Dong Dang - Lang Son Economic Zone was established under Decision No. 138 dated October 14, 2008 of the Prime Minister, with an area of about 394 km2. This is a multi-functional economic zone, interwoven with national defense and security factors, in which the key field is economic development.
Investment in border gate infrastructure
With its position as an important gateway connecting the Chinese market with ASEAN in the ASEAN-China free trade cooperation, the Prime Minister has determined to develop Dong Dang - Lang Son Economic Zone into a dynamic economic zone on the Lang Son - Hanoi - Hai Phong economic corridor and one of the key economic zones to focus on investment and development from the state budget in the period 2021 - 2025.
Accordingly, the Provincial Party Standing Committee issued Resolution No. 136 dated November 20, 2023 on strengthening the Party's leadership in building and developing Dong Dang - Lang Son Economic Zone to 2030; The Provincial People's Committee decided to establish the Steering Committee for building Dong Dang - Lang Son Economic Zone; issued a plan to implement the program to continue focusing on rapidly developing the economic zone, creating a driving force to promote the province's economic growth in the period of 2021-2025.
Mr. Nguyen Quoc Toan, Head of the Management Board of Dong Dang - Lang Son Economic Zone, said: To concretize the province's directive documents, the Board has developed and advised the Provincial People's Committee to submit to the Prime Minister for approval the pilot project to build a smart border gate on the dedicated road for transporting goods in the area of landmarks 1119-1120 and the dedicated road for transporting goods in the area of landmarks 1088/2-1089 belonging to the Huu Nghi International Border Gate (Vietnam) - Huu Nghi Quan (China); advised on implementing the pilot project to import medicinal herbs through the Chi Ma - Ai Diem bilateral border gate... At the same time, the Management Board also issued action programs and plans to implement the goal of developing the economic zone to ensure it is suitable with the practical situation; accelerated the completion of planning projects; actively advised the Provincial People's Committee to arrange capital sources to increase investment in the province's border gate area.
Thanks to that, in the period of 2020-2025, the border gate planning system was supplemented and completed. Infrastructure in the border gate area received attention for investment and construction from public investment capital with a total plan of over 10,000 billion VND, an increase of more than 6,000 billion compared to the previous period. At the border gates of the province, there are currently 25 wharf infrastructure projects with a registered capital of over 3,400 billion VND; of which there are 8 projects investing in warehouse business at 4 border gates in the KTCK with a total registered capital of nearly 1,950 billion VND.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong, Permanent Deputy General Director of Huu Nghi Xuan Cuong Joint Stock Company (Dong Dang commune) said: In recent years, Lang Son province has made many important steps in investing and upgrading traffic and technical infrastructure in the border gate area. The province's attention and drastic direction have created favorable conditions for businesses to operate effectively, reduce congestion and improve competitiveness. Currently, the company operates on an area of 25.5 hectares, including logistics support items such as: loading area, general warehouse, vehicle parking lot and passenger terminal. The company's vehicle clearance capacity is currently about 2,500 vehicles/day, the ability to meet the volume of goods is 35,000 tons/day. The company is currently creating jobs for more than 700 workers. From 2020 to 2024, the company has contributed 291.5 billion VND to the state budget. Enterprises expect that in the coming time, the province will continue to promote investment in transport infrastructure connecting border gates with national highways and expressways, creating a smooth "flow" for goods; perfecting the overall logistics system in a modern, internationally connected direction; maintaining and enhancing incentive mechanisms, supporting businesses to apply technology and expand investment.
Attracting investment, facilitating customs clearance
In addition to investing in infrastructure at border gates, over the years, the province's functional departments and branches have always accompanied, facilitated and provided maximum support to investors and businesses from the steps of researching investment opportunities, registering for investment, granting construction permits until the project comes into operation to promote customs clearance of goods.
For example, in the past period, the Management Board of Dong Dang - Lang Son Economic Zone has focused on improving the effectiveness of investment promotion activities through supporting businesses, guiding investors to learn about investment incentive policies; updating and publicizing information on policies, investment procedures, business incentives... on the electronic information portal; proactively guiding and supporting investors in completing legal documents related to land, environment, construction; at the same time urging investors to implement projects to ensure progress... Every year, the board organizes 1 to 2 dialogue conferences with businesses, and conducts periodic inspections of investment projects in the assigned management area. Through dialogues and inspections, the unit has informed businesses about policies, mechanisms, and legal regulations related to investors' activities in the economic zone; listen to suggestions and recommendations from businesses and then find solutions.
In particular, in 2024, the relevant departments and branches of the province advised the Provincial People's Committee to successfully organize a conference to announce the province's planning and promote investment, attracting the participation of many domestic and foreign enterprises. At the conference, 9 investment memorandums of understanding were signed with a total committed capital of more than 21,500 billion VND.
Investment promotion activities in this period have achieved many positive results, contributing to improving the efficiency of attracting non-budgetary capital and socio-economic development of the province. From 2021 to now, the Economic Zone has attracted 12 new projects with a total investment of over 4,286 billion VND. Currently, there are 153 non-budgetary investment projects in the Economic Zone, including 12 foreign investment projects with a total investment of over 82.3 million USD and 141 domestic investment projects with a total investment of over 26,060 billion VND. Many important infrastructure works put into use have been effective, facilitating the import and export of goods across the country through the area.
Mr. Dinh Ky Giang, Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Trade, said: The Department has actively advised the Provincial People's Committee to deploy solutions to facilitate import and export activities of goods through border gates in the province. At the same time, the Department has increased exchanges and discussions with relevant Chinese agencies to agree on methods of goods delivery in accordance with the actual situation and measures to facilitate customs clearance; seriously and drastically deploy tasks and solutions to promote cooperation activities on border trade development, logistics services development and services serving import and export of goods. During the period of 2020-2022, when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, the province's KTCK became a bright spot in the country when Huu Nghi International Border Gate was the only road border gate on the Vietnam - China border to maintain import and export trade activities, ensuring that supply chains were not disrupted.
With synchronous solutions deployed, the import and export of goods at the province's border gates is currently stable at 5 border gates and 2 dedicated roads, customs clearance with high clearance efficiency; peaking at over 2,000 vehicles/day. Thanks to that, the total import and export turnover of all types of goods through the province's border gates in the period of 2021 - 2025 reached 198 billion USD; local goods export is estimated at 780 million USD, an average increase of 8.81%/year. Notably, Huu Nghi International Border Gate was selected as the first border gate in the country to pilot the construction of a smart border gate.
In the coming time, the provincial departments and functional branches will continue to advise the Provincial People's Committee to expand, upgrade, and build a specialized border gate system; complete the traffic system, invest in upgrading and modernizing technical infrastructure. In the immediate future, the units will accelerate the progress of adjusting the general planning for the construction of Dong Dang - Lang Son Economic Zone until 2045; continue to strengthen exchanges, deploy pilot construction of smart border gates...; strive to build Lang Son into a growth pole, an economic center of the midland and mountainous region of the North.
Investment attention in technical infrastructure along with solutions to facilitate import-export enterprises has contributed to promoting the development of the stock market, contributing to the state budget, making the stock market an important driving force to promote the province's economic growth.
Source: https://baolangson.vn/so-gop-dh-dang-kinh-te-cua-khau-dong-luc-thuc-day-tang-truong-kinh-te-cua-tinh-5058559.html
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