Nghe An consolidates and improves the efficiency of small and medium enterprises

Mr. Hoang Viet Duong - Chairman of the Provincial Association of Small and Medium Enterprises chaired the meeting. Attending the meeting were members of the Executive Committee of the Association who are representatives of small and medium enterprises associations of districts, cities and towns.

Mr. Hoang Viet Duong - Chairman of the Provincial Association of Small and Medium Enterprises chaired the second meeting to consolidate and improve the quality and efficiency of the Association's operations for the third term. Photo: Nguyen Hai

The Provincial Small and Medium Enterprises Association was recently reorganized at the 3rd Congress for the 2022-2027 term in September 2022 with 51 members representing grassroots associations. Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2nd term was extended and operations faced many difficulties; the district, city and town branches had many changes.

Therefore, after the congress, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Association of Small and Medium Enterprises for the new term has drafted the program of activities of the association for the entire term, drafted amendments to the working regulations of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Association of Small and Medium Enterprises for the 2022-2027 term; planned to assign members of the Executive Committee and the Standing Committee, the Standing Committee of the association and other tasks.

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Tien - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial Association of Small and Medium Enterprises made a speech at the meeting with businesses of Vinh City People's Committee in October 2022. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Accordingly, based on the new mission requirements, the Association will reorganize and assign members of the Association's Standing Committee and Standing Committee to operate more effectively; truly be a bridge between the Party, the government and businesses and organizations representing the voice and interests of small and medium enterprises in the province.

According to the Law on Support for Small and Medium Enterprises, small and medium-sized associations will change their name to the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises to be consistent with the name of the Vietnam Association of Small Enterprises.

Mr. Luong Dinh Nghia - Vice Chairman of the Provincial Association of Small and Medium Enterprises made a speech at the meeting and dialogue with business associations and entrepreneurs of the Provincial People's Committee. Photo: Nguyen Hai

At the meeting, in the spirit of democracy and openness, the members of the Executive Board of the Association assessed and pointed out the limitations in the activities in the past time, on the basis of comments to supplement the operating regulations, assigning tasks to members according to the industry groups and business fields of member enterprises so that the Association can grasp the thoughts and aspirations of enterprises, promptly make recommendations to the authorities to remove obstacles and difficulties...

The members also suggested that the Standing Committee of the Association consider establishing a Communications Committee, a Cultural Committee, a Finance Committee, an Emulation - Rewards and Legal Committee to promote and mobilize financial resources for the Association's activities; invest in upgrading the Association's website to promptly update information and new policies related to supporting enterprises of the State and the province.

At the end of the meeting, Chairman of the Provincial Small and Medium Enterprises Association Hoang Viet Duong acknowledged and accepted additional comments from members, agreed to change the name according to the new Charter to the Small and Medium Enterprises Association; consider assigning members to monitor members by industry group; develop a specific plan to upgrade the Association's website; assign appropriate tasks to the Association's Standing members and other tasks.