Promoting the role of connecting and accompanying businesses and entrepreneurs
On the afternoon of January 4, in Hoang Mai town, the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises of Nghe An province held a meeting to summarize activities in 2024 and deploy tasks in 2025.
Attending the conference were comrade Nguyen Duc Thanh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; representative of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Business Bloc Party Committee; departments, branches, leaders of Quynh Luu district and Hoang Mai town.
Also attending were representatives of VCCI Nghe An - Ha Tinh - Quang Binh branches, business associations and standing committees of small and medium enterprises associations of districts, cities and towns in the area.
Nghe An Small and Medium Enterprises Association has been reorganized and operated stably since the end of 2022. After more than 2 years of operation, the Association has actively contributed to the implementation of the province's socio-economic goals; at the same time, it is a bridge for the Central and the province to issue policies to support businesses.
In 2024, Nghe An will have 1,533 newly registered enterprises, an increase of nearly 30% compared to 2023.
In 2024, through understanding and participating in meetings with the leaders of the Provincial People's Committee and meetings of the Provincial Fatherland Front, the Association has proposed to remove difficulties and obstacles for businesses. Directly contribute opinions in writing to departments, branches and sectors in the process of advising the Provincial People's Committee to issue regulations on the management of tourist transport activities by inland waterways and the management of water amusement facilities.
In addition, contributing comments to the Draft Law on Value Added Tax (Amendment), Law on Minerals; proposing to reduce land rent for enterprises from 2020 to 2024...
The Association has directed the successful organization of the congress and the consolidation of the two Small and Medium Enterprise Associations of Nghia Dan and Nghi Loc; coordinated the organization of training courses on negotiating and signing labor contracts and vocational training for enterprises in Thai Hoa town... Responding to the emulation movement launched by the province, the Association and the Associations have donated and supported more than 6 billion VND to the Fund for the Poor and given Tet gifts to the poor.
Besides the above outstanding results, in 2024, the Association's activities still had some shortcomings and difficulties, causing the Association's operational role to not achieve the desired goals.
At the conference, based on information on the results of implementing the province's socio-economic goals in 2024, representatives of the Nghe An Small and Medium Enterprises Association analyzed the role and contributions of the business community and entrepreneurs. Based on the analysis of opportunities and requirements in the new period, the Association's leaders also emphasized the goals and challenges that the Association and entrepreneurs need to make more efforts and determination to meet in 2025.
Speaking at the conference, Mr. Nguyen Duc Thanh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee acknowledged and thanked the role of the business community and entrepreneurs in socio-economic development and new rural construction of the province.
To successfully implement the goals and tasks set out by the Association in 2025, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee noted that the Association needs to promote its role as a bridge connecting the Association and its members with Party committees and authorities at all levels; proactively participate in building a system of legal documents to ensure prestige and quality.
The Association needs to coordinate with clubs, ministries and central branches to organize training courses and legal consultancy according to the proposals of enterprises; actively and regularly participate in dialogues of the Provincial People's Committee to grasp and promptly propose problems and difficulties for enterprises and businessmen; continue to contribute to social and charitable activities...
On this occasion, Nghe An Association of Small and Medium Enterprises announced and awarded Certificates of Merit of the Central Association of Small and Medium Enterprises to the association's collectives and 48 individual entrepreneurs with outstanding achievements in 2024./.
