The Management Board of Hoa Binh Industrial Parks has defined the enhancement of quality of local industrial parks (IPs) as one of the key solutions to attract secondary investors. Currently, Hoa Binh has eight IPs with a total planned areas of over 1,507 hectares, two of which have had complete technical infrastructure system. Many IPs have seen high occupation rate, including Luong Son IP with 100%, Da River Left Bank IP 91.53%, and South Luong Son IP 60.08%.
Construction of the road connecting National Highway 6 to Nhuan Trach industrial park in Luong Son district is being sped up.
This year, along with investing in necessary infrastructure works in local IPs, the board has designed planning for the construction of five IPs and sped up construction and ground clearance for the projects.
In 2023, the total investment in the construction of infrastructure system in local IP has reached over 700 billion VND (28.83 million USD) including about 600 billion VND from investors.
According to leaders of the board, so far, many infrastructure works have been on good process. The Da River wastewater treatment plant has completed and will be put on testing operation, while the ground clearance for the construction of a road to Yen Quang IP has finished. A road connecting Hoa Lac – Hoa Binh Expressway with Yen Quang IP has accepted the payment volume of over 50% of the assigned capital plan. At the same time, a project to build intersections and feeder roads in Lac Thinh IP is on a right track.
The board has also worked on the planning of eight additional IPs in Yen Thuy, Luong Son, Lac Son, Da Bac, Tan Lac district and Hoa Binh city with a total area of nearly 2,238 hectares.
Currently, the rate of operating IPs with standardised concentrated wastewater treatment system has reached 75%. The cleared area for investors is over 119 hectares, exceeding the plan by 8.4%.
Along with infrastructure development, the board has concentrated on improving the business environment and strengthening administrative reform and investment attraction.
Director of the board Chu Van Thang said that it has held regular meetings with businesses in local IPs to deal with their difficulties and gather their opinions.
As of the end of October, the board had reported four new projects worth 89.5 billion VND in local IPs, while an additional 89.92 billion VND was poured into operating projects.
To date, local IPs have attracted 109 projects, including 25 FDI firms with combined capital of 519.33 million USD. Businesses in the IPs reported a revenue of over 22 trillion VND and export value of 775 million USD, paying 250 billion USD to the State budget and creating jobs for more than 1,700 labourers.
Appreciating the abundant potential and strengths of his hometown for tourism development, Ha Cong Hung, Deputy Secretary of the youth union of Mai Chau district’s Mai Hich commune, embarked on producing smoked meat with a desire to introduce his homeland's specialty to domestic and international tourists.
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Recognising the role and importance of developing the collective economy, the northern province of Hoa Binh has promptly issued support policies to propel the development of the economy, making important contributions to local socio-economic development.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a groundbreaking ceremony for an electronic printed circuit board (PCB) factory at Da River Left Bank Industrial Park in Hoa Binh province on April 13. The electronic PCB factory is invested by Japan's Meiko Group at a total cost of 200 million USD.
In the first quarter of 2024, the credit institutions in the province have actively deployed the legal documents of the State and the State Bank relating to currency, credit and interest rates. At the same time, they have promoted the capital mobilization, focusing on the solutions to expand the credit investment along with strengthening the credit quality management, lending to priority programs to promptly meet the capital needs for export - business and consumer demand during Tet in 2024.
Outside the key economic region of Hoa Binh, yet Lac Son district has utilised its potential and strengths regarding labour, land, and transportation connectivity to attract investment to the locality, contributing to promoting socio-economic development.
