Proposed land for construction of Nha Rong International Passenger Port

The land proposed to build the Nha Rong - Khanh Hoi International Passenger Port Project is currently entangled with another project and the general planning of Ho Chi Minh City has not been approved, so the Project has not been approved for investment policy.

Proposed land for construction of Nha Rong - Khanh Hoi International Passenger Port awaits planning

The land proposed to build the Nha Rong - Khanh Hoi International Passenger Port Project is currently entangled with another project and the general planning of Ho Chi Minh City has not been approved, so the Project has not been approved for investment policy.

Waiting for approval of Ho Chi Minh City master plan

At the end of September 2024, Saigon Port Joint Stock Company (Saigon Port) sent a document to the Ministry of Transport and the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, proposing an investment policy for the Nha Rong - Khanh Hoi International Passenger Port Project.

The project is proposed to be invested on a 68,618 m2 land area belonging to Saigon Port, including the entire area 3 and part of the K10 wharf extending to Nguyen Tat Thanh Street (Ward 18, District 4). The investor proposes to build an international passenger port to ensure the reception of cruise ships with a capacity of 1,000 passengers. In addition, the investment will be made in a complex serving management and exploitation, a square...

The project has a total estimated investment of 624 billion VND, with implementation period from 2025 to 2027. The investor believes that after the project is completed, it will attract more and more tourists to Ho Chi Minh City by international cruise ship.

After receiving the proposal from Saigon Port, on October 23, 2024, the Department of Planning and Investment of Ho Chi Minh City chaired a meeting with representatives of relevant departments and branches, along with the People's Committee of District 4 and investors to get opinions on the suitability of planning and other related issues.

At the meeting, a number of departments and branches of Ho Chi Minh City said that the implementation of this project must comply with the types of planning prescribed in Decree No. 31/2021/ND-CP of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Investment Law and Decree 115/2024/ND-CP of the Government detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Law on Bidding, including the general planning of the City, zoning planning, and related sectoral planning.

Regarding planning, the key issue at present is that the Project to Adjust the General Planning of Ho Chi Minh City has not been approved by the Prime Minister , leading to the zoning plans and sectoral plans related to the area where the Project is implemented not being approved by competent authorities.

In addition, this project is subject to the Prime Minister's approval due to the policy of relocating ports according to Decision No. 791/QD-TTg dated August 12, 2005 of the Prime Minister and must seek the opinion of the Ministry of Transport on industry planning.

Stuck on another project

Recently, the Department of Planning and Investment of Ho Chi Minh City has Report No. 15308/SKHDT-KTDN sent to the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on the Nha Rong - Khanh Hoi International Passenger Port Project. In which, the Department of Planning and Investment cited the provisions of Clause 4, Article 29, Investment Law 2020 that, in this case, Saigon Port Joint Stock Company proposed the form of selecting an investor to implement the project as "approving the investment policy and simultaneously approving the investor", the Company must prove that it has legal land use rights to implement the project as prescribed in Point a, Clause 4, Article 29, Investment Law 2020.

Because, according to Decision No. 1175/QD-UBND dated March 28, 2018 of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, it approved the assignment of 28,117 m2 of land in Zone II to Ngoc Vien Dong Urban Development Investment Company Limited to implement the Nha Rong - Khanh Hoi Complex Project. According to information provided by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Natural Resources and Environment at the meeting on October 23, 2024, Ngoc Vien Dong Urban Development Investment Company Limited has not yet fulfilled its financial obligations to the State. The Department of Natural Resources and Environment has reported to the City People's Committee in Official Dispatch No. 8871/STNMT-QLD dated September 21, 2023 on the policy of handling this land. However, up to now, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment has not received any instructions.

Thus, on the land where Saigon Port Joint Stock Company proposed to implement the Project, there is a project of Ngoc Vien Dong Urban Development Investment Company Limited.

Therefore, it is necessary to base on the handling plan for the investment policy and the decision to allocate land granted to Ngoc Vien Dong Urban Development Investment Company Limited to have a basis to consider and handle the proposal to implement the project of Saigon Port Joint Stock Company at this location.

Regarding the authority to approve investment policies according to the provisions of the Investment Law 2020, depending on the content proposed by the investor, the project falls under the authority of the Prime Minister (the Ministry of Planning and Investment is the agency receiving the dossier) or the City People's Committee (the Department of Planning and Investment is the agency receiving the dossier).

At the meeting on October 23, 2024, Saigon Port Joint Stock Company requested departments and branches to support in providing information and supporting in guiding relevant procedures so that the Company can comply with the prescribed procedures. After receiving relevant opinions, the investor expects to submit the investment proposal dossier in the fourth quarter of 2024.

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