Attending and directing the conference was comrade Bui Thanh An - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
Also attending were representatives of the Provincial Party Committee of Provincial Agencies, the Provincial Party Committee of Provincial Enterprises and provincial departments, branches; representatives of the People's Committees of districts, cities, towns, universities, vocational colleges, leaders of 98 enterprises which are infrastructure companies, investors and enterprises in the economic zone.
Implementing the annual tasks of the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board in difficult conditions due to the complicated and unpredictable world situation, however, with the attention and support of the province, the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board (Management Board) has proactively followed the province's Socio-Economic Development Plan for 2023 and the Economic Zone and Industrial Park Development Plan for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050 for implementation, so it has achieved quite outstanding results.
Along with advising the province to issue policies to support shipping lines and businesses transporting goods by container through Cua Lo Port ; proposing specific mechanisms and policies related to economic zones and industrial parks according to Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW of the Politburo on the development direction of Nghe An to 2030, with a vision to 2045; continuing to complete the planning and management of economic zone planning to submit to the Prime Minister for approval, the Management Board proactively coordinates with departments, branches and localities to do a good job of attracting investment and promoting production and business activities of enterprises.
Specifically, regarding investment promotion activities, the committee has successfully organized connection and investment promotion activities for provincial leaders in other countries; at the same time, coordinated with units such as VSIP Nghe An Co., Ltd., Hoang Thinh Dat to advise provincial leaders to work with investors coming to learn about investment in Nghe An and industrial parks in the economic zone.
Investment attraction results in 2023 exceeded the set plan, with new issuances including approval of investment policies/issuance of Investment Registration Certificates for 27 projects, with a total registered capital of over 35 trillion VND; 56 project adjustments, of which 18 projects adjusted to increase capital, with an additional capital of 6,578.6 billion VND. The total newly granted and adjusted capital was 41,648.3 billion VND, exceeding 108% of the set target (the target in 2023 was to attract investment capital of 15,000 - 20,000 billion VND) and the registered investment capital increased by 37.0% over the same period in 2022.
Along with focusing on supporting the implementation of investment projects, land management, environmental protection; enterprise and labor management; administrative reform, digital transformation, improving the investment and business environment; implementing investment in infrastructure construction of economic zones, industrial parks and mobilizing investment capital sources have also received attention and achieved positive results.
In 2023, the total investment capital for infrastructure construction in economic zones and industrial parks is estimated at 1,687 trillion VND.
In 2023, foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction had a remarkable growth when for the first time, FDI attraction was in the top 10 localities attracting the largest FDI in the country, with 18 newly licensed projects and 12 projects with increased capital. The total newly licensed and adjusted capital was nearly 1.6 billion USD, exceeding 219% of the 2023 FDI attraction target of 500 million USD. Compared to the same period in 2022, FDI investment capital increased by 77.0%. The Management Board advised the Provincial People's Committee to submit to the Prime Minister to establish 2 new industrial parks, with a total area of 834.79 hectares, namely Tho Loc Industrial Park Phase 1 with a scale of 500 hectares and Hoang Mai Industrial Park II with a scale of 334.79 hectares. Currently, the Management Board is implementing procedures to approve the investment policy of WHA Industrial Park Nghe An 2 (189 hectares); Tho Loc B Industrial Park (180 hectares); Nghia Dan Industrial Park (200 ha); average occupancy rate of 7 industrial parks is over 53%.
In addition to the above outstanding results, at the conference, the Management Board pointed out a number of shortcomings, limitations and causes. Based on the analysis of favorable and difficult factors, task requirements, the Management Board strives to attract about 20-25 projects in 2024, with a total registered investment of 15,000 - 20,000 billion VND to the economic zone, of which FDI investment capital is about 700 million USD; establish 2-3 new industrial parks, with a scale of about 600 hectares.
Representatives of some localities and investors gave speeches sharing some outstanding results in 2023, successful lessons and making some recommendations and investment plans in the coming time.
At the conference, on behalf of the provincial leaders, Comrade Bui Thanh An - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee gave a speech, recognizing the efforts and outstanding results in 9 areas that the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board has excellently achieved in the past year. On the basis of emphasizing the world economic context and the requirement to attract domestic investment, the need for resources to invest in infrastructure of industrial parks, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized and requested the Management Board to make more efforts to complete the goals and tasks for 2024.
The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee suggested that in 2024, the committee focus on implementing 3 key tasks: proactively preparing better and better the province's "5 readiness" requirements to attract investment; completing the goals set for 2024; at the same time, effectively and synchronously implementing groups of tasks and solutions, such as planning zoning of industrial parks and functional areas in economic zones; mobilizing resources to invest in infrastructure of economic zones and industrial parks, ensuring clean land; improving the business environment, attracting investment, supporting key projects; improving the effectiveness of land management and environmental protection; strengthening State management, administrative reform, digital transformation; ensuring human resources for investors and businesses...
Nghe An will continue to invest in new industrial parks such as WHA 2, Tho Loc 2... to ensure a larger industrial park land fund. At the same time, it is recommended that relevant local authorities speed up the site clearance progress of new industrial parks that are about to come into operation. The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acknowledged the recommendations and proposals of investors and enterprises and assigned the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board and the People's Committees of relevant districts and towns to coordinate in resolving them.
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