Vinh City met with nearly 200 businesses and cooperatives

Representatives of Vinh city leaders, provincial departments and branches and more than 200 enterprises, cooperatives, and business households attended the spring meeting forum. Photo: Nguyen Hai

With the motto "Accompanying - creating - breaking through - developing", the first meeting of the Year of the Cat of Vinh city with the business community, cooperatives and business households in the area began with the ceremony of announcing and launching the Steering Committee for the establishment of the City Business Association. Accordingly, the Steering Committee for the establishment of the City Business Association consists of 7 members representing the components and types of businesses to campaign for the establishment of the Association, thereby taking care of their own businesses, the business association and connecting with local Party committees and authorities to build and improve the investment and business environment.

Chairman of Vinh City People's Committee Tran Ngoc Tu presented congratulatory flowers after announcing the decision to establish and launch the Steering Committee for the establishment of the City Business Association. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Speaking at the ceremony to receive the assignment, Mr. Thai Doan Thang - Chairman of the Board of Directors - General Director of TTH Group Joint Stock Company, Head of the Steering Committee for the establishment of the Business Association shared the thoughts of the business community and businessmen of the city in establishing the association not only for themselves but also for the business community and the national interests. Along with the commitment to soon launch the City Business Association, the Steering Committee also recommended that the province and city create favorable conditions to support so that after its establishment, the association will have an effective, practical and united operating environment for mutual development.

Checking fire safety at a karaoke service business in Vinh City. This is the content that many hotel service businesses have requested the City to soon take measures to resolve. Photo courtesy of Contributor

At the meeting, representatives of the Vinh City People's Committee informed the business community about the city's socio-economic situation in 2022 and the first two months of 2023.

Accordingly, for the first time, the city's budget revenue reached over 3,560 billion VND, attracting 60 investment projects; the city also invested in renovating many urban infrastructures tonight-time economic development, flood prevention; nearly 600 newly established enterprises; procedures are being submitted to competent authoritiesexpanding urban space...

Mr. Thai Doan Thang - General Director of TTH Group Joint Stock Company, Head of the Steering Committee for the establishment of the City Business Association, spoke about accepting the task. Photo: Nguyen Hai

In the spirit of accompanying and sharing the difficulties of the business community in recent times, at the forum, representatives of Vinh city also wished to listen to the recommendations and suggestions of the business community and business households in the area to promote and develop the economy, beautify the city to become increasingly clean, civilized, and improve the business environment.

Representative of Duc Phong Company at Nghi Phu Small Industrial Park proposed to remove shortcomings in checking fire prevention and fighting safety conditions. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Based on suggestions from city leaders, representatives of some businesses pointed out difficulties in production and business in recent times, such as difficulty in accessing bank loans, especially preferential loans, high bank loan interest rates, businesses operating in small industrial clusters and karaoke service businesses have recently been inspected by the fire department, severely administratively fined and suspended; to deal with the frozen real estate market, the city needs to pay more attention to developing agriculture, rural areas and farmers through policies.reasonable support when reclaiming agricultural landfor urban development…

Comrade Tran Quang Lam - Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee received and responded to the recommendations of the business community and business households in Vinh city. Photo: Nguyen Hai

On behalf of the city leaders, comrade Tran Quang Lam - Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee, based on the comments of businesses and representatives of cooperatives, answered a number of issues under the city's authority; at the same time, he said that for other issues, he would direct specialized departments to synthesize recommendations to submit to competent authorities for handling./.