Southeast Nghe An EZ: A unique alternative for investment
By focusing on identifying its main advantages compared to other localities and giving priority to attracting investment in economic zone infrastructure projects, Southeast Nghe An Economic Zone (EZ) is becoming a spotlight.
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According to the zone’s management board, it has this year approved policies and issued certificates for 13 foreign-invested projects, with a total registered capital of about 1.12 billion USD.
Overall, the total newly granted foreign capital and additional adjusted capital is about 1.3 billion USD.
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| By focusing on identifying its main advantages compared to other localities and giving priority to attracting investment in economic zone infrastructure projects, Southeast Nghe An Economic Zone (EZ) is becoming a spotlight. |
Thanks to these results, Nghe An is in the top 10 provinces nationwide in terms of attracting overseas funding.
While many localities in the central region have not attracted any foreign-invested projects since the beginning of the year, Nghe An has flourished.
Earlier this year, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha approved the overall adjustment of general planning for the construction of Southeast Nghe An EZ towards 2040.
The EZ is a key, multi-industry, multi-sector zone covering almost 21,000 hectares. To attract investment and develop the area, in August, Nghe An People’s Committee issued management regulations according to the overall adjustment project.
Accordingly, it identified priority investment programs and projects for the EZ during this period. The EZ will prioritize the construction of housing development projects, meeting the needs of renovation and resettlement arrangements.
There will also be the construction and renovation of shopping centers, exhibition fairs, cultural centers, and entertainment and sports parks.
Le Tien Tri, head of the Management Board of Southeast Nghe An EZ, said by identifying the outstanding potential advantages of the province when compared with other localities, the province had focused on attracting investment in industrial park (IP) infrastructure.
This combined with investment promotion has brought good results. Since 2015, the province has attracted three big names in IP infrastructure: Hoang Thinh Dat Corporation, VSIP, and WHA Industrial Development.
“Currently, Hoang Mai 1 IP, WHA, and even VSIP have attracted many secondary investors. They have quite high occupancy rates of over 90 per cent, and WHA Industrial Park is in the process of expanding to phase 2,” Tri said. “Hoang Mai 2 IP has also been approved.”
With modern investment in industrial infrastructure projects, a new wave of funding attraction has appeared and increased rapidly in Nghe An.
Since the beginning of 2019, the province has attracted more than 2 billion USD of foreign capital in IPs, including many large ventures in electronic equipment and technology manufacturing such as Goertek Vina, Runergy PV Technology, Everwin, JuTeng, Luxshare ICT, and Luxshare.
In June this year, Nghe An approved a project to produce monocrystalline silicon rods and semiconductor platters in Hoang Mai 1 IP. The project is funded by Runergy PV Technology Co., Ltd. from Thailand as an investor, worth around 440 million USD.
This is the first project in the group’s series of investment plans in Vietnam, with subsequent projects planned that could increase the group’s total funding in Vietnam to as much as 1.4 billion USD.
The previous month, Nghe An also approved an electronic component manufacturing project worth 100 million USD from Foxconn.
Last year, Nghe An gave the green light for a factory manufacturing electronic products, network equipment, and multimedia sound products at WHA IP for Goertek Group.
After more than one year of implementing phase 1, the group decided to invest a further 500 million USD, becoming the largest foreign-led project in Nghe An.
To support the attraction of secondary investors to place money into IPs in Southeast Nghe An EZ, Nghe An keeps seeking solutions to improve the business investment environment as well as pump money into essential infrastructure.
As of mid-October, the total investment disbursed for essential infrastructure construction was up to 22 million USD.
Currently, there are four projects constructing roads in the EZ. In addition, the Management Board of Southeast Nghe An EZ is also speeding up the progress of six other projects.
Not only focusing on developing essential infrastructure projects, accompanying and supporting investors in removing difficulties during implementation has also been a strong focus of local leaders
Teng Wei Hong, general director of VSIP Nghe An said, “In recent years, the leaders of the province and the Management Board of Southeast Nghe An EZ have focused on promoting spatial development, mobilizing capital for infrastructure development, applying IT, amending and perfecting policies, and creating an open and attractive investment environment. The leaders of Nghe An have provided dedicated support in all aspects to create the best environment for us to work.”
(Source: VIR)
