Bac Ninh: Removing obstacles, speeding up infrastructure investment progress in industrial parks

BAC NINH - Bac Ninh is a province with a fast development speed, many organizations and enterprises coming to learn about investment always attach importance to the infrastructure of industrial parks that are synchronous, modern and have regional connectivity. However, in reality, there are still areas with slow progress. Accelerating the progress of infrastructure investment and creating resources to attract investment in industrial parks is being focused on by sectors, localities and enterprises.

Investors waiting for land

In addition to the industrial parks with completed and modern infrastructure investment to attract FDI capital, there are also a number of projects with slow progress affecting land use efficiency and overall development potential. Typically, Que Vo III Industrial Park was established on February 1, 2016 under Decision No. 59/QD-UBND of the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province (formerly); the total recovered land area is 303.8 hectares (Que Vo ward over 277.9 hectares, Dao Vien ward 25.9 hectares). After nearly 10 years of implementation, only about 130 hectares of the area has been handed over for technical infrastructure investment, many items such as green infrastructure, telecommunications infrastructure, digital infrastructure; clean water supply stations... have not been implemented. The reason for the slow progress is due to problems in compensation and site clearance.

The Provincial People's Council's supervisory delegation supervises at Thuan Thanh I Industrial Park.

Comrade Nguyen Van Tu, Chairman of Que Vo Ward People's Council, said: "From June 22, 2010 to now, Que Vo Town People's Committee (now Que Vo Ward) has issued 20 decisions approving compensation and support plans to implement the project, covering an area of ​​216.3/277.9 hectares. Currently, compensation and support have been paid for more than 205.6/216.3 hectares; 70.52 hectares have not yet approved the compensation plan (Que Vo Ward 61.6 hectares; Dao Vien Ward 8.92 hectares)".

According to the leader of EIP Industrial Park Development Investment Company Limited (investor of Que Vo III Industrial Park), although the handover of 130 hectares of land to the investor was completed in June 2025, there are still more than 43.3 hectares that have not been granted land use right certificates, leading to difficulties in completing the separation of books for businesses operating (4-5 years) such as: Sewon vina, IMD tech; DRP; Cong Ha... this also affects the attraction of investment in industrial parks.

Similarly, Gia Binh II Industrial Park was licensed to be built in 2021, with a scale of more than 260 hectares, located in the two communes of Cao Duc and Nhan Thang (Hanaka Group Joint Stock Company is the investor). Up to now, the site clearance, construction and leveling of the site have been basically completed, investment in the construction of a clean water supply plant, a wastewater treatment plant, a lighting system, installation of a fire prevention and fighting system and essential infrastructure according to the approved planning... The project is also facing difficulties in site clearance for the remaining land area, because households have not received money according to the approved compensation decision; the procedure for granting investment certificates for land lease projects is facing difficulties due to changes in the Law on Real Estate Business in 2023.

The investment project to develop the infrastructure of Thuan Thanh I Industrial Park (Viglacera Corporation - JSC as the investor) has been implemented since 2021, with a scale of more than 260 hectares; attracting an investment capital of more than 330 million USD. Representatives of the investors said that the reason for not completing compensation and site clearance for the assigned land area is due to graves and some households have not accepted compensation; lack of documents; the locality no longer has the target to convert rice land to non- agricultural land... In addition, recently, the source of materials for construction and site leveling has been scarce, and construction costs have increased, causing difficulties for investors.

Infrastructure is not synchronized

Thuan Thanh II Industrial Park, implemented since 2008, has basically completed the following items: Internal traffic roads, power supply system, clean water for daily life, wastewater treatment, rainwater, static parking, communication... on the cleared land area. Currently, there are still 40 hectares of related procedures that have not been completed, affecting investment attraction.

The province has 41 industrial parks with detailed planning approved with a total area of ​​12,925 hectares. 33/41 industrial parks have been approved for investment policies and investors have been approved to build and operate infrastructure, with a total area of ​​10,171 hectares, of which 7,226 hectares are industrial land, with an average occupancy rate of about 56.7%. Of the 33 zones with investment policies approved, 15 have been basically filled, attracting more than 2,840 secondary investment projects, with a total newly granted and adjusted investment capital of more than 45.26 billion USD.

Ms. Chen Yun Shan, Deputy General Director of ShunFar Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. (infrastructure investor) said: “We are committed to secondary investors to create the most favorable environment for businesses operating in the industrial park. However, problems arise from 2024-2025, internal roads in the area are flooded during heavy rains, affecting the landscape, environment and production activities of businesses.”

The main cause was determined to be that the industrial park shared the drainage system from residential areas of Thuan Thanh and Mao Dien wards, passing through the industrial park to Song Khoai Pumping Station. The canal served both production for rice and crops in the neighboring area and drainage. During heavy rains, the sluice gates on the canal were closed to retain water for production, causing difficulties in drainage in the industrial park, leading to local flooding on internal roads.

To overcome this situation, Ms. Chen Yun Shan said: “The company plans to dredging mud and soil throughout the drainage system and along the canal; building a water regulation reservoir within the industrial park. At the same time, it recommends that the local government pay attention and coordinate regularly to prevent flooding in the area.”

Although Song Khe - Noi Hoang Industrial Park does not have any problems with land, it is facing difficulties in other areas. Comrade Ngo Ngoc Cuong, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bac Giang Industrial Park Infrastructure Development Joint Stock Company (infrastructure investor) said: The implementation process here still has some problems in completing according to current construction and environmental criteria. Although it was established in 2007, this industrial park currently has only 25 secondary enterprises (15 FDI ​​enterprises and 10 domestic enterprises).

Strengthening coordination to remove difficulties

To speed up the progress of infrastructure investment in industrial parks and resolve problems related to site clearance, provincial leaders requested localities with industrial park projects to urgently complete site clearance work, hand over clean land for investors to complete infrastructure works and promote investment attraction in industrial parks.

Wastewater treatment tank system in Song Khe - Noi Hoang Industrial Park.

Through direct supervision, Comrade Lam Thi Huong Thanh, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, emphasized the importance and significance of industrial park infrastructure investment projects for the province's socio-economic development. She requested agencies, units, localities and investors to strengthen coordination to focus on solving and removing obstacles; speed up the progress of land allocation for investors to carry out site clearance for construction of unfinished items. Continue to propagate and mobilize people to agree to implement; review, research and advise on solutions to ensure compliance with the general planning of the province and localities, in the spirit of creating maximum favorable conditions for businesses. Focus on solving problems surrounding industrial parks (employment, social housing, traffic, environment, etc.), helping workers feel secure in their work and production, have a stable source of income, and ensure their lives.

For investors, it is necessary to closely follow the direction and orientation of the province to select and attract investors with large capital sources, using high technology, being environmentally friendly, meeting the criteria of digital transformation, innovation and application of science and technology to promote the province's high-quality human resources. Pay attention to and ensure good conditions for serving workers, creating the best environment to attract high-quality secondary investors, creating a premise for Bac Ninh province to develop into a high-tech industrial production center of the country.

Article and photos: Thai Uyen

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