The 'end' of delayed projects in Hai Duong

Strongly stop the activity

After many meetings, analysis and assessment of the situation, the Provincial People's Committee has agreed to partially terminate the Hai Duong Inland Port Construction Investment Project of Hai Duong Logistics Joint Stock Company (Hai Duong City). The reason is that the investor did not use part of the project area, causing land waste.

The Hai Duong Inland Port Project was approved for investment in 2005 by the Provincial People's Committee. After two adjustments in 2016 and 2019, the project has a total investment of nearly 352 billion VND. The investor has leveled the ground, built surrounding walls, invested in 6 warehouses, 1 operating house and a number of auxiliary works on an area of ​​nearly 8.9 hectares.

The remaining 6.4 hectares, although the province has created favorable conditions and extended the implementation progress many times, the enterprise has not cooperated in site clearance.

The project is located at the gateway to Hai Duong City, so not fully exploiting the land fund not only reduces the efficiency of land use but also affects the urban beauty. The provincial authorities and the City People's Committee have proactively contacted the investor to resolve problems related to the unused land area.

However, the enterprise did not actively cooperate. Therefore, the partial termination of the project shows the province's decisive attitude when the enterprise is slow in investing.

The urban market project in the east of Hai Duong City by Viet Duc Company Limited was expected to create a highlight in terms of services and trade for the city. However, for the past 17 years, the project has remained unfinished, and even a part of the project area has been leased out and used for the wrong purpose, causing public outrage.

This project was first granted an investment certificate by the Provincial People's Committee in 2007 and revised in 2016. The project's goal is to build a type II market on an area of ​​over 7,000 m²with a total investment of more than 62 billion VND. The project must be completed and put into operation before December 31, 2016.

In 2017, the investor requested to adjust and supplement the goal of building a commercial service center and apartments. After reviewing, the professional agency concluded that this goal was not consistent with related planning and plans. However, the problems with this project were not resolved immediately and it was not until September 2024 that the project officially ceased operations.

Consider Adjustment

From 2023 to present, under the strong direction of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, Provincial People's Committee, all levels and sectors in the province have inspected, reviewed, evaluated and classified investment projects outside industrial parks that are behind schedule and not implemented in accordance with regulations. Based on the analysis of subjective and objective causes, the advisory agency has proposed to the Provincial People's Committee appropriate handling options.

In addition to projects that must be resolutely revoked and violations of investment and land must be handled, the province also creates conditions for projects that are behind schedule due to objective reasons to adjust their investment policies.

The Hanoi-Hai Duong International Hospital project of Thanh Dong Medical Investment and Development Joint Stock Company was approved by the Provincial People's Committee in February 2021 with a total investment of nearly VND 1,300 billion. The project uses nearly 13 hectares of land along the North-South axis road through Hong Duc commune (Ninh Giang).

The project's objective is to invest in a general hospital, meeting the medical examination and treatment needs of the people with a scale of 500 beds. The project is expected to be completed and put into operation within 36 months from the date of investment policy approval. However, after the deadline, the project has not yet been implemented. This is one of the projects on the list of projects to be checked and reviewed in early 2024.

After inspection, the Department of Planning and Investment assessed that the project was behind schedule mainly due to objective reasons and partly due to the responsibility of the local government. The investor has completed the land clearance agreement with households with land areas within the project implementation scope. Currently, there are only problems related to the public land area managed by the locality.

The project implementation time was right at the time when the Covid-19 pandemic was complicated and social distancing was required, so the implementation of investment procedures was interrupted. Therefore, the Department of Planning and Investment proposed to extend the project implementation progress.

Similarly, the provincial People's Committee has just approved the adjustment of investment policy for two investment projects of Que Huong Joint Stock Company in Nam Sach district. The project of green bean cake production facility and export umbrella production facility has a total investment of nearly 150 billion VND, using more than 4.4 hectares of land in Hong Phong commune (Nam Sach).

These two projects were first approved for investment in 2020, requiring completion and operation within 24 months from the date of approval.

However, problems with site clearance and complicated land procedures have caused the project to be delayed. After reviewing the documents and requiring businesses to deposit investment funds, the project's implementation schedule has been extended.

Fair, no exceptions

While actively handling and removing obstacles for reviewed projects, agencies and units in the province continue to review the second phase of delayed projects in 2024. Not only provincial projects but also projects of production and business households are in the "target". The province is determined to handle them thoroughly and thoroughly to avoid prolonged delays in investment projects.

Projects that are behind schedule or do not comply with regulations are assessed for both objective and subjective reasons. From there, the responsibility of the investor and state management agency is considered. If the project is delayed due to subjective factors despite being facilitated, then the project will be considered for revocation and termination of operation.

In fact, the province has recently taken strong measures to terminate the operation of a number of investment projects. As for projects arising from objective reasons, the responsibilities of the parties must be clearly assessed in order to come up with appropriate solutions.

Hai Duong has many potentials and advantages in attracting investment projects, contributing to promoting socio-economic development. However, slow-to-implement projects will affect the province's investment environment, making motivation become a "cornerstone", hindering development.

Therefore, the handling of projects that are behind schedule and not implemented in accordance with regulations in the past time demonstrates the province's spirit of decisive and drastic action to strongly improve the investment and business environment.