Assessing the Impact of FDI Capital Flows on the Socio-Economic Development of Quang Ninh


Projects with special investment incentives and investments in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions will be completely exempted from land rent.

30% reduction in land rental price for investment projects in light industrial production (garment, footwear, textile); processing industry, export production; electronic production lines using advanced technology.

50% reduction in land rent for investment projects in environmental protection, agricultural, forestry and fishery production; aquaculture; production and application of information technology, biotechnology and new materials.

During the period of basic construction of the enterprise, if there is a need for land or water surface to build a warehouse for storing materials, equipment, or camps, the land will be considered for loan without having to pay land rent. The enterprise is responsible for paying compensation for site clearance; managing and protecting the land during the period of use, returning the land with environmental sanitation conditions, ensuring safety when the term of use expires.

Construction works serving the project if they are of a public service nature (non-exclusive) such as: roads, trees, parks, schools, hospitals... outside the enterprise fence will be exempted from land rent.

Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee widely publicizes information about

- List of projects calling for foreign investment.

Procedures for forming, appraising and managing the implementation of foreign-invested projects.

Land rental price frame for each area.

Procedures for appraisal of preliminary design, technical design, environmental protection plan; procedures for land lease, import and export, immigration, labor registration.

Provide free information to investors related to the preparation of project dossiers for investment license applications. Detailed planning maps and cadastral maps of leased land. Investment projects in areas without detailed planning maps and cadastral maps will be funded by the provincial budget for implementation.

Foreign investors are guided through the following procedures:

- Prepare land lease application and sign land lease contract.


- Register import plan for machinery, equipment, spare parts, supplies, raw materials...

- Guidance and support to quickly resolve customs procedures for import and export goods.

- Prepare environmental impact assessment report (if the project is related to this issue).

The Provincial People's Committee requests that sectors and localities in the province, when having a need to work with enterprises, must discuss in advance with the Management Board of Industrial Parks and Foreign Investment about the program and content. The Management Board of Industrial Parks and Foreign Investment is responsible for reporting to the Provincial People's Committee and arranging working sessions to:

- No overlapping content;

- Do not let many delegations come to work with businesses at the same time, affecting production and business activities;

- Notify the business in writing at least 05 days in advance.

Foreign-invested enterprises are entitled to enjoy the same prices for tap water, garbage collection, wastewater, construction fees, design fees, design appraisal fees and prices for services under the authority of the locality as Vietnamese enterprises operating in the same field in Quang Ninh.

Foreigners working in foreign-invested enterprises in Quang Ninh for 1 year or more and their family members residing in Vietnam will be granted preferential cards by the People's Committee of Quang Ninh province to enjoy the same service price as Vietnamese people when visiting historical, cultural and scenic sites in Quang Ninh province.

Quang Ninh province supports training of workers meeting level 2 vocational standards (according to current regulations of the Vietnamese Government) for the project at the request of the investor at the province's vocational training facilities.

In case the enterprise trains its own workers, it will be supported with training costs at the following levels:

- 500,000 VND/person for projects employing less than 200 workers.

- 800,000 VND/person for projects employing over 200 workers.


This training cost support only applies to local employees recruited for the first time under a long-term labor contract and is calculated based on the actual number of employees employed at the enterprise for 1 year or more.

Investors are supported with project document preparation costs of 10 million VND (for projects with total investment capital up to 3 million USD) and 20 million VND (for projects with total investment capital over 3 million USD) immediately after the project completes basic construction and goes into operation.

Bonus of 10 million VND for each licensed foreign direct investment project or project with increased capital adjustment for units directly handling foreign investment procedures.

Commissions for individuals or brokerage units of foreign direct investment projects are paid at the following levels:

Project size Commission level

Under 1 million USD 10,000,000 VND From 1 million USD to under 3 million USD 15,000,000 VND Over 3 million USD 20,000,000 VND

2.3. ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF FDI CAPITAL FLOWS ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF QUANG NINH

2.3.1. Positive impacts

Foreign direct investment is an important source of capital for the province's economic growth. According to the ranking of the Ministry of Planning and Investment as of December 31, 2005, Quang Ninh ranked 12th in attracting foreign direct investment with 76 projects and 574,684,030 USD. If considered in the northern provinces, the scale of foreign direct investment in Quang Ninh is relatively large. That shows that with relatively favorable natural conditions and infrastructure, Quang Ninh is one of the attractive locations for foreign investors to invest in Vietnam.

Thanks to favorable conditions and the continuous efforts of Quang Ninh in enhancing investment cooperation with foreign countries, foreign direct investment


Foreign direct investment has been a very important source of capital for the province's economic growth. This is shown first of all through the scale and proportion of foreign direct investment in the total capital for basic construction in Quang Ninh province.

Table 2.14. Development investment capital in the province by capital source

(Unit: Billion VND)


Year

Target

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

State capital

2,795

3,549

5,085

6,318

7,500

8,643

Non-state capital

1.255

1,594

2,284

2,838

3,370

3,883

FDI capital

335

557

625

744

1,010

1,750

Total

4385

5700

7994

9,900

11,880

14,276

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Assessing the Impact of FDI Capital Flows on the Socio-Economic Development of Quang Ninh

Source: Quang Ninh Statistical Yearbook 2005

Foreign direct investment has contributed to creating new fixed assets and new facilities for production and business activities. This is an important premise to increase the amount of material and immaterial wealth created in the province, creating economic growth and improving people's lives.

Attracting foreign investment has made a positive contribution to the socio-economic development of many localities in general and Quang Ninh province in particular. Foreign-invested projects that have come into operation have gradually transferred management experience, modern technology, vocational training, and industrial style training for workers.

Foreign investment activities promote economic restructuring towards industrialization and modernization, increasing the proportion of industrial and service production value, reducing the proportion of agricultural production value; improving management capacity and technological level, contributing to expanding foreign relations and proactively integrating into the international economy.

Foreign investment attraction activities have had positive changes in awareness of all levels, sectors and localities. Localities and sectors have had


Timely support measures for businesses to resolve difficulties arising during project implementation (land, site clearance).

In recent years, the rate of attracting foreign direct investment into Quang Ninh has been increasing. The structure of investment capital is allocated quite reasonably (industry: 39.50%, tourism - services: 56.50%, agriculture - forestry - fishery: 4.57%). The province has attracted investment projects in areas where the province has strengths and needs to encourage investment such as: Food processing industry (vegetable oil, wheat flour production), coal mining and processing, electrical equipment, garment, export production (shoes, rubber, canvas, ... ) . Tourism - services account for a high proportion (32 projects, total investment capital of 290,348,348 USD, accounting for 42.11% of the number of valid projects and 56.50% of investment capital), including many large-scale entertainment investment projects to build infrastructure and create more products for the tourism industry such as: Hong Van Joint Venture Company, Vinh Thuan Joint Venture Company, Hai Ninh - Loi Lai Joint Venture Company, Hoang Gia International Joint Venture Company, Dolphin and Sea Lion Business Cooperation. Initially, the province has attracted projects to produce products with high technology content (microbial fertilizers, organic fertilizers); Industrial-scale aquaculture (G&A Joint Venture Company, Hoan Cau Investment, Production and Trade Company), contributing to increasing investment resources for development, in line with the socio-economic development orientation of the province, contributing to shifting the economic structure towards industrialization and modernization, promoting the potentials and strengths of localities.

Attracting foreign investment concentrated in large cities such as Ha Long and Mong Cai has contributed to creating a driving force to attract other regions and localities to develop together. The policy of encouraging and giving incentives to investment in areas with difficult socio-economic conditions has initially achieved results. Foreign investment attraction activities have expanded to other localities such as Yen Hung and Dong Trieu and have begun to appear in mountainous localities such as Tien Yen, a locality with difficult socio-economic conditions, contributing to the socio-economic development of the whole area.

Attracting foreign investment capital also affirms its important role in the socio-economic development of the province. Specific results of some indicators:


Table 2.15. Some main indicators of FDI activities in Quang Ninh


TT


Year


Revenue (USD)

Industrial production value

(billion VND)

Export turnover (USD)

Pay to the State budget

(USD)

Labor (people)

1

2000

117,029,875

1,398

37,300,000

9,723,783

3.113

2

2001

105.103.672

1,668

28,400,000

8,716,061

3,665

3

2002

122,550,000

1,717

17,900,000

12,500,000

4.106

4

2003

184.267.010

1,840

49,400,000

15,072,698

6,045

5

2004

258,518,000

2,230

107,000,000

20,042,000

10,000

6

2005

309,640.00

2,741

90,000,000

24,050,000

11,500

Source: Department of Planning and Investment of Quang Ninh, Quang Ninh Statistical Yearbook - 2005

- Comparison of budget payment results in the area is shown in the following table:

Table 2.16. Budget payment results of FDI enterprises in the province

Quang Ninh

Unit: Million VND


Year


Target


2000


2001


2002


2003


2004


2005

FDI

145,850

130,740

187,500

226,090

300,630

360,750

The whole province

2,460,223

2,527,136

3,088,722

3,311,958

3,637,674

4,075,000

FDI/

5.92 %

5.17%

6.07%

6.83%

8.26%

8.85%

Source: Quang Ninh Statistical Yearbook -2005

FDI activities have gradually exploited the comparative advantages of each locality, attracted a large number of workers, and contributed positively to the socio-economic development process. Investment activities of FDI enterprises in many localities have created a strong technical infrastructure to meet the economic development requirements of the locality.


The activities of FDI enterprises in the province have contributed to diversifying economic types and services.

Foreign-invested projects have contributed to diversifying products, creating many new products with high competitiveness in the market (oil, flour, noodles, pearls , etc.) , contributing to creating new urban areas, landscapes, and services for tourism.

With a suitable industry structure, foreign direct investment projects have had positive impacts on the economic restructuring of the province and improved the efficiency of economic growth based on the effective exploitation of Quang Ninh's comparative advantages.

The highlight of Quang Ninh's economic structure is the advantage of the tourism and service industry. One of the economic development goals of the province is to gradually increase the proportion of the industrial sector.

During the period 2000-2005, Quang Ninh province achieved the set target of economic restructuring towards industrialization and modernization. This restructuring is the result of changes in the correlation of growth rates between sectors in the economy, in which the absolute value of GDP of all sectors increased. The economic sector with foreign direct investment has contributed significantly to that transformation.

Furthermore, foreign direct investment projects have been directed towards tourism - service and industrial sectors, in which Quang Ninh has advantages such as natural advantages in tourism resources, seafood processing, construction materials manufacturing industry... Exploiting the province's comparative advantages is an important premise to improve the efficiency of growth.

In the context that most of the city's enterprises do not have enough financial capacity to replace outdated equipment, foreign direct investment has created a breakthrough, accelerating the process of technological innovation and modernizing the production of Quang Ninh province. This is the premise to create competitiveness for domestic goods by improving quality and reducing product costs. That is very


important in the context of the Vietnam-US Trade Agreement being signed and Vietnam preparing to join the WTO.

With the above results, it can be affirmed that, in recent times, Quang Ninh has been very successful in attracting foreign direct investment to serve the industrialization and modernization of the province. This success is the result of the dynamism and sensitivity of domestic enterprises in finding joint venture partners with the ability to contribute large capital and the authorities in managing technology transfer activities through foreign direct investment.

Foreign direct investment creates more jobs, increases workers' income, and improves the quality of the workforce.

An important condition to improve people's lives is to create more jobs and stable income for workers. Therefore, the issue of job creation is of great significance to the economic development of Quang Ninh province. The foreign-invested economic sector plays an active role in implementing this task.

By the end of 2005, foreign-invested enterprises in Quang Ninh had created about 11,500 direct jobs and tens of thousands of indirect jobs in related manufacturing and service sectors. This sector has contributed significantly to job creation and increased income for workers. Furthermore, foreign-invested enterprises have also attracted a large number of workers from rural areas, contributing to the shift in the agricultural-rural labor structure.

Through activities at foreign direct investment facilities, Vietnamese cadres and workers have been trained or retrained, have access to industrial style and high professional qualifications. This is an opportunity to improve the quality of Quang Ninh's workforce.

Foreign direct investment activities in Quang Ninh have expanded export markets and replaced imports.

If in 2000 foreign invested enterprises only achieved

37,000,000 USD in export turnover, in 2005 it reached 90,000,000 USD. In the coming years, many new enterprises will come into operation, and existing enterprises will

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