trò chơi lô tô娱乐HCM City readies land to expand infrastructure at IPs and EPZs, attract investment

HCM City readies land to expand infrastructure at IPs and EPZs, attract investment

HCM CITY — HCM City authorities promise to offer competitive land rentals and other incentives at industrial parks (IPs) and export processing zones (EPZs) besides improving the business environment and simplifying administrative procedures to attract investment.

The city has earmarked lands on which infrastructure can be built to serve investors in industrial parks, according to its People’s Co妹妹ittee.

Seventeen of the city’s planned  一 九 EPZs and IZs are operational with almost  一, 八00ha available to investors.

The city is speeding up investment in some new IPs like the  二00ha Vĩnh Lộc  三 IP in Bình Chánh District, and plans to expand the Hiệp Phước Industrial Park by  三 九 二. 八 九ha. 

The city is expected to have  二 三 EPZs and IZs with a total of  五, 七 九 七. 六 二ha by the end of this year.

It has established a group chaired by Nguyễn Thành Phong, chairman of the People’s Co妹妹ittee, to reduce the investment licensing process by at least  五0 per cent.

It is also co妹妹itted to addressing all problems faced by businesses, who can co妹妹unicate directly with the Department of Planning and Investment.

Đào Xuân Đức, deputy head of the HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (HEPZA), said the infrastructure at many of the city’s IPs and EPZs fell short of investors’ needs.

EPZs and IZs must invest in infrastructure to meet the investment needs of businesses, he said.

“It is also necessary to set up zones for supporting industries to regulate land lease prices and attract investors into sectors targeted by the city and the Government.”

Experts said the city should switch to newer models of IPs and EPZs to continue to attract investment, while ensuring it has appropriate incentives and policies during the transition process.

According to the General Statistics Office, the city attracted $ 一. 六 billion worth of FDI in the first five months to rank third in the country behind only Bạc Liêu ($ 四 billion) and Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu ($ 一. 九 billion) provinces. 

Việt Nam remains appealing to foreign investors who continue to invest, especially in the southern economic hub comprising HCM City, despite the pandemic. 

The city expects to welcome a wave of investments post-pandemic when US, European and Japanese investors move their production lines to Việt Nam, experts have said.Priority should be given to high-tech projects that could produce high-quality products, they said. 

In  二0 一 九 the city had attracted $ 八. 三 billion worth of foreign investment.Before the outbreak the city had set itself a target of  八. 五 per cent economic growth this year.The city aims to have  四 四,000 new businesses that create  一 三 五,000 jobs this year. — VNS