As one of the four key economic development pillars of Bac Giang province, Lang Giang district is resolutely improving the investment and business environment. It actively supports enterprises by addressing challenges, particularly in site clearance and investment attraction. These efforts have unlocked resources for rapid, sustainable economic growth, positioning the district as the northern growth hub of Bac Giang province.
Infrastructure and urban appearance of Lang Giang are increasingly enhanced
Promoting advantages, boosting investment attraction
Lang Giang has a favorable location: 10km from the center of Bac Giang city, 60km from Noi Bai Airport and Hanoi City, 100km from Huu Nghi International Border Gate (Lang Son) and 130km from Hai Phong Seaport and Cai Lan-Quang Ninh deep-water seaport. Many strategic traffic routes run across the district like Bac Giang-Lang Son Expressway, National Highway 1A, National Highway 31, National Highway 37, Hanoi-Lang Son Railway and Kep-Quang Ninh Railway along with many intertwining provincial and district roads to form a complete traffic network.
In addition, the district has a quite large area of flat land, and the labor force accounts for a high proportion. Besides Tan Hung Industrial Park, Lang Giang established 10 industrial complexes with a combined area of 349 ha. At the same time, the district is accelerating the progress of licensing two new industrial parks, namely Gilimex and My Thai, expected to take place in the first quarter of 2025.
Unlocking its potential advantages, Lang Giang has focused on attracting investment capital for socioeconomic development, driven by industry, urbanization and service, and achieved many positive results.
In the first 10 months of 2024, the district attracted eight investment projects, an increase of 33% year on year. Notably, the foreign direct investment (FDI) reached VND837.5 billion, eight folds higher than the value in 2023. To date, Lang Giang has 266 manufacturing, trading and service investment projects with about VND12,000 billion of registered capital. In addition, the locality is carrying out 20 urban and residential investment projects with a total registered value of VND6,077 billion. Up to now, two out of 20 projects have completed technical infrastructure construction while the remainder are being implemented and guaranteed to be completed on schedule.
Mr. Nguyen Van Bang, Chairman of the Lang Giang People's Committee, said: According to the Bac Giang Provincial Planning for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, Lang Giang is planned to become a green urban area with unique culture, a regional logistics center and an important economic growth pole in the north of Bac Giang province.
In the coming time, the district will further focus on attracting and mobilizing investment resources for infrastructure development in industrial parks and complexes, with priority given to environmentally friendly high-tech projects. Moreover, the district will draw investment capital for logistics, high-value trade service, high-valued supporting industries, which have strong ripple effects and entice domestic and foreign high-quality labor resources.
Enhancing investment support
To accompany and support businesses, in recent years, Lang Giang has focused on land compensation and site clearance for investment projects. Accordingly, the Lang Giang People's Committee regularly oversees and accelerates land acquisition and clearance for each project. When there are emerging challenges, the province will promptly meet relevant sectors and units to discuss and agree on solutions.
Furthermore, to remove difficulties for businesses, Lang Giang has launched guidance on development direction, investment attraction and business climate improvement, including Resolution 32-NQ/HU dated March 18, 2021 of the Lang Giang Party Committee, and Plan 29/KH-UBND dated March 31, 2021 on investment environment improvement, investment attraction and industrial development in 2021-2025. All guidance contents are disseminated to all agencies for effective implementation.
The district also built an investment promotion website, https://www.xtdtlanggiang.gov.vn, which is connected to the electronic information portal of the Lang Giang People's Committee. This website provides organizations and individuals with essential information on the investment environment, legal procedures, opportunities, and administrative processes. Notably, planning and project information is visually displayed on the Digitized Map of Lang Giang district (GIS application).
Periodically, the district coordinates with the Lang Giang Business Association to organize government-business dialogues to grasp and promptly resolve difficulties faced by local companies. It regularly provides information on training programs organized by the Department of Planning and Investment to raise awareness and skills of businesses and connect cooperation opportunities for investors.
“At the same time, Lang Giang continues to promote digital transformation and improve the quality of public employees. The district strives to fully complete the given targets and plans to become an important contributor to the development of Bac Giang province,” Bang emphasized.
According to the Lang Giang Land Fund Development Center, 2024 is a challenging year for land compensation, support and site clearance. In particular, site clearance faces a lot of difficulties because the Law on Land 2024 still lacks specific instructions for enforcement and Bac Giang province has not yet issued a new land price list, making people reluctant to agree on the compensation method. To solve this, along with the participation of all levels of authority and sectors, the center has prioritized communications on raising public consensus. The center always ensures the criteria of harmonized interests for individuals, collectives and society in accordance with the current law and creates consensus among related parties. On the other hand, the district coordinates with the government of communes and towns where the project is implemented to boost effective, public and transparent communications to enhance public understanding of project significance and local development, thus strengthening public consensus. |
By Ngoc Vu, Vietnam Business Forum