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Hai Duong cleans the "nest" to welcome the "eagle"

Do Van Quyet, Nguyen Thi Lan, Tieu Ha Kien December 31, 2023 14:15

To realize the goal of becoming a dynamic industrial center of the Red River Delta, Hai Duong has made efforts to attract investment.

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Hai Duong strives to become a modern industrial province by 2030, a dynamic industrial center of the Red River Delta, with a large economic scale in the country. To realize this goal, in recent times, Hai Duong has implemented many solutions to attract investors.

Improve investment environment

In 2023, Cong Hoa Industrial Park (Chi Linh) attracted 6 projects, of which 2 projects with a total investment capital of 170 million USD were granted investment registration certificates. This is also the year that this industrial park attracted the most foreign direct investment (FDI) ever. To date, Cong Hoa Industrial Park has attracted 11 FDI projects, raising the occupancy rate from 70% to 90%.

Mr. Lu Ren Zheng, General Supervisor of BoViet project (secondary investor) assessed that during the process of studying the investment environment in Hai Duong, the unit received enthusiastic support from provincial leaders, departments, branches and infrastructure investors. Administrative procedures related to investment licensing are carried out synchronously on the internet. Difficulties and problems of enterprises are also answered specifically and quickly by the authorities. Procedures for granting investment registration certificates are also shortened by 5-7 days compared to before. This is a favorable condition to help enterprises access and implement projects quickly, ensuring the set plan.

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Investor BoViet has leased 20 hectares of land in Cong Hoa Industrial Park to build a factory producing solar photovoltaic cells. The company is expected to produce 3 GW of photovoltaic cells and solar energy conversion modules each year. The total investment capital of the project is VND 2,820 billion (equivalent to USD 120 million). The investor plans to put the factory into operation within 18 months from the date of being granted the investment registration certificate and create stable jobs for about 1,000 Vietnamese workers.

As one of the first four investors to invest in An Phat 1 Industrial Park, investor CeLink Limited (China) said that the leaders of Hai Duong province regularly hold dialogues and meet with businesses to proactively remove difficulties in investment activities, which has created trust for businesses. In particular, Hai Duong committed to shortening 50% of the time to carry out administrative procedures related to investment, which will help businesses save a lot of costs and time. Ce Link believes that with an investment environment that always has support and strong direction from the government, businesses will have outstanding and sustainable development steps in Hai Duong.

In 2023, the province's investment environment has had positive changes, especially administrative reforms have been significantly improved. The province has shortened the processing time of many administrative procedures to create conditions for businesses to soon implement projects.

Currently, 121/121 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, creating convenience for businesses to carry out import and export procedures.

The Provincial Industrial Park Management Board has now shortened the time for handling administrative procedures by 1/3 - 1/2 according to regulations. The Department of Industry and Trade has also promoted administrative procedure reform, improved the sense of responsibility, quality of consultation, guidance, and handling of administrative procedures for industrial park investors.

Create a clean surface

In 2023, Hai Duong has 5 industrial parks in the districts of Binh Giang, Cam Giang, Gia Loc, and Kim Thanh that are implementing site clearance with a total area of ​​about 938 hectares. These industrial parks have 649 hectares of industrial land for lease, the remaining area is for technical infrastructure construction. 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, up to now, the above 5 industrial parks have cleared 588 hectares of land, 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.

An Phat 1 Industrial Park alone, with an area of ​​180 hectares, has basically completed the construction of technical infrastructure to attract investment. Recently, local authorities and infrastructure investors have implemented many solutions to speed up the progress of site clearance.

At the end of December, the expanded Phuc Dien Industrial Park also started construction. The scale of this industrial park is 235.6 hectares with a total investment of nearly 2,000 billion VND. Trung Quy - Bac Ninh Investment Joint Stock Company is the infrastructure investor. This is one of 5 industrial parks that are implementing site clearance and technical infrastructure construction in the province in 2023. According to a report from Binh Giang district, to date, the expanded Phuc Dien Industrial Park has cleared over 157 hectares, accounting for 66% of the total area. Of which, more than 93 hectares have been handed over to the investor to build infrastructure in phase 1. The province has also granted a land use right certificate for this industrial park of 43.3 hectares to attract investment.

In addition to the groundbreaking ceremony for the infrastructure investment project of the expanded Phuc Dien Industrial Park, the investor also organized the inauguration ceremony of the Phuc Dien Bridge. This bridge over the Sat River plays a role in connecting provincial road 394B with national highway 5, the Hanoi-Hai Phong expressway, facilitating the circulation of goods from this industrial park to airports, seaports, etc. The Phuc Dien Bridge is also a key traffic project, creating an advantage in attracting investment for the expanded Phuc Dien Industrial Park in the coming time.

Identifying that infrastructure plays a particularly important role, as a foundation to attract investors, An Phat 1 Industrial Park has invested in a modern, synchronous, international-standard infrastructure system, ready to welcome investors. Currently, this industrial park has completed the infrastructure construction investment items of phase 1 (100 hectares) and is implementing the construction of phase 2 with an area of ​​80 hectares. In particular, the electricity, water, wastewater treatment systems... have been basically completed to serve secondary investors.

Mr. Pham Van Tuan, General Director of An Phat 1 High-Tech Industrial Park Joint Stock Company, said that along with compensation for site clearance, the company has focused on investing in a synchronous technical infrastructure system, including roads, drainage systems, lighting systems, etc. Up to now, An Phat 1 Industrial Park has attracted 10 projects with a total investment capital of about 400 million USD, basically filling the area with completed infrastructure in phase 1. In phase 2, this industrial park will focus on attracting industries related to the production of electronic components, mechanical engineering, logistics, etc. with high technology content, without causing environmental pollution. When 100% of the technical infrastructure system is completed, An Phat 1 will create stable jobs for thousands of workers and be the main "locomotive" for satellite enterprises in the area.

In addition to industrial parks, Hai Duong currently has 58 industrial clusters that have been decided to be established by the Provincial People's Committee with a total area of ​​2,942.61 hectares. Of which, 32 industrial clusters have attracted over 400 secondary projects into operation, with an occupancy rate of over 80%. To facilitate trade and circulation of goods to seaports and border gates, Hai Duong has recently implemented many large transport projects, which are of great significance to socio-economic development. Typical projects include: the East-West axis of the province, the intersection of the Hanoi-Hai Phong expressway with provincial road 392, the North-South axis of Thanh Mien district, the approach road to Dong Viet bridge (connecting with Bac Giang), Quang Thanh bridge (connecting with Hai Phong), Kenh Vang bridge (connecting with Bac Ninh province), Hai Hung bridge (connecting with Hung Yen province); An Dong bridge (connecting with Thai Binh province)...

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.

In 2023, the provincial leaders also organized many working delegations to promote investment. Typically, in September 2023, Hai Duong coordinated with the Consulate General of Vietnam in Houston (USA) to co-organize the Hai Duong Investment Promotion Conference with the theme "Connection - Cooperation - Accompanying". The event attracted more than 120 attendees, including many US investors and businesses operating in many fields.

In addition to the United States, Hai Duong province leaders also organized many delegations to promote investment in Japan, Belgium, England, France...

At the investment promotion conferences, many businesses and investors from other countries exchanged, discussed and raised issues with the leaders of Hai Duong province about cooperation and investment opportunities. Investors were also particularly interested in reform, shortening administrative procedures, preferential policies... when investing in Hai Duong. Through these trips, many foreign investors signed memorandums of understanding on investment cooperation in Hai Duong.

The flexibility and proactiveness of the provincial government and infrastructure investors in calling for investment have brought about remarkable results. Through investment promotion trips abroad, in 2023, a series of large corporations came and proposed to invest in projects in Hai Duong. Among them are some major projects of LLCs: Deli Group (VND 6,500 billion); Biel Crystal Technology Production (VND 6,100 billion); BoViet Solar Energy Science and Technology...

With many synchronous solutions, in 2023, Hai Duong recorded impressive results in attracting both domestic and foreign investment. Foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction in the whole province increased dramatically, reaching 1.136 billion USD, an increase of 3.1 times compared to the previous year. This is the highest FDI attraction result in the past 10 years and also the second time in 35 years of FDI attraction in the province has exceeded the threshold of 1 billion USD. FDI projects invested in the province are of fairly large scale, high technology content, ensuring the criteria for attracting investment in the province. Of which, FDI capital attracted to industrial parks alone reached 1.039 billion USD..

In addition to attracting FDI, the province has also achieved positive results in attracting domestic investment capital. The province's total DDI capital attraction in 2023 is VND 11,675 billion, an increase of 5.6 times compared to 2022. The province's DDI capital focuses on investing in developing technical infrastructure of industrial parks.

Content:DO QUYET - NGUYEN LAN

Graphics:HA KIEN

(The work uses some images and clips provided by the investor and collaborators.)

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