Quang Ngai focuses on thoroughly handling Hoa Phat's recommendations to ensure project progress.

Quang Ngai focuses on thoroughly handling Hoa Phat 's recommendations to ensure project progress.

Attending the meeting were Chairman of Quang Ngai Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Hoang Giang, Vice Chairman of Quang Ngai Provincial People's Committee Tran Phuoc Hien and leaders of Dung Quat Economic Zone Management Board and Quang Ngai Industrial Parks, Department of Industry and Trade, Construction, Environment, Home Affairs, Justice,... On the side of Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel Joint Stock Company, there were Mr. Mai Van Ha - Director and other members of the Company's Board of Directors and heads and deputy heads of units.

Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Mai Van Ha - Director of Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel Joint Stock Company shared: “Over the past 8 years, the Company has made continuous efforts to build and develop key projects in Dung Quat Economic Zone. We especially appreciate the close support and companionship of the leaders of Quang Ngai province and departments and branches. Thanks to this close coordination, the Hoa Phat Dung Quat 1 Iron and Steel Complex Project (HPDQ1) has been completed and put into effective operation since 2021.”

Currently, the Group is focusing on completing the Hoa Phat Dung Quat 2 Iron and Steel Complex project and plans to implement many other projects in the province. In particular, the Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel Rail and Special Steel Factory project with an investment capital of about VND 14,000 billion will start construction in the near future to fulfill its commitment to the Prime Minister on providing steel products for high-speed railway projects, serving the needs of developing national transport infrastructure and improving Vietnam's heavy industrial capacity. The process of implementing investment policy granting procedures and site preparation is facing some difficulties such as projects hanging on land, land encroachment and some other procedures.

Chairman of Quang Ngai Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Hoang Giang requested departments and branches to coordinate to resolve the recommendations of enterprises.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized: "Quang Ngai Province always identifies Hoa Phat as a strategic investor. Whatever is under the province's authority, we will handle it promptly, without making businesses wait." Mr. Nguyen Hoang Giang also requested departments and branches to coordinate, not to shirk responsibility, and shorten the time to process documents for businesses. The People's Committee of Binh Son District - which directly manages the project area, is also assigned the task of accompanying and supporting site clearance and resettlement for people in an effective and transparent manner. Each of the Company's recommendations has been given a time frame by the provincial leaders for the departments and branches to complete.

Chairman Nguyen Hoang Giang said that the province's viewpoint supports businesses investing in Quang Ngai, including Hoa Phat. Hoa Phat's steel rail and special steel production project is an important project to serve the needs of key national projects in the railway sector. Therefore, the province will focus on resolving difficulties so that Hoa Phat can implement the project on schedule. Provincial leaders directed that, according to their functions and tasks, the Management Board of Dung Quat Economic Zone and Quang Ngai Industrial Parks (Management Board) consult with relevant ministries and branches to complete the procedures for approving the project investment policy in accordance with legal regulations, and report to the Provincial People's Committee before May 15, 2025. The Management Board coordinates with the District People's Committee to study and agree on the policy of early compensation and land recovery for households and structures along the Steel Rail project corridor to speed up the progress of site clearance and resettlement.

Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel also proposed to provincial authorities to support the resolution of many other issues such as the auxiliary area of Dung Quat 2 project, resettlement infrastructure, approval of licenses for temporary storage sites for excess materials during the implementation of projects...

Mr. Mai Van Ha - Director of Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel Joint Stock Company said that the company will implement projects on schedule, making increasingly greater contributions to Quang Ngai province.

On behalf of Hoa Phat Group, Mr. Mai Van Ha - Director of Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel Joint Stock Company thanked the provincial leaders and related departments for their timely and drastic support in resolving difficulties and problems. The company will implement projects on schedule, ensuring compliance with current regulations on investment, production and business, making an increasingly greater contribution to Quang Ngai province.

To date, Hoa Phat has invested 7 billion USD in Quang Ngai in Dung Quat Economic Zone. The key projects are the Hoa Phat Dung Quat Iron and Steel Complex and the Hoa Phat Dung Quat 2 Iron and Steel Complex with a total investment of more than 171 trillion VND and a capacity of about 12 million tons of steel per year. From the start of the project in 2017 to 2024, Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel has contributed nearly 35,000 billion VND to the state budget.

Hoa Phat's projects in Dung Quat Economic Zone create jobs for about 17,000 direct workers, of which local workers account for more than 80% and tens of thousands of workers of Hoa Phat's contractors and partners, of which 80% are Quang Ngai workers), with an average income of over 13 million VND/person/month. The company has actively carried out social security work since 2017 with a total budget for this activity of about 150 billion VND.

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Source: https://www.hoaphat.com.vn/tin-tuc/quang-ngai-tap-trung-xu-ly-dut-diem-nhung-kien-nghi-cua-hoa-phat-de-dam-bao-tien-do-du-an.html