Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee: Look directly at the results to improve indicators, meet the expectations of people and businesses

On the afternoon of October 5, the Provincial People's Committee held an online conference to announce the results of the Provincial Competitiveness Index of provincial departments, branches and People's Committees of districts, cities and towns (DDCI) of Nghe An province in 2022.

Comrades: Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Bui Thanh An - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee co-chaired the conference.

Attending the conference were Directors, Heads of provincial and district departments, branches, sectors and units; representatives of the Party Committee of the Business Bloc; Vietnam Federation of Commerce and Industry, Nghe An branch and Associations and Business Associations of the province.

At the conference, the consulting unit announced the results of the Provincial Competitiveness Index of provincial departments, branches and People's Committees of districts, cities and towns (DDCI) of Nghe An province in 2022.

The results of the DDCI of departments, agencies and branches are divided into 2 groups: Group A includes 12 units whose main service objects are enterprises, cooperatives, and business households and the number of administrative procedures/level of interaction with these objects is large and significant. Group B includes 11 units whose main service objects are not enterprises, cooperatives, and business households and the number of administrative procedures/level of interaction with these objects is at a lower level.

In group A, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development leads the rankings with 79.34 points; the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs ranks second with 79.03 points; the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board ranks third with 77.89 points and the Tax Department ranks last with 75.01 points.

In group B, the Department of Information and Communications leads the rankings with 81.76 points; the Department of Justice ranks second with 81.46 points; the Department of Culture and Sports ranks third with 81.10 points; and the Department of Science and Technology ranks last with 76.48 points.

In the local block, Nghi Loc district leads the ranking with 85.43 points; Hoang Mai town ranks 2nd with 83.46 points; Tuong Duong district ranks 3rd with 81.26 points. The bottom 3 positions are Quy Hop district with 70.14 points; Quy Chau district with 68.67 points; Hung Nguyen district with 67.64 points.

Concluding the conference, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung emphasized the important role and significance of the business investment environment for the province's socio-economic development in general and investment attraction in particular. In recent times, the province has focused on directing contents related to improving the business investment environment.

Thanks to that, the indicators reflecting the province's investment and business environment have changed. In 2022, Nghe An ranked 23rd out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide in the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI), up 7 places compared to 2021; Provincial Administrative Reform Index (PAR Index) ranked 16th out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide; Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) ranked 17th out of 63 provinces and cities.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung said that in recent years, despite many difficulties, the province's economy has grown, especially in attracting FDI capital. In 2022, for the first time, Nghe An entered the top 10 localities attracting the largest FDI capital in the country with a total registered capital of 961.3 million USD; in the first 9 months of 2023, it rose to 6th place out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide with a total newly granted and adjusted capital of more than 1.272 billion USD.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that Nghe An has twice conducted the assessment of the Competitiveness Index at the department, branch, and local level. The assessment of DDCI aims to measure the perception and assessment of the business community on the management and governance capacity of departments, branches, and district-level People's Committees.

From the DDCI results, departments, branches and localities can realistically perceive their operational, management and governance capacity. Thereby, departments, branches and localities can enhance their spirit and responsibility in improving the indicators so that the province's business environment becomes increasingly better, more transparent and more supportive of the business community, because the difficulties and problems of the business community are also the difficulties and problems of the province.

Emphasizing that the DDCI assessment was well organized, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung sincerely thanked the active participation of the business community, Associations, and Business Associations in assessing the competitiveness of departments, branches, sectors, and localities through survey forms, thereby helping us achieve today's results.

The head of the Provincial People's Committee congratulated the units that achieved high results, hoping that they would continue to promote their spirit, improve and maintain the achieved results; at the same time, he shared with the units that had not achieved high results, suggesting that they continue to review and re-evaluate to improve in the coming time.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung also requested departments, branches and localities to promote the achieved results, overcome shortcomings and limitations, improve low indexes; focus on improving the quality of management and operation of branches and localities.

In Resolution No. 39 of the Politburo, one of the important solutions is to create a breakthrough in administrative reform, improve the investment and business environment, and strive to raise the provincial competitiveness indexes PCI, PAR Index, and PAPI to the top positions in the country. To achieve the above goals, each sector and locality must be determined to improve its leadership, management, and administration capacity, in the spirit of improving the transparent and supportive investment and business environment.

In the coming time, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung requested that agencies, units, cadres, civil servants, and public employees, especially leaders, need to properly and fully perceive the role, significance, and impact of the DDCI index on improving the business investment environment and improving management and operational capacity.

Frankly look at the DDCI assessment results in 2022, promote positive results, overcome shortcomings and limitations to improve sub-indices that do not meet requirements; thereby improving the index and ranking of the competitiveness index of the unit and locality, contributing to improving the PCI index of the province, meeting the expectations of people and businesses.

On the other hand, from awareness, it is necessary to create a change in the actions of the team of cadres, civil servants and public employees in performing their tasks, especially in solving problems with people and businesses, in the spirit of "listening - understanding - friendliness - enthusiasm"; "accompanying and supporting businesses; sticking with and sharing with businesses", "considering the difficulties of businesses as their own difficulties to solve".

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested that sectors and localities further promote propaganda and dissemination to businesses and people to clearly understand the meaning of the DDCI index, creating a unified awareness from many sides, thereby improving the DDIC index to be truly effective and of high quality.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Provincial Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Center to continue implementing the DDCI assessment program in the coming years in the direction of researching, reviewing and re-evaluating a comprehensive methodology that is appropriate and close to the practical conditions of the province. From there, the DDCI results will ensure substance and objectivity, clearly demonstrating the quality of management and operation of departments, branches and localities in the province.

Vietnam Federation of Commerce and Industry, Nghe An branch, and the business community continue to accompany the province in implementing solutions to improve the business investment environment; cooperate with provincial agencies, to create clearer and stronger progress in the business investment environment.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung emphasized that the province's consistent desire and policy is to persistently and steadfastly implement anything that brings practical benefits to businesses, investors, and people; at the same time, he hoped that improving the DDCI index would contribute to the development goal so that Nghe An will soon become a fairly developed province in the Northern region and the whole country.