‘More sparrows than eagles’

Answering a reporter’s question about Da Nang’s investment attraction results in the past time, which has not been as expected at previous investment attraction forums, Ms. Huynh Lien Phuong, Director of the Promotion Board At present, the city’s investment attraction is still compared to “more sparrows than eagles”.

The reason for this situation, according to Ms. Phuong, is due to limitations, especially in terms of land prices in Da Nang’s industrial zones being higher than in surrounding provinces. Da Nang’s land fund is also less, so it is only necessary to compare with Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh … so it is not attractive to investors.

According to Ms. Phuong, currently, the land fund outside the industrial park is still a lot, but due to the procedures related to auction, bidding, investor selection, there are still many obstacles between reality and the law. Therefore, the implementation of procedures related to the projects is still behind schedule than expected.

According to Ms. Phuong, in the past two years (2019 -2021), Da Nang has adjusted the general planning and zoning planning, so many projects have not been able to implement. According to Ms. Phuong, currently, the land fund outside the industrial park. There are still many problems, but due to procedures related to auction, bidding, investor selection, there are still many obstacles between reality and the law, so the implementation of procedures related to projects is still very difficult. still slower than expected.

“We are promoting a lot of large-scale projects but have not been able to deploy them right away because we have to wait for the completion of the general plan, the zoning plan is approved and officially distributed before we can proceed,” Ms. Phuong said.

In addition, currently, in industrial and high-tech parks, the land fund is still relatively limited, so the city is planning to expand three industrial parks to create favorable conditions for investors to access land. band. Particularly, high-tech zones will be calculated to rationally distribute and arrange supporting industries.

“We hope that from 2022, Da Nang will have really big and large-scale projects, bringing the whole country and differentiating other localities in the field of Da Nang’s advantages,” Phuong said.

Mr. Ho Ky Minh, Vice Chairman of Da Nang City People’s Committee said: Currently, there are a number of key projects that are interested by investors such as Lien Chieu seaport, international airport expansion project, central project. international financial center…

As for the international airport, according to Mr. Minh, the city is focusing on adjusting and submitting to the Prime Minister for approval to adjust the planning, then will focus on expanding the T1 terminal, the cargo terminal.

As for the regional international financial center project, the People’s Committee of Da Nang City has submitted a report to the Prime Minister. The central agencies are arranging to hold a meeting to hear the City People’s Committee report on this project…

“These projects, in the forum program to the city, will be presented, and at the same time, propose and recommend the Government, ministries, branches and central government to consider”, Mr. Minh said.

Mr. Ho Ky Minh, Vice Chairman of Da Nang City People’s Committee chaired the press conference. Photo: Nguyen Thanh

For foreign investors and workers, Mr. Minh affirmed: In recent years, the city has paid great attention to and facilitated support. Currently, Da Nang is amending, approving and promulgating regulations on coordination in the management of licensing for foreign workers in the area.

Regarding the projects on Son Tra peninsula, Mr. Minh said: Currently all are being reviewed according to the conclusions of the Central Government. Issues to be reviewed are related to national security, to the three types of forests, to biodiversity and to suitability with the planning.

“The People’s Committee of Da Nang City has also recently made a specific report to the competent authority on projects in Son Tra peninsula. After an official reply from the competent authority, the city will direct the department, the The industry works with businesses to soon implement projects”, Mr. Minh shared.

Danang Investment Forum 2022 is scheduled to be held on June 25, 2022 in two forms, face-to-face and online in Da Nang. The forum is expected to have the participation of nearly 600 delegates, including leaders of the Government, ministries, branches, a number of embassies and consulates, businesses …

According to Nguyen Thanh