Chairman of the Hoa Binh People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh on February 2 held a Lunar New Year meeting with businesses, investors and cooperation in the locality. The event drew Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Bui Duc Hinh; Vice President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hoang Quang Phong; representatives from the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Vietnam Association of Young Entrepreneurs; as well as leaders of local departments, sectors and localities and 200 local businesses, cooperatives and investors in the locality.
Vice President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hoang Quang Phong pledges to create favourable conditions and provide highest support to Hoa Binh and local businesses and investors during their development process.
In 2023, despites difficulties and challenges, Hoa Binh still recorded comprehensive achievements in all fields. The province completed its provincial planning for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050.
Along with effective solutions to support local businesses and investors, Hoa Binh saw improvements in the local investment environment and competitiveness. The province ranked 23 among localities in administrative reform index, and leaped nine places in the provincial competitiveness index. Particularly, currently, it takes only one day for a company to process the business registration procedures, and 14 days to get construction licences, and 2.99-3.57 days for power supply service access.
At the meeting, local businesses and investors thanked the Hoa Binh Party Committee, People’s Committee and People’s Council as well as provincial departments, sectors and localities for supporting them over the years.
They raised a number of suggestions, including continuing to improve the investment environment and reform administrative procedures, supporting travel and agricultural firms, speeding up ground clearance, promoting transport projects and regional connections.
Addressing the event, Vice President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hoang Quang Phong hailed the efforts of Hoa Binh in listening to the voice of local businesses and deal with their difficulties. He the VCCI will create optimal conditions and provide maximum assistance for businesses and investors in Hoa Binh during their development process.
For his part, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Duc Hinh recognised the contributions of the business community to the socio-economic development of the province.
He vowed that the province will provide best investment environment for them and accompany them during their development. Hinh also called for their contributions of ideas in building and implementing the provincial planning in the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050, as well as their recommendations in policies and mechanisms, as well as their feedback.
The provincial leader expressed his hope that local businesses will engaging in implementing political tasks and movements of the province.
On the occasion, the People’s Committee of Hoa Binh presented the emulation flags to three businesses that showed outstanding performance in national patriotism emulation movements in 2023, as well as the certificates of merit to 17 others.
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.
