Regarding these two projects, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen chaired a meeting to review and resolve difficulties and problems.
After listening to the report of the Department of Finance, the opinions of investors and the opinions of delegates attending the meeting, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen agreed to conclude and direct as follows:
For the investment project to build My Dinh ICD dry port in Hoai Duc district:
Regarding compensation and site clearance, the city assigned the People's Committee of Hoai Duc district to continue to speed up compensation and site clearance, review and agree with Hanoi Electricity Corporation to resolve problems regarding site clearance costs for the three 110 kV power poles in the project land, and report to the Department of Industry and Trade for synthesis, consultation, proposal and reporting to the Department of Finance.
Request to complete compensation and site clearance before April 30, 2025.
Department of Agriculture and Environment urgently issued a written request to evaluate the application for adjusting the investment policy of investment projects to build ICD My Dinh dry port to the Department of Finance for summarizing and reporting to the City People's Committee as prescribed (requirements for the progress of the project to be completed at the latest in 2027).
After the decision to adjust the investment policy of the My Dinh ICD Port project was approved, the Departments of Agriculture and Environment and Construction were assigned to guide investors to urgently implement and complete land procedures and construction permits according to regulations.
The leaders of the City People's Committee emphasized the need for investors to focus resources, send a document to the Department of Finance to commit to the progress of the investment project, to start the investment project before June 30, 2025 and complete it no later than 2027.
Regarding the investment project to build the Inland Customs Point of Hanoi City, Gia Lam District (ICD Co Bi), the city leaders directed:
ICD Hanoi Company Limited has completed the dossier related to adjusting the decision to reclaim and allocate land for project implementation (adjusting the area scale accordingly), the dossier for handing over the boundary markers in parallel with the procedures for adjusting the investment policy.
The Department of Finance urgently completes the appraisal dossier to adjust the investment policy for the project to build the Inland Border Control Point of Hanoi City and Gia Lam District; submit to the City People's Committee before April 15, 2025.
Request ICD Hanoi Company Limited to focus resources, send a document to the Department of Finance committing the progress of the investment project, starting construction before June 30, 2025, and completing the project in the second quarter of 2027.
"In case the Investor is slow to implement, assign the Department of Finance to advise and report to the City People's Committee for consideration and handling according to regulations" - the leader of the City People's Committee directed.
Expressing his opinion, lawyer Nguyen Thu Trang, Deputy Director of Heva Law Firm, said that currently, the Investment Law and the Land Law have very strong sanctions for projects behind schedule.
The Land Law stipulates that for land allocated or leased by the State but not used for 12 consecutive months or with a land use progress 24 months behind the progress recorded in the investment project, the land will be reclaimed without compensation for land and assets attached to the land".
Therefore, when the authorities have "resolved the difficulties", investors need to focus on implementing on schedule. For investors who deliberately delay, the authorities can apply strict sanctions, even revoking the project, avoiding the situation of delaying the progress over and over again.
