificate was carried out quickly and effectively. "We believe that with an investment environment that always has strong support and direction from the government, CE LINK will have sustainable development steps in Hai Duong. We are committed to soon implementing the project stages in accordance with regulations to put the factory into operation soon," a representative of investor CE LINK Limited told reporters.

Mr. Wang Yong Qiang, Director of Construction Engineering Department, Kim Duong Vietnam Consumer Goods Company Limited in Cong Hoa Industrial Park, said that most administrative procedures are completed 2-3 days earlier than the listed time, helping businesses save a lot of time and effort.

According to Mr. Nguyen Trung Kien, Head of the Provincial Industrial Parks Management Board, the board has done a good job of shortening the time for procedures. Most procedures in the fields of investment, construction, labor, etc. have been shortened by 1/3 - 1/2 of the processing time according to regulations. Thanks to that, in 2023, industrial parks in the province attracted 56 FDI projects with a total registered investment capital of about 1 billion USD; adjusted for 31 FDI projects to increase investment capital with a total registered investment capital increase of about 212.6 million USD.

The Department of Industry and Trade also promotes administrative procedure reform, enhances the sense of responsibility, quality of consultation, guidance, and settlement of administrative procedures for industrial park investors. Currently, all 121 sets of administrative procedures under the authority of the Department have been implemented at levels 3 and 4, especially the issuance of certificates of origin (C/O) from paper to online issuance, facilitating businesses to carry out import and export procedures smoothly. In 2023, the total number of C/Os issued is about 17,048 sets with a total value of over 1.4 billion USD.

Create a clean surface

In 2023, Hai Duong has 5 industrial parks in the districts of Binh Giang, Cam Giang, Gia Loc, Kim Thanh that are implementing site clearance with a total area of ​​about 938 hectares. In particular, An Phat 1 industrial park with an area of ​​180 hectares has basically completed the construction of technical infrastructure to attract investment. In recent times, local authorities and infrastructure investors have implemented many solutions to speed up site clearance progress. According to the Provincial Industrial Park Management Board, The 5 industrial parks are currently implementing site clearance with 649 hectares of industrial land for lease, the remaining area is for technical infrastructure construction. Currently, these 5 industrial parks have cleared 588 hectares, accounting for 62% of the total area. Of which, 410 hectares have been handed over by the province to investors to complete phase 1 infrastructure to attract investment.

Dai An Industrial Park expansion phase 2 covers an area of ​​over 227 hectares in Cam Dong and Cam Doai communes (Cam Giang). This project is invested by Dai An Industrial Park Infrastructure Development One Member Co., Ltd. with a total capital of about 2,300 billion VND. In addition to abundant land resources, this industrial park is also considered by many investors as a potential destination due to its convenient traffic location and synchronous and modern infrastructure. To date, Dai An Industrial Park expansion phase 2 has cleared 146 hectares of land. The entire area has been handed over by the province to the investor to complete the infrastructure phase 1.

At the end of December, the expansion of Phuc Dien Industrial Park was also started. The scale of this industrial park is 235.6 hectares with a total investment of nearly 2,000 billion VND.

Once operational, these industrial parks will create stable jobs for thousands of workers and be the main "locomotive" for satellite businesses in the area.

The Department of Industry and Trade has coordinated to accelerate infrastructure investment projects in industrial clusters to have industrial land funds to attract investment projects, while creating favorable conditions for secondary enterprises to quickly carry out investment procedures in industrial clusters; coordinated to attract industrial development in the direction of prioritizing high technology, clean and environmentally friendly. The Department also coordinated with relevant departments and branches to continue to monitor and survey the infrastructure investment situation of investors and the activities of secondary investment enterprises in industrial clusters, grasp and promptly resolve difficulties and problems.

Thanks to synchronous solutions to create clean land and improve the investment and business environment, Hai Duong is considered one of the 20 localities with the best quality of industrial infrastructure in the country. This is an outstanding advantage for Hai Duong to be included in the list of attractive investment destinations for foreign enterprises.

By the end of 2023, the province had 58 industrial clusters decided to be established by the Provincial People's Committee with a total area of ​​2,942.61 hectares. Of which, 32 industrial clusters had attracted over 400 secondary projects into operation, with an occupancy rate of over 80%.

In 2023, the total industrial production value (2010 comparable prices) of Hai Duong is estimated to reach 333,506 billion VND, an estimated increase of 8.1%. The industrial production index (IIP) in 2023 is estimated to increase by 8.3%. Some major industrial products have high growth rates compared to the same period, such as: automobile assembly increased by 37.7%; electricity production increased by 17%; animal feed increased by 11.3%...