Hai Duong exempts land rent for socialized investment projects

Investors implementing socialized investment projects in the fields of education, vocational training, healthcare, culture, sports and environment in urban areas will be exempted from land rent by Hai Duong province.Photo FB Nguyen Manh Hien

Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee has issued regulations on preferential land regimes for socialized investment projects in the fields of education, vocational training, health care, culture, sports and environment (referred to as socialized investment projects) in urban areas.

The above Decision applies to investors implementing socialized investment projects approved by the Provincial People's Committee for investment policy and land lease in urban areas (including inner city areas of cities; inner and outer cities of towns; towns as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 3 of the Law on Urban Planning No. 30/2009/QH12 dated June 17, 2009; does not apply to foreign investors.

Investors implementing socialized investment projects in urban areas are leased land that has completed site clearance and are exempted from land rent for the entire lease term according to the project's operational period approved by the Provincial People's Committee; in case the project is permitted by a competent state agency to extend the land lease term, they are not entitled to land incentives under this regulation for the extended land lease term.

In case the provincial budget is not able to balance the compensation, site clearance and handover of clean site to the investor, the investor shall advance funds to pay compensation and site clearance; the handling of compensation and site clearance shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions in Point b, Point c, Clause 5, Article 6 of Decree No. 69/2008/ND-CP dated May 30, 2008 of the Government (amended and supplemented in Clause 3, Article 1 of Decree No. 59/2014/ND-CP dated June 16, 2014 of the Government).

To enjoy preferential land regimes, socialized investment projects must be on the list of types and meet the criteria, scale and standards of socialized facilities issued by the Prime Minister; in accordance with provincial planning, sectoral planning, field planning, construction planning and local land use planning approved by competent authorities. The project must be implemented and put into operation in accordance with the schedule, objectives and scale approved by the Provincial People's Committee and legal regulations.

The People's Committee of Hai Duong province assigned the Department of Planning and Investment to preside over advising the Provincial People's Committee to approve and announce the list of socialized investment projects suitable to the actual conditions of the province in each period to attract and call for investment; preside over with relevant departments, branches and localities to organize appraisal, synthesize and submit to the Provincial People's Committee for decision on approving investment policies, adjusting investment policies for socialized investment projects outside industrial parks according to the provisions of law; monitor the implementation of socialized investment projects; synthesize, report and propose to the Provincial People's Committee to resolve difficulties in the process of organizing the implementation of this decision.

The Departments of Education and Training, Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Health, Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Natural Resources and Environment, based on their functions and tasks, coordinate with the People's Committees of districts, towns and cities to develop a list of socialized projects suitable to the actual conditions of the locality, send it to the Department of Planning and Investment for synthesis, report to the Provincial People's Committee for consideration and approval; coordinate with the Department of Planning and Investment in appraising and submitting to the Provincial People's Committee for approval of investment policies, adjusting investment policies for socialized investment projects outside industrial parks according to the provisions of law.

The Provincial Tax Department guides investors in socialized investment projects to follow the procedures for exemption from land rent and compensation and site clearance; presides over and coordinates with relevant departments and branches to inspect and supervise the implementation of socialized investment projects in accordance with the conditions and criteria approved by competent authorities. In case of detecting that a socialized investment project does not meet the conditions and criteria approved by competent authorities, it shall report to the Provincial People's Committee for consideration and decision to abolish incentives in accordance with the provisions of law.

The People's Committees of districts, towns and cities shall preside over and work with relevant departments and branches to develop a list of socialized projects in accordance with the district's construction planning, local construction planning, land use planning and send it to the Department of Planning and Investment for synthesis and reporting to the Provincial People's Committee for consideration and approval; monitor and supervise socialized investment projects in the area to ensure proper and effective land use.

For socialized investment projects in urban areas in the locality that have been approved by the Provincial People's Committee for investment policy before the effective date of this Decision, incentives will continue to be applied according to the provisions in the investment policy approval document for the remaining incentive period of the project. In case the approved land incentive level is lower than this Decision, the investor will enjoy incentives according to this Decision for the remaining incentive period of the project.

The Decision takes effect from August 20, 2023.

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