(HBO) – The association of businesses in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh has held a meeting to mark the Vietnam Entrepreneurs’ Day (October 13).
The meeting saw the participation of Bui Van Tinh, member of the
Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party
Committee and Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee; Dr. Nguyen
Van Than, President of the Vietnam Association of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises
(VINASME); Tran Thi Lan Anh, Deputy General Secretary of the Vietnam Chamber of
Commerce and Industry; officials from the provincial People’s Council, People’s
Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front’s Hoa Binh chapter and local departments,
along with representatives of nearly 1,000 businesses in Hoa Binh.
Nguyen Cao Son, President of Hoa Binh’s association of businesses,
reported that over the past years, both quantity and quality of enterprises and
entrepreneurs in the province have increased rapidly, and business operation
has changed in line with the locality’s economic structure transformation,
tilting towards industry and services.
Besides, businesses have seen their operational efficiency and
competitiveness improved, and affirmed their pioneering role in the economic
sphere, contributing to fulfilling the locality’s socio-economic development
targets.
The association has organised a range of activities in Hoa Binh
city and 10 districts with the participation of five of its chapters and 12
organisations, and nearly 1,000 enterprises.
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Secretary of the Party Committee of Hoa Binh province Bui Van Tinh
and a VINASME representative present certificates of merit to businesses.
The association has also successfully performed external
activities and held working sessions with major firms and groups to introduce
investment potential of Hoa Binh in tourism and agriculture. Additionally, it
has assisted enterprises in the locality to raise administration capacity for
sustainable production and business, and launched many emulation movements.
The association has teamed up with departments and agencies in Hoa
Binh to organise dialogues with businesses to help them overcome difficulties
in production and business. The enterprises generate tens of trillions of Vietnam
dong, pay trillions of Vietnam dong to the State budget each year and offer
jobs to thousands of labourers, contributing to the local socio-economic
structure shift.
On this occasion, the association called on the businesses to
raise a fund of nearly 2.5 billion VND in support of poor students with
outstanding academic achievements./.
In Lac Thuy district, communes have been succeeded in promoting their One Commune-One Product (OCOP) products while others are still struggling to position their typical farming products in market. Some communes in the district still fail to have their products met OCOP programme’s requirements, while others have seen their certifications expired.
The inspectorate agency of Hoa Binh province has issued Official Dispatch No. 1090/TTr-PCTN to provincial departments, agencies, localities, business associations, enterprises, and investors regarding measures to improve informal component indexes of the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI).
Hoa Binh is taking concrete steps to improve its investment environment, with a strong focus on supporting businesses, settling obstacles for strategic investors, and creating opportunities for robust development in the coming years.
Under the blazing early summer sun, the construction site of Nhuan Trach Industrial Park (IP) in Luong Son district is abuzz with activities from dawn to dusk, a testament to the determination of the investor to meet their construction targets on schedule.