Nghe An: Discussing solutions to support businesses in participating in the chain of linkages and digital transformation

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting. Also attending were representatives of departments, agencies, representatives of provincial-level Business Associations and Businessmen Associations and representatives of Vinh City People's Committee and Dien Chau District People's Committee.

Overview of the second conference of the Provincial People's Committee to contribute opinions to the Project to support provincial enterprise development until 2025. Photo: Nguyen Hai

On behalf of the Drafting Committee, the representative of the Department of Planning and Investment briefly reported on the Project.business development supportby 2025 has been absorbed and revised in the spirit of the conclusion of the previous meeting.

Accordingly, the development situation and capital contribution scale of enterprises are reconstructed for each year, each district and each type of enterprise; the level of enterprise contribution to the budget, job creation and economic structure; the reasons for the difference in the rate of actual operating enterprises compared to registered enterprises; forecasting the development situation of enterprises in the coming time and comparing it with the situation of enterprise registration in provinces in the region such as Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, etc.

A representative of the Department of Planning and Investment briefly presented the draft Enterprise Development Project that had been commented on and revised the previous time. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Besides, according to the new draft Project, Nghe Anstrive to have 30 thousand businessesNewly registered enterprises, of which 20 thousand are operating; the enterprise growth rate is from 8-9%/year to 2025; the enterprise sector contributes over 70% of the budget revenue; creating new jobs for from 12 thousand to 14 thousand workers/year.

Representatives of the Provincial Association of Small and Medium Enterprises proposed to increase the annual employment target of enterprises. Photo: Nguyen Hai

To implement, in addition to the 7 general solution groups in the original Project, the draft has been drafted in the direction of component Projects, with appendices assigning responsibilities and progress to departments, branches, and centers to develop component policies to submit to the Provincial People's Committee. Among the policies to support businesses in this term, it is noteworthy to add a policy to support startups,Enterprises participating in the chain, value chain in agriculture and industry; supportdigital transformation business...

Enterprises participating in the fair connecting product supply and demand organized annually by the Nghe An Department of Industry and Trade. Photo: Document

Commenting on the draft project this time, representatives of departments, branches and Business Associations continued to give additional comments on issues such as increasing the annual employment target; strengthening training, improving the attitude and spirit of serving businesses for civil servants; there should be policies to support businesses when promoting investment, trade and tourism, supporting startups; it is necessary to supplement information on the estimated cost of implementing the project so that departments and branches know; for this policy to be put into practice, it is necessary to only support businesses that are operating and facing difficulties, and it is necessary to limit the situation ofghost businessor support but still quite formal...

Nghe An enterprises participated in a training course on digital transformation and the significance of digital transformation in the context of integration and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Nguyen Hai

The Provincial People's Committee only needs to issue an Action Plan to implement the General Project instead of each separate Project; the support policy with financial resources is very good and businesses always respond, but what businesses need now is work efficiency and a full legal corridor to limit activities that hinder the normal operations of businesses...

Representative of Nghe An Province Young Entrepreneurs Association

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee delivered a concluding speech at the meeting. Photo: NH

Based on the response to the explanation of the Department of Planning and Investment, Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee concluded and highly appreciated the spirit of frank comments of the departments, branches, sectors and the Provincial Business Association on the Project.

In the spirit of synthesizing and absorbing new opinions to improve the quality of the Project, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized that this is the 4th time of giving opinions, so there are many good and useful options, and assigned the Department of Planning and Investment to absorb appropriate opinions and edit the information, collect opinions from departments and branches once again; at the same time, prepare legal and practical bases to protect the Project.