FDI enterprises in Dong Nai still complain about lengthy procedures causing lost opportunities

On March 28, Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee organized a Conference to meet FDI enterprises in 3 to remove difficulties for FDI enterprises investing in the locality.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoang, Vice Chairwoman of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee answered questions from some businesses - Photo: Le Quan

At the conference, FDI enterprises said they were facing many difficulties related to applying for procedures to expand factories and renovate and construct some degraded infrastructure items.

Reflecting on the leaders of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee, Mr. Atsumi Kazuhiko, General Director of Long Binh Industrial Park (LOTECO), requested the province to review the licensing process and time according to the current one-stop process because LOTECO and a Some businesses in Long Binh industrial park are facing many difficulties when submitting one-stop applications.

He reflected that when it comes to updating the project or granting ownership of the project, there is a stage to ask for the Tax Department's opinion on whether the project must pay taxes or not? According to regulations, the maximum time is 5 days from the date the dossier is transferred from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to the Tax Department for comments, but currently LOTECO's dossier takes nearly 3 months. 

“This delay has prevented us from having additional documents for the bank to get a business loan. As a foreign investor in Vietnam, I have never seen applying for a permit to build or renovate a project so difficult, time-consuming and costly for businesses. ”, Mr. Atsumi Kazuhiko reflected."

Mr. Atsumi Kazuhiko - General Director of Long Binh Industrial Park expressed his opinion at the conference - Photo: Le Quan

In comments sent to the Management Board of Dong Nai Industrial Parks (Diza), Boss Industrial Co., Ltd. in Song May Industrial Park also reflected that the company had difficulty expanding its factory.

The business side said that according to Decree 35/2023/ND-CP, it is necessary to prepare a master plan for all new investment projects and existing expansion projects, which causes difficulties and takes a lot of time. time. An investment project that is completely granted a construction permit takes 9 months to complete legal procedures.

Many businesses in Long Binh Industrial Park also encounter similar problems, Mr Atsumi Kazuhiko said, currently Procedures for granting construction permits, upgrading and repairing works at the enterprise's factory take a lot of time and require approval from many departments and agencies.

He requested Dong Nai province to consider and give opinions to agencies promulgating regulations to suit the reality of businesses.

He Atsumi Kazuhiko Proposing new construction projects of less than 5 hectares or repair and renovation works within a plot of land, it is recommended to skip the step of obtaining detailed planning opinions from local departments and branches because many departments Sectors without expertise such as Ward People's Committee, Ward People's Council...

Discussing issues that businesses have questions about, Mr. Nguyen Tri Phuong, Head of Diza Department, said that currently, expanding factories or repairing works in the factory is carried out according to Decree 35/2023/ND -CP.

The inadequacies that prolong procedures and affect the business's plans have been proposed by the People's Committee of Dong Nai province to the Ministry of Construction to amend, but up to now the Ministry of Construction is still researching.

While waiting for regulations to be amended, Dong Nai province established a Planning Council under the Management Board to shorten the time to complete procedures for businesses instead of having to get opinions from the Provincial Planning Council, which would take a lot of time. more time.

In addition to issues with construction procedures, businesses also reported problems related to land procedures, tax problems, and power outages that affected the businesses' production.