Nghe An conveys the message of accompanying businesses to overcome difficulties

On the afternoon of October 2, the Provincial Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Center; Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Nghe An jointly organized the Nghe An Business Forum, with the theme: "Government accompanies - Entrepreneurs develop". This is a meaningful activity in a series of events to celebrateVietnamese Entrepreneurs Day(October 13, 2004 - October 13, 2020) and towards welcoming the 19th Congress of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee.

Attending the Forum, on the Central side were Dr. Vu Tien Loc - Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), Chairman of the Central Council of Vietnam Business Associations; Dr. Can Van Luc - economic expert, advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam.

Coming to Nghe An province, there were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of provincial departments and branches; representatives of Associations, Business Associations, entrepreneurs and more than 300 delegates who are typical entrepreneurs representing the business community and entrepreneurs of Nghe An province.

Delegates attending the Forum. -Photo: Pham Bang

ACCOMPANYING BUSINESSES TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES

Opening the forum, comradeNguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committeedelivered an important speech on the key tasks of local authorities in supporting and promoting business development during the Covid-19 period.

According to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, since the beginning of 2020, the great difficulties and challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic have strongly impacted the socio-economic development of Vietnam in general and Nghe An province in particular.

However, with proactive and flexible direction and management, synchronous implementation of solutions, improvement of the province's investment environment and the joint efforts of the business community and people, Nghe An province has synchronously and effectively implemented the "dual goal" of both preventing the epidemic and recovering and developing the socio-economy.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the forum. Photo: Pham Bang

“In the difficult context due to the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic, the above positive results were achieved, in addition to the efforts of Party committees and authorities at all levels, with important contributions from businesses in the province,” the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized.

With the message "accompany businesses to overcome difficulties", when the Covid-19 epidemic broke out, the Provincial People's Committee promptly issued Plan No. 179 dated March 31, 2020 to promote the removal of difficulties for production and business, ensure social security and social order and safety, and respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the first 9 months of the year, the province has provided over 172 billion VND in funding to implement special policies in epidemic prevention and control under Resolution No. 37 of the Government, and over 817 billion VND in support of implementing policies under Resolution No. 42 of the Government. The banking, tax, and social insurance sectors have had many solutions to support businesses.

The province established an interdisciplinary team to promote administrative procedure reform.improve the business investment environmentand foreign investment cooperation; put the Public Administration Service Center into operation to promote administrative procedure reform, handle problems of businesses and investors, and attract investment to the province.

Nghe An province regularly organizes meetings and dialogues with business associations and entrepreneurs; directs relevant sectors to proactively grasp and remove difficulties and obstacles of business associations and enterprises in the area.

Forum scene. Photo: Pham Bang

With the motto of action "considering the difficulties of enterprises as the responsibility of the Party Committee and the government, from there focusing on solving them together", promoting administrative reform, improving the investment environment to create "leverage" for socio-economic development, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung emphasized that in the coming time, the Provincial People's Committee will carry out many important tasks and solutions.

Specifically, the province will continue to remove difficulties and promote production and business with a specific spirit for each industry, field, enterprise and locality to create convenience and reduce costs for people and businesses.

The province will direct departments, branches, sectors and localities to continue to propagate and thoroughly understand to change the awareness, attitude and behavior of officials and civil servants with the viewpoint: Enterprises and investors must be considered as service objects. This viewpoint and approach must be thoroughly understood in the entire political system of the locality, from leaders at all levels to officials who directly work with investors and handle matters related to enterprises and investors.

At the same time, the province will continue to have drastic and breakthrough solutions to strongly improve the investment environment, enhance the province's competitiveness index. Timely handle and resolve problems, ensure effective project operations to continue to strengthen the confidence of businesses and investors in the province's investment and business environment. Promote business start-up movements, especially innovative start-ups...

ENHANCE BUSINESS ADAPTABILITY

Sharing about the opportunities and challenges of the business community in the new normal period, Dr. Vu Tien Loc - Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that the epidemic is still complicated and unpredictable, so in the coming time, the business community will still face many difficulties.

The Chairman of VCCI emphasized that the core capacity of the community and individuals, the most important adaptation index is resilience. Therefore, if businesses want to increase resilience, they must innovate production and business, and build a governance model towards sustainable development.

Dr. Vu Tien Loc - Chairman of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry spoke at the forum. Photo: Pham Bang

According to Mr. Vu Tien Loc, the current regulations on the investment environment still have many overlapping and inadequate points. And the task of the Government and the National Assembly is to review to improve the investment environment and enhance competitiveness. However, for the Government and the National Assembly to do so, businesses must join hands, offer ideas, and strongly contribute to this process.

At the same time, businesses must accelerate digital transformation, including small businesses. Innovate the management system in a flexible way, each member can promote his or her role, identifying people as the center. The business owner plays the role of leader, not owner. The value of the business in the future is not money but brand value.

Assessing Nghe An as a province with a lot of potential, especially with two most valuable advantages: land and people. Nghe An also has a large number of enterprises. However, according to the Chairman of VCCI, if calculating GDP per capita and enterprises per capita, Nghe An is still low.

"With a favorable geopolitical and geo-economic position, located between two major construction sites, Vung Ang and Nghi Son, Nghe An should develop the service, trade, finance, and human resource training industries in the coming time," said Mr. Loc.

Dr. Vu Tien Loc also suggested that Nghe An should increase dynamism, improve the land access index; effectively implement improvements to the investment and business environment, review and cut administrative procedures, unofficial costs, etc. At the same time, proactively publicize and make information transparent; apply risk management principles, and create favorable conditions for businesses to operate.

At the forum, Dr. Can Van Luc - Economic expert shared with the Conference about the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on Vietnam's high-end economic sectors and solutions for businesses and solutions for businesses in the coming time.

Dr. Can Van Luc - economic expert shared at the forum. Photo: Pham Bang

Sharing and confiding at the forum, Mr. Tran Anh Son - Vice Chairman of the Provincial Business Association, Chairman of the Nghe An Provincial Outstanding Business Association said that in order to realize the slogan of the government accompanying businesses, the government must first understand businesses; abandon the "authoritarian" mindset and build a spirit of serving businesses.

In addition, authorities at all levels need to have clear, transparent and inheritable mechanisms and policies; accompany with people, with written instructions, and assign specific focal points; the authorities need to be more closely involved to promptly remove difficulties for businesses; and strictly handle officials and civil servants who "harass" businesses.

Mr. Tran Anh Son - Vice Chairman of the Provincial Business Association, Chairman of the Nghe An Provincial Outstanding Business Association spoke at the forum. Photo: Pham Bang

Mr. Phan Thanh Mien - Chairman of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises of Nghe An province said that the province needs to have a plan to help small and medium enterprises have access to land. At the same time, invite enterprises to contribute their opinions on administrative reform issues.

After the forum, there was the Gala Night of Vietnam Entrepreneurs Day. The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry awarded 140 membership certificates of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Nghe An to businesses and associations.

Leaders of Nghe An province and VCCI Vietnam presented certificates to members. Photo: Pham Bang