Talking to a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper by phone on July 12, Mr. Duong Van Phuc - Director of the Department of Planning and Investment of Ben Tre province - said that in the past, the process of selecting investors for urban area embellishment projects was The city along Ben Tre River does not organize bidding or auctions. In addition, in the land area where the above project is being implemented, there is public land, but the land was allocated to businesses without organizing an auction according to regulations.
Mr. Phuc said that currently, the above project has been given instructions by the Standing Committee of the Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee to revoke the investment policy . Ben Tre Provincial People's Committee has also directed industries to carry out valuation work and refund funds to investors.
Previously on June 18, 2018, the People's Committee of Ben Tre province issued Decision No. 1273 on approving investment in the project to embellish the urban area along the Ben Tre river (referred to as the urban area project along the Ben Tre river) by Ben Tre Investment Company Limited is the investor. The project has a total estimated investment of about 534.5 billion VND.
According to this decision, the investor is allocated land by the state with a one-time land use fee (long-term allocation for residential land and 50 years for commercial and service land). The investor has the right to transfer to the people the residential land plots that the investor completes and constructs in accordance with the approved scale according to the planning.
In case the investor does not build commercial housing according to the approved planning, after investing in completing the technical infrastructure of the entire area, the investor can transfer residential land use rights to people to build their own houses. on the basis of the consensus opinion of the Ministry of Construction.
In 2020, the People's Committee of Ben Tre province assigned Ben Tre Investment Company Limited with a total land area of 22,800 m2 in Ward 8 (Ben Tre City, Ben Tre Province) to implement the project. In addition, Ben Tre Provincial People's Committee also leased land to Ben Tre Investment Company Limited to implement the above project with a total area of 2,974.7 m2 in Ward 8 (Ben Tre City) to use for commercial and service purposes. .
Regarding the project's investment policy being revoked, talking to a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper by phone on July 12, Mr. Ho Nghia Hiep - Director of Ben Tre Investment Co., Ltd. - said that the renovation project The company has invested a lot of money in the urban area along Ben Tre River with loans from banks. Therefore, businesses face many financial difficulties when the project is withdrawn.
"The company hopes that the People's Committee of Ben Tre province and other departments and branches will soon come up with an appropriate and reasonable plan so that investors can continue to fully implement and finish this project," Mr. Hiep expressed.
