Mong Cai: Creating outstanding advantages to attract investment

With the view of creating a "push" in attracting investment, Mong Cai city has gradually and persistently oriented the development space of the province as "One center - Two routes - Multi-dimensional - Two breakthroughs - Three dynamic regions", focusing on developing Mong Cai's socio -economic on 4 pillars (border trade service center, logistics; international tourism center; development of processing and manufacturing industry and development of high-tech agriculture). To unleash resources to effectively implement the set goals, Mong Cai city has synchronously deployed solutions to take advantage of advantages to turn Mong Cai into an attractive and worth-investing destination.

Mong Cai City focuses on planning work with a strategic vision to open up the development orientation of modern urban space.

Promoting potentials and strengths

In order to exploit and promote potentials, advantages and take advantage of opportunities, Mong Cai pays great attention to planning work. At the same time, improve the quality of urban criteria; develop a system of economic and social infrastructure, especially transport infrastructure, urban, tourism , and synchronous services, ensuring connectivity and comprehensiveness. From 2020 to now, investment capital from the budget for the development of economic and social infrastructure reached 2,772,264 billion VND, reaching 78% compared to the period (2015-2020), total social investment capital reached 12,235 billion VND, an average increase of 9.7%/year, total FDI capital reached over 1,638,945 billion VND. Currently, the city is focusing on accelerating the implementation of the Bac Luan I border gate expansion project in conjunction with supporting strategic investors to research and invest in border gate trade and service complexes, duty-free shops, and outlet centers at Mong Cai International Border Gate (Bac Luan I).

In addition, determining that "Land clearance is a strategic and regular task, the key to success", the city has been determined in the work of land clearance, creating clean land funds to attract large investors and ensure the construction progress of key projects and works, creating synchronous and modern infrastructure connections, especially the Van Don - Mong Cai expressway. Since the beginning of the 2020 term, the city has carried out land clearance for 103 projects with a total area of 1,941 hectares, paid compensation to 3,211 households with a total cost of 1,963 billion VND, allocated resettlement land to 541 households, and collected 628,702 billion VND for the State budget.

Perspective of Bac Luan II Bridge Inter-sectoral Control Station Project.

With the motto of always accompanying and creating the most favorable conditions to attract businesses to invest, do business and stay with the locality, in recent years, Mong Cai city has made efforts to complete planning, create transparency and facilitate quick and convenient access to information on administrative procedures, land, site clearance, meet the needs of high-quality human resources, innovate, improve the efficiency of investment attraction, especially large, branded investors, prioritizing industries with high technology content and environmental friendliness. At the same time, the city always innovates its direction and administration, mobilizing the participation of the entire political system in solving and removing obstacles and difficulties for businesses to invest, with the desire to bring more and more confidence to the people and the business community. The results in administrative procedure reform have significantly contributed to the city maintaining its top administrative reform indexes in the province (in 2021, e-government (ICT Index) ranked 2/13, DGI index ranked 3/13, Par - Index ranked 4/13, DDCI and SIPAS index ranked 6/13).

According to Comrade Hoang Ba Nam, Provincial Party Committee member, City Party Committee Secretary: To convince investors to invest in Mong Cai, Mong Cai has been focusing on creating strategic trust for businesses implementing development projects in the city, continuing to "open the door", "cleaning the nest to welcome eagles" with synchronous strategies, which are: Persistently implementing the motto "using public investment to lead private investment". Implementing planning and planning management, being resolute in site clearance, creating clean land funds - considering this as a tool to "go ahead, pave the way", creating trust for investors. Implementing simple, transparent administrative procedures in the spirit of "5 on-site" (including: receiving documents, appraisal, signing, stamping and returning documents), creating a truly open investment and business environment with the message: "Going together - arriving together - sharing benefits - aiming for success together". Organizations and individuals investing in development in the Mong Cai Border Gate Economic Zone enjoy full preferential mechanisms at the highest level according to the regulations currently in effect in Vietnam. In the long term, the city will persistently propose and build a special mechanism and policy for the "Mong Cai, Vietnam - Dongxing, China Cross-Border Economic Cooperation Zone", creating a breakthrough in attracting investment and developing the City.

With effective and appropriate methods, in 2023, the city attracted 01 foreign direct investor (FDI) to implement the Khanh Nghiep Fiber Production project with a total investment capital of 316,546 million VND. At the same time, it attracted and supported strategic corporations in the processing and manufacturing industry to learn and research investment in the city (including: Vinhomes Industrial Park Investment Joint Stock Company - Vingroup, Amata); supported businesses to speed up the establishment of Hai Yen Industrial Cluster; speed up the completion of phases 4 and 5 of Hai Yen Industrial Park; proposed the Province to add 02 industrial clusters south of Luc Lam River, Hai Hoa Ward with the goal and nature of investment in processing, manufacturing and high-tech industry, production and assembly of electronic components, accessories, auto parts, machinery, logistics... Industrial production value reached 30,056,894 billion VND.

Safe and attractive destination

In order to meet the requirements of attracting investment in the next phase, Mong Cai City is focusing on directing the synchronous implementation of solutions to attract investment resources to develop synchronous and modern infrastructure, meeting the requirements of rapid and sustainable development of the city associated with the Border Gate Economic Zone. In particular, completing and implementing detailed planning of Tra Co and Binh Ngoc areas to call for and attract investment; Focusing on linking tourism regions, promoting the advantages of 05 unique tourism products of Mong Cai (self-driving tourist cars across the border; Vietnamese - Chinese cuisine; cross-border tourism; Golf sports tourism combined with luxury hotels; shopping for high-quality branded goods); gradually building tourism product brands, including developing sea tourism products (Tra Co, Binh Ngoc, Vinh Thuc island), eco-tourism, experience, community (Hai Xuan, Bac Son, Hai Son ...); building and putting into operation the Po Hen highland market, Hai Son commune; Tran Phu walking street becomes a "branded street"; Managing passenger transport activities at border gates, market gates, bus stations, school gates, etc. to ensure clear separation of "civilized, friendly, and safe" passenger pick-up and drop-off routes; coordinating with Dongxing city and Fangcheng area (China) to develop border tourism products; promoting the development of the "night economy".

In addition, the city continues to expand and attract investment in Hai Yen Industrial Park phase 6, soon complete the establishment of Hai Yen industrial cluster; attract investment in Hai Yen Industrial Park associated with Hai Ha seaport industrial park; establish Nam Luc Lam river industrial cluster; relocate, terminate operations, convert industries, move to new planning locations for industrial - handicraft establishments that are at risk of causing environmental pollution, are not suitable or violate planning. Implement Resolution No. 15-NQ/TU dated April 23, 2019 of the Provincial Party Committee on developing seaports and seaport services; In which, focus on completing the investment in phase 1 of Van Ninh general port and connecting sea transport routes from the Mekong Delta provinces and the South Central provinces to serve import and export goods; develop the marine economy associated with protecting national sovereignty over sea and islands; Maximize the advantages of the Economic Zone associated with the development of seaports and seaport services, diversify forms of capital mobilization; effectively use social resources to continue investing in the development of synchronous infrastructure with a number of dynamic projects of the City, including: Van Gia maritime channel dredging project to serve the leveling and construction of the Van Ninh General Port project (phase 1); construction of the sea-encroaching roadbed section of the Van Don Mong Cai Expressway connecting project to Van Ninh port; research and invest in the coastal road project connecting Van Don Mong Cai Economic Zone to Mong Cai Border Gate Economic Zone from Hai Ha seaport to Voi Bridge, Van Ninh commune, Mong Cai city, period 2023-2025 (in accordance with the adjustment of the general planning for the construction of Mong Cai Border Gate Economic Zone until 2040); research and dredging of the Luc Lam river channel and announce the channel to support the consumption of agricultural, aquatic and fruit products for people inside and outside the province; Build a Logistics Center at Van Ninh port, a place to store, preserve and transit containers.

Mong Cai is increasingly dynamic, attractive, a promised land for investors.

Chairman of Mong Cai City People's Committee Ho Quang Huy affirmed that, in order to continue to build Mong Cai into a new, attractive and convenient investment destination for domestic and foreign investors and enterprises, Mong Cai City will continue to synchronously deploy solutions to support and strongly improve the investment and business environment, create favorable conditions to call for and attract investment, take "public investment as seed capital, lead and activate social investment", strive to mobilize an average of 8-9 non-budgetary capital for every 1 VND of budget spent to participate in investment in Mong Cai. Mong Cai City commits to always accompany and stand side by side with investors and enterprises in the process of research, survey, investment proposal and in the process of production and business activities.

On the basis of mobilizing diverse social resources to focus on rapidly developing socio-economic infrastructure, gradually solving challenges, meeting the requirements of the new development stage that Mong Cai City is having, above all, a seriousness, openness, wanting to be friends, partners, with the spirit of mutual development of the City has created a dynamic and attractive image of Mong Cai. That prominence and difference will certainly continue to create highlights, new attractive destinations for investors, so that investors, together with the city, can gradually realize the goal of making Mong Cai a key trade, tourism and seaport service center of Quang Ninh province./.

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