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Removing obstacles to industrial clusters (27/5)
27/05/2013 - 18 Lượt xem
According
to the provincial plan, there will be 40 ICs set up in Dong Nai by
2020, covering 2,136.79ha. However, only two of 40 ICs, Tan Hanh Ceramic
IC in Bien Hoa City and Ho Nai 3 building materials IC in Trang Bom
District, have completed the construction of infrastructure and began to
lease 104.48ha to businesses. Six other ICs are still undergoing land
clearance.
Dong
Nai will have to complete the detailed IC planning and infrastructure
construction for 18 ICs by 2015, according to the provincial plan, which
will prove a hard nut to crack.
Deputy
Director of Dong Nai’s Department of Industry and Trade Chau Minh
Nguyen said: “Major obstacles to the implementation of the provincial
plan are a lack of specific criteria for IC design which makes it
difficult to plan an IC and to call for investment in construction
infrastructure. Currently, Dong Nai is planning ICs in the same way as
industrial parks (IPs).
According
to IP criteria, the percentage of land use accounts for up to 60
percent of the total area. If these criteria are applied to 50-75ha IC
planning, the investment rates per ha may be higher. According to the
Dong Nai’s Department of Industry and Trade’s calculations, an IP
investment rate per ha may be VND3.5-4 billion, compared to VND4.8 to 5
billion per ha in ICs.
“This
is ridiculous especially when ICs are set up for the purpose of
accommodating small and medium-sized enterprises and rural industrial
facilities, with a view to avoiding environmental pollution. Such high
investment rates may well prevent investors from making IC
infrastructure investment decisions,” Chau Minh Nguyen said.
Apart
from Dong Nai, several other provinces across the country have also
expressed their dilemma in IC establishment, especially in terms of
infrastructure construction investment rates per ha which may even
amount to VND7-8 billion in mountainous provincial ICs.
Being
aware of the issue, the Dong Nai Department of Industry and Trade
proposed to the Ministry of Industry and Trade and relevant ministries
to draft a set of IC design criteria, with a leasable area accounting
for at least 70 percent of the total, with the remainder devoted to tree
coverage. Essential services such as electricity and water should also
be offered so as to attract them into provincial ICs.
According
to Director of Agency for Industrial Promotion (AIP) Do Xuan Ha, AIP
became aware of the issue in 2010 and requested the Ministry of
Construction to reconsider and amend the IC criteria. In fact, high IC
investment rates were the result of the application of Circular
19/2008/TT-BXD guiding the planning, appraisal, approval and management
of construction of industrial parks and economic zones.
In
AIP’s report on the two-year implementation of Prime Ministerial
Decision 105/2009/QD-TTg on IC Management Regulations submitted to the
Prime Minister on December 21, 2012, AIP also made a proposal to
increase the maximum leasing prices to cover the IC related costs
considering low IC-filling rates.
AIP’s
efforts were remunerated as the Government Office recently assigned the
Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Industry and
Trade, and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to cooperate in
solving IC planning issues. At a recent ministry-level meeting, AIP
Director Do Xuan Ha confirmed to take up the IC issues with the Ministry
of Construction to make reasonable adjustments in terms of IC
criteria./.
Source: VEN
Source: VEN
