Mr Le Tan Luc, Head of Management Board of Economic Zone of Tra Vinh province said that in the coming time, the province will uphold a transparent investment environment, continue administrative reform, and offer preferential policies to support enterprises, thus attracting investment, especially in economic zones and industrial zones of the province.
Under the master plan of Tra Vinh, the province has one economic zone and three industrial zones. The Prime Minister has approved the establishment of Dinh An economic zone with the planned area of 39,020 ha, in which 15,403.7 ha of the first phase. Furthermore, there are the existing Long Duc industrial zone (100 ha), Cau Quan industrial zone (120 ha) and Co Chien industrial zone (200 ha).
Currently, Long Duc industrial zone, with basic structure 100 percent complete, attracts 26 investment projects with registered investment capital of over VND 2,027 billion (equivalent to USD 107 million), including 12 projects of foreign investment capital (over USD 66 million) and 14 domestic investment capital (over VND 770 billion). Among those, 13 projects have gone into operation, and 13 projects are under construction. Cau Quan industrial zone and Co Chien industrial zone are in process of calling for infrastructure investment.
Dinh An Economic Zone has attracted 16 projects with total investment capital of VND228,484 billion. Specifically, five projects have been licensed, namely Tra Cu port construction project, fishery services and residence infrastructure project, construction and operation project of Ngu Lac industrial zone infrastructure, Duyen Hai town construction project, and Dan Thanh 2 resettlement project; two under construction projects are financed by the central government: Tra Vinh canal and Duyen Hai electricity centre; investment policy of nine projects were approved and their memorandum were signed: Long Toan port and services construction project, Don Xuan industrial zone, Dinh An industrial zone, Bonded Storage area, Petroleum refinery industrial zone, Non-tariff area, Manufacture of fermented beverage - bottled and packaged beverage, Petroleum storage and stations, maritime training facility.
According to Mr Le Tan Luc, recently, enterprises have focused on investing in infrastructure constructions of roads, waterways, as well as infrastructures of industrial zones and functional areas in economic zones. Besides, they also focus on other fields of investment, such as: food, textile; growing and processing project of agriculture products and seafood. With a long coastline, Tra Vinh has also attracted investors, who aim to explore port investments with the purpose of building a trading channel domestically and internationally.
In recent time, leaders of the Party, Government and provincial authorities executed some solutions to build an open investment environment for investors and accelerate the process of provincial social - economic development, such as: improving technical infrastructure for social - economic development, further promoting administrative reform, improving investment environment by implementing “one-stop policy”, combining a lot of policies about land lease, land usage contract, and land clearance support, all of which are positive solutions to attract investors.
Regarding Mr Le Tan Luc, Tra Vinh province will concentrate on investing in some preferential fields, such as: roads and waterway infrastructures in BT and PPP investment type; construction and operation of industrial zone and functional area of economic zone; food, agriculture products and seafood processing industries; high-tech and friendly to environment projects; manufacturing and mechanical industry; waste treatment plants; service, tourism, financial industries and health, training and education fields.
Phuong Ha
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