The Dong Gia (Kim Thanh) Agricultural Products Market Project remains unfinished.

Four years after the investment plan was approved, the Dong Gia Agricultural Products Market Project remains an empty plot of land.

Delayed implementation

The Dong Gia Agricultural Products Market project by Hai Linh Co., Ltd. received investment approval from the Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee under Decision No. 314 dated February 22, 2020. The project is located southwest of National Highway 17B, in Dong Cam commune (Kim Thanh district). The market will include 200 outdoor stalls, 57 kiosks, and 30 rental booths for processing, preserving, and trading various agricultural products, with a capacity of 7,200 tons per year. The total investment is over 102 billion VND, requiring the acquisition of 72,505 ^m² of land, and the project has an operating period of 50 years.

The project was to be constructed, completed, and put into operation within 36 months from the date of the decision. However, many years have passed, and the project has still not been implemented, resulting in a waste of land.

Mr. Pham Ngoc Khanh, Director of Hai Linh Co., Ltd., stated that the time when the company received approval from the Provincial People's Committee for the investment plan coincided with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. All project implementation activities had to be halted. When the Covid-19 pandemic subsided, the company resumed project implementation, but land clearance faced difficulties, involving many households and complex land ownership issues. Currently, there are still two households that have not agreed to hand over approximately 400 ^square meters of land. The investor has repeatedly requested the People's Committee of Dong Cam Commune, Kim Thanh District, to assist in completing land clearance for project implementation, but the issue remains unresolved.

According to our reporter's observations, the site for the Dong Gia Agricultural Market Project remains abandoned and neglected for many years, resulting in waste. Mr. TBB from Quang Binh village, Dong Cam commune, stated: “This land used to be rice paddies, where people cultivated vegetables year-round. From mid-2022 until now, the land has been reclaimed and cleared, but for some reason, it remains abandoned. We have repeatedly raised this issue at village meetings and voter consultations with the commune's People's Council.”

According to Mr. Dong Minh Hien, Chairman of the People's Committee of Dong Cam commune, the local government and people were very excited when they learned that the locality had an investor to implement the Dong Gia Agricultural Market Project. Dong Gia is the center of the communes in Zone C of Kim Thanh district, with convenient transportation. The communes in Zone C are key areas for agricultural production, producing various types of vegetables and fruits in Kim Thanh district. The project, once operational, will create favorable infrastructure conditions, meeting the needs for buying, selling, and exchanging goods and agricultural products, and developing trade and services in the locality. The project has a convenient location, next to National Highway 17B, but its implementation is currently very slow.

Project adjustments are permitted.

Located next to National Highway 17B, Dong Gia agricultural market was expected to be the center for buying and selling agricultural products in Zone C of Kim Thanh district, but it remains inactive.

According to the Department of Planning and Investment of Hai Duong province, after reviewing and handling investment projects outside industrial zones that are behind schedule or not implemented according to regulations, the Dong Gia Agricultural Products Market Project is one of 117 projects with delayed implementation in the province. However, it is also one of 64 projects with delayed progress due to various objective reasons such as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, obstacles in land clearance, land procedures, etc., which the Provincial People's Committee has allowed to complete investment procedures. Currently, the investor of the Dong Gia Agricultural Products Market Project has submitted a report proposing adjustments to the project's policy.

According to the Department of Planning and Investment, in order to have a basis for reporting to the Provincial People's Committee for consideration and approval of the adjustment of the investment policy, the department is coordinating the review and appraisal. After reviewing the investor's project adjustment dossier, the department requested the investor to supplement and complete several contents such as clarifying the completion of land, construction, and environmental procedures; difficulties and obstacles in project implementation; expected time for completing all compensation and land clearance; research and propose adjustments to the project scale based on business scale (number of sales points, number of kiosks/stalls for rent, etc.), project area; propose project implementation progress; deposit a security deposit or obtain a bank guarantee for the security deposit obligation to ensure the implementation of the investment project as prescribed. However, to date, the investor has not fulfilled the security deposit obligation, causing the project implementation to be delayed compared to the schedule approved by the Provincial People's Committee.

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Khanh, Director of Hai Linh Co., Ltd., added that the company is continuing to complete the procedures as requested by the Department of Planning and Investment regarding the proposed project adjustments. However, land clearance involving the remaining two households is still facing difficulties. He requested that the local authorities and Kim Thanh district promptly resolve and support the handover of the land to the investor, because without a cleared site, the investor will find it very difficult to set a specific timeframe for construction, completion, and operation of the project.

To ensure the Dong Gia Agricultural Market Project can be restarted and the land use can be maximized, the investor needs to promptly complete the required procedures and strictly comply with investment regulations. At the same time, relevant departments, agencies, and localities need to actively support the investor in obtaining approval for the adjustment of the investment plan.

TRUONG HA

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