In the face of economic difficulty, industrial parks in Binh Thuan province have made constant efforts to improve infrastructure systems, better investment environment, and attract secondary investors to local their projects in a bid to quickly realise the objective of making Binh Thuan a basically industrial province by 2020, said Mr Huynh Giac, Director of Binh Thuan Industrial Parks Authority.Hoang Lam reports.Could you please tell us some remarkable results in building local industrial parks and current investment attraction results? To date, Binh Thuan province has 9 industrial parks established under the decisions of the Prime Minister, covering a total area of 3,236 ha. Specifically, the first phase (covering 68 ha) of Phan Thiet Industrial Park, costing VND69.684 billion (US$3.2 million) for investment, has leased 93.35 percent of its rentable area to 27 projects, including nine foreign direct investment (FDI) projects, which invested VND493.98 billion (US$23 million) and US$55.58 million. The second phase (covering 40.7 ha) leased 29.02 percent of commercial area, or 9.02 ha, to five projects, which registered to invest VND135 billion (US$6.3 million). The 146-ha Ham Kiem 1 Industrial Park has housed eight projects with registered investment capital of VND886.66 billion (US$41.2 million) and US$5.51 million. The 433.26-ha Ham Kiem 2 Industrial Park has attracted three investment projects with a total investment capital of VND199.46 billion (US$9.3 million) and US$19.8 million. The 300-ha Song Binh Industrial Park has housed two investment projects with a combined investment capital of VND1,382.543 billion (US$64 million) and US$40 million, which rented 57.56 ha of land. Tuy Phong Industrial Park, kicked off on April 12, 2014, is expected to have the first secondary investors in the third quarter of 2014, with 20-30 ha leased. In addition, Binh Thuan province has Tan Duc Industrial Park (300 ha), Son My 1 Industrial Park (1,070 ha) and Son My 2 Industrial Park (540 ha). These industrial parks are preparing investment procedures for construction commencement in 2014-2015. Achievements that Binh Thuan-based industrial parks obtained are actually uplifting. Would you mind telling why Binh Thuan province in general and its industrial parks in particular have a powerful appeal to domestic and international investors? Binh Thuan is near to the southern key economic zone. The province is 200 km from Ho Chi Minh City, 150km from Vung Tau City and 250 km from Nha Trang City. It also has a favourable traffic system, with North – South Railway and National Road 1A linking Binh Thuan to central coastal provinces, Ho Chi Minh City and southeast provinces; National Road 28 connecting Binh Thuan to Lam Dong province and the Central Highlands; National Road 55 linking Binh Thuan to Ba Ria – Vung Tau province. Industrial parks are primarily located along National Road 1A, the most important traffic route of the nation. Transportation will be better when HCM City – Dau Giay – Phan Thiet Expressway and Vinh Tan Port are completed and brought into operation, expected to be finished in 2015. Besides, power and water supplies are always ensured in industrial parks. Land rents, labour costs and infrastructure investment costs are lower than other localities. Local material sources are abundant. Investors can easily carry their products to potential Ho Chi Minh City, other regions in the country (Southeast, Central Highlands, Central Coast, etc.) or export to world markets. The impressive performances of industrial parks are also attributed to the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People’s Committee’s guidance and support for industrial development, represented by the Binh Thuan Industrial Parks Authority, which helps investors to deal with their problems when doing business here. In addition, all businesses are equally treated with incentives and practical supports and informed of new policies, mechanisms, plans, investment and business opportunities from State agencies. The Binh Thuan province Industrial Parks Authority pledges to strongly support investors from seeking investment opportunities to carrying out investment projects and business performances in the rapid and effective manner. At the same time, the authority will speed up administration reform and working manner, uphold the dedicated and transparent working spirit and attitude, quickly grasp and resolve difficulties against businesses and investors to create the most conducive investment and business environment. What fields are investors in industrial parks encouraged to invest in? To date, most industrial parks have operational projects and this also poses big threats to environmental pollution. Could you please reveal measures to reduce pollution and protect the environment? At present, industrial parks are encouraging projects with modern, environment-friendly technologies. They will be given further priority if using local materials (cashew processing, industrial salt, mineral water, dragon fruit processing, dragon fruit preservation technology, etc.); processing agricultural, forest and seafood products; processing minerals; manufacturing and processing foods; manufacturing consumer goods, manufacturing building materials for domestic consumption and export; manufacturing mechanical products, transport vehicles and steel structures; manufacturing high-tech products and industrial parts. To comply with environmental protection regulations, all industrial parks in the province have built central waste treatment systems. The authority has also rationally built industrial parks in the province to promote their efficiency, speed up the cause of industrialisation, and easily treat environmental pollution. Regarding State management, the authority seriously implements Prime Minister’s regulations and other provisions on conditions and criteria of new industrial park establishment. The management board requires investors and concerned agencies to submit environmental impact assessment reports or commitments to the construction pace of central waste treatment facilities. If investors fail to comply, the authority will not grant investment certificates to them. Currently, all four operational industrial parks in the province have central waste treatment systems (Phan Thiet 1, Phan Thiet 2, Ham Kiem 1 and Ham Kiem 2). What are the solutions and strategies Binh Thuan province will take to attract more investors, especially secondary investors, to develop industrial parks, specially infrastructure? The Binh Thuan Industrial Parks Authority will collaborate with the Department of Planning and Investment and industrial park investors to organise investment promotion programmes, strengthen regional connection in investment attraction, and carry out investment promotion cooperation contents signed by the Provincial People’s Committee with nine other central coastal provinces. In addition, the authority will also apply maximum for supports investors in industrial parks as stipulated by the Provincial People’s Committee in the Decision 64/2009/QD-UBND dated September 18, 2009, the Decision 06/2011/QD-UBND dated April 7, 2011, the Decision 06/2012/QD-UBND dated March 12, 2012, and the Decision 113/QD-UBND dated January 16, 2012. The authority will accelerate administration reform to create a friendlier, more attractive investment environment and upgrade infrastructure systems inside and outside industrial parks to facilitate investors’ operations. The province will upgrade the infrastructure system, particularly roads connecting to Dau Giay – Phan Thiet Expressway and North – South high-speed railway, expand Vinh Tan Port, and announce investment plan and development progress of Phan Thiet Airport in order to create a better investment environment for businesses and investors.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:01:06 +0000
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