The industrial cluster has no factories
Bac Lam Thao Industrial Cluster was established under Decision No. 1553 dated June 30, 2016 of Phu Tho Provincial People's Committee, phase I planning area is 43 hectares located in Tien Kien commune, Lam Thao district.
As noted by a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper in the last days of August, the technical infrastructure at Bac Lam Thao Industrial Cluster has been built synchronously, but dozens of hectares of land have not yet been built.
According to Mr. Tran Dac Thanh - Chairman of Tien Kien Commune People's Committee, Bac Lam Thao Industrial Cluster in the area completed the site in 2020, so far it has not attracted any investors.
"The government and people hope that soon there will be businesses investing in the industrial cluster, creating jobs for workers, helping the locality develop socio-economically" - Mr. Thanh shared.
Expectations from 2 projects
In the near future, Bac Lam Thao Industrial Cluster may escape the "sluggish" situation when it benefits from two large transportation projects with a total investment of nearly 550 billion VND from two other districts and towns.
The first is a 300 billion VND project: Renovating and upgrading the road connecting Provincial Road 325B connecting Ho Chi Minh Road to Ngoc Thap Bridge and the rescue route invested by the People's Committee of Phu Tho town.
The project route has a total length of 7.96km main route, including up to 4km through Tien Kien commune, currently the road surface is asphalted and gravel gravel is spread.
This project will upgrade Provincial Road 325B - the main road, the "front" of Bac Lam Thao Industrial Cluster to a level III plain road, the road surface is doubled (16m including curb).
Once completed, the route will help this industrial cluster easily connect with Ho Chi Minh Road, Noi Bai - Lao Cai Expressway, Tuyen Quang - Phu Tho Expressway, Phu Ha Industrial Park...
The second project is the road connecting provincial road 325B (Bac Lam Thao industrial cluster) - national highway 2 - provincial road 323H - district road P2 (Phu Gia industrial cluster, Phu Ninh district) built by Phu Ninh district People's Committee. Investor, total investment over 245 billion VND.
The project route has a total length of nearly 7.2km, the first point intersects with Provincial Road 325B (project road worth 300 billion VND), runs along the west side of the industrial cluster before reaching the end of the route intersecting with Road 323 to the National Highway. Highway 2, Gia Thanh commune.
According to the investor's representative, Phu Ninh District Construction Investment Project Management Board, currently, 6.5/7.2km of land has been handed over, 3km of roads are paved with asphalt, 5.5km are paved. crushed stone aggregate, 6.5km completed the foundation and drainage system.
This project will help Bac Lam Thao Industrial Cluster have more important traffic routes, easily connecting with National Highway 2, Phu Gia Industrial Cluster - where, although the entire technical infrastructure has not yet been completed, it is even under construction. In the process of both site clearance and construction, 5 investment projects have been attracted, of which 4 projects have come into operation.
The main road has been opened, the investment attraction efficiency of the Bac Lam Thao Industrial Cluster will increase, but to be able to attract large enterprises to invest in operations, it requires more dynamism and drastic action by the government. Lam Thao district government committee, focusing on further improving the business investment environment and strengthening domestic and foreign investment promotion activities.
