Le Mon Industrial Park (IP) is the first IP in the province, invested relatively synchronously by State capital and has been 100% filled. Currently, Le Mon IP has 26 enterprises leasing land for production; of which 7 are foreign-invested enterprises and 19 are domestically invested enterprises, creating jobs for 25,000 workers. Although the operations of the enterprises are relatively stable, many technical infrastructure items of this IP have degraded after many years of investment but there is no funding source for repairs to better meet the requirements in the new context.
Fire Prevention and Fighting Drill at Le Mon Industrial Park.
According to the report of Thanh Hoa Industrial Park Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company, during the operation of the industrial park infrastructure, the unit has fully complied with the State's regulations on infrastructure business. Accordingly, the provision of public services, utilities, ensuring conditions for traffic infrastructure, electricity, water supply, wastewater treatment, environmental sanitation, security and order..., creating a favorable environment for enterprises to feel secure in production and business activities.
However, according to this enterprise, in addition to the achieved results, the management and business of the infrastructure of Le Mon Industrial Park still has many shortcomings. The main reason is that the technical infrastructure of Le Mon Industrial Park has been invested for many years but lacks funds for investment and major repairs, so it has seriously degraded, especially the traffic system, rainwater drainage ditches... These shortcomings affect the circulation of goods, local flooding when it rains heavily, causing dust affecting the environment and general aesthetics of the Industrial Park.
Along with that, the State has recently made many changes to the laws on investment, land, construction, environment and especially new regulations on fire prevention and fighting (PCCC), increasing compliance costs for infrastructure investors. Meanwhile, the infrastructure fee rates that have been applied since 2001 cannot meet management requirements.
According to the representative of Thanh Hoa Industrial Park Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company, Le Mon Industrial Park was designed and built in 2008 (before the 2001 Fire Prevention and Fighting Law was issued) and filled in 2009, before the new regulations on fire prevention and fighting were issued, so there are currently many shortcomings. Accordingly, according to the 2001 Fire Prevention and Fighting Law, the establishment of a specialized fire prevention and fighting team of the industrial park is carried out by the Management Board of Economic Zones and Industrial Parks. However, the 2013 Fire Prevention and Fighting Law stipulates that the responsibility for establishing a specialized fire prevention and fighting team belongs to the infrastructure investor and the operating budget is arranged right in the planning estimate, investment project and construction design stage.
Along with that, the establishment of a fire prevention and fighting team and the provision of facilities, locations, and maintenance of the specialized fire prevention and fighting team require an annual budget of about 3-4 billion VND; while the current revenue of the industrial park for this work (issued and applied since 2001 with a unit price of 0.1 USD/m2/year) is very limited, only meeting the maintenance needs of the fire prevention and fighting system invested in according to the planning and appraisal and acceptance before. Typically, in 2023, the revenue from infrastructure service fees of Le Mon Industrial Park only reached more than 1.4 billion VND. There is no location for the specialized fire prevention and fighting force and fire prevention and fighting equipment.
It is known that, in order to meet the new fire prevention and fighting regulations, from 2022 to present, Thanh Hoa Industrial Park Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company has developed a plan to "establish a specialized fire prevention and fighting team and equip fire prevention and fighting equipment for Le Mon Industrial Park" with the company's contributed funds. The company has also coordinated with the Nghi Son Economic Zone Management Board and industrial parks to organize conferences to directly collect opinions and documents, but has not yet reached a consensus.
To ensure that the management and business activities of Le Mon Industrial Park infrastructure comply with legal regulations on construction, environment, fire prevention and fighting, based on the provisions of law on management and use of public assets assigned by the State to enterprises for management, excluding the State capital component in enterprises according to the Law on Management and Use of Public Assets No. 15/2027/QH14 dated June 21, 2017, Thanh Hoa Industrial Park Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company has developed and submitted to the Provincial People's Committee for approval to adjust the unit price of management, maintenance and repair services of industrial park technical infrastructure to serve the stable and long-term production and business activities of enterprises.
According to the Management Board of Nghi Son Economic Zone and Industrial Parks, Le Mon Industrial Park as well as other industrial parks in Thanh Hoa City have made an important contribution to moving small and medium-sized projects from the inner city to the industrial park to protect the environment and solve the shortage of investment land for enterprises. With Le Mon Industrial Park, in the period of 2000-2013, to create favorable conditions to attract and encourage investors to the industrial park, the Provincial People's Committee issued many preferential policies and support for land rental prices. Enterprises in Le Mon Industrial Park are also paying annual land rental fees, which has directly supported investors, contributing to attracting and filling up the Le Mon Industrial Park to develop as it is today.
In the coming time, with the consensus of secondary investors in contributing, forming capital sources for investment and complying with technical infrastructure items according to the law, especially new regulations on fire prevention and fighting, the board will urge infrastructure investors to promptly establish and equip specialized fire prevention and fighting teams, strictly comply with regulations on fire prevention and fighting laws and rescue as prescribed; at the same time, carry out renovation and maintenance of degraded technical works, ensuring conditions for enterprises to produce and do business in the long term and sustainably.
Article and photos: Tung Lam
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