Nghe An province honors outstanding businesses and entrepreneurs in 2022

Pham Bang - Thanh Duy• DNUM_BCZBAZCACC 19:09

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of October 12, the People's Committee of Nghe An province held a meeting and honored typical businesses and entrepreneurs in 2022 on the occasion of Vietnamese Entrepreneurs Day (October 13).

Attending the ceremony, on the provincial leadership side, there were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; and comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, leaders of departments, branches, localities; leaders of Business Associations in the province.

Leaders of the Provincial Party Committee - People's Council - Provincial People's Committee attended the ceremony. Photo: Pham Bang

ENTERPRISES CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN 60% OF THE PROVINCIAL BUDGET

Speaking at the ceremony, Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that in the past time, the province has faced many difficulties, greatly affecting the life, production and business activities of the business community. However, under the leadership, direction and management of Party committees and authorities at all levels; the consensus of the people, especially the efforts and determination of the business community, the socio-economic development situation of the province in the first 9 months has achieved positive results.

The growth rate of total GRDP in the first 9 months is estimated at 9.23%; Estimated budget revenue is 15,730 billion VND; Total newly granted and increased investment capital is over 32,000 billion VND, of which newly granted for 83 projects with a total registered investment capital of nearly 19,000 billion VND. FDI attraction achieved positive results with a total registered capital of over 601 million USD, an increase of 231% over the same period, ranking in the top 10 localities attracting the largest FDI capital in the country.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung spoke at the ceremony. Photo: Thanh Duy

"To achieve the above results, in addition to the direction and management of the Party Committee and the government, there are important contributions from the business community and the team of entrepreneurs," the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee affirmed and said that currently, the whole province has 14,155 enterprises operating, creating jobs for 231,000 workers, contributing over 60% of the provincial budget.

In the first 9 months, the province had 1,554 newly established enterprises, an increase of 16.49% over the same period, with a total registered capital of nearly 17,000 billion VND; 686 enterprises resumed operations, an increase of 14.71% over the same period. Social security activities have received attention from the Party Committee, the government and support from the business community.

Representatives of businesses and entrepreneurs attended the ceremony. Photo: Pham Bang

In addition, businesses and entrepreneurs also actively participate in social security and charity work, participating in supporting and helping people in difficult circumstances. Since the beginning of 2022, businesses have contributed 105 billion VND to social security work. On behalf of the provincial leaders, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee sincerely thanks the sharing and support of businesses and entrepreneurs for Nghe An in the past time.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung said that, implementing the policy of the Party and State, with the motto "Government accompanies enterprises", in recent years, Nghe An has always determined that the success of enterprises is also the success of the province; difficulties and problems of enterprises are the responsibility of Party committees and authorities at all levels.

The province has implemented many synchronous solutions to support the business community, especially focusing on administrative procedure reform, information technology application, digital transformation to serve businesses. Although the reform has not really met the requirements and expectations, the results have impacted the business investment environment, creating conditions for businesses to develop, and easier access to resources in terms of infrastructure, land, premises, etc.

Representatives of FDI enterprises attended the ceremony. Photo: Pham Bang

According to the head of the provincial People's Committee, Nghe An's average business growth rate is 9.3% per year, ranking second in the North Central region. However, the structure and scale of the province's businesses are still quite modest, with about 97% of businesses being small-scale, and not many large businesses. During their operations, many businesses still have insurance debts, late salary payments, ineffective production and business, and losses.

BUILDING BUSINESS ETHICS AND CORPORATE CULTURE

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung said that in order to realize the local development aspirations, enterprises must have aspirations, develop strategies, production and business plans suitable to the situation of the enterprise and the actual conditions of the locality, associated with innovations in production and business models, digital transformation...

Female entrepreneurs attending the ceremony. Photo: Pham Bang

On the other hand, businesses need to build business ethics and corporate culture. "When businessmen have ethics and businesses build culture, they will affirm the trust of customers, partners, and the government, thereby creating a solid foundation for development" - the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized.

Along with that, it is necessary to strengthen cooperation activities with enterprises in the province, domestically and internationally, in order to reach out and participate in the global value chain; continue to pay attention to policies and regimes, ensuring legitimate rights for workers; continue to accompany the government in social security activities, especially at this time when many localities and people are suffering the consequences of natural disasters.

Provincial Party Secretary, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Thai Thanh Quy and Deputy Provincial Party Secretary, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung presented flowers to leaders of the Business Association, Business Associations, and entrepreneurs. Photo: Thanh Duy

Chairwoman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee Vo Thi Minh Sinh receives support from businesses to support localities affected by natural disasters. Photo: Thanh Duy

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung also asked businesses to boldly point out the shortcomings and obstacles in government agencies, to help the government recognize and take measures to resolve them, thereby building a more favorable environment for businesses and entrepreneurs to develop. In addition, Associations and Business Associations need to promote their role as a bridge to support and help businesses in difficult times.

In the coming time, the province commits to continue accompanying the team of entrepreneurs and enterprises in production and business activities; focusing on strongly improving the investment and business environment; synchronously implementing solutions to improve resource efficiency.

Delegates attending the ceremony. Photo: Pham Bang

Departments, branches and localities focus on thoroughly implementing the spirit of supporting and accompanying businesses "Business difficulties are to be solved, not explained or justified" and with the motto "Actively listen - understand difficulties - enthusiastically support".

On behalf of the business community in the province, Mr. Pham Dinh Hanh - Chairman of the Provincial Business Association said that to build a developed homeland, people have jobs, not have to leave their homeland is always a concern, a requirement, urging the business team to make more efforts.

Mr. Pham Dinh Hanh - Chairman of the Business Association - representing the business community of the province spoke at the ceremony. Photo: Thanh Duy

With sincere thanks for the attention and support for businesses with many solutions from provincial leaders, departments, branches and localities in the past time, the Chairman of the Provincial Business Association said that this is an important spiritual support to help businesses feel confident, bring businesses to develop comprehensively, and achieve high efficiency in production and business activities.

Chairman of the Provincial Business Association Pham Dinh Hanh also said that recently many businesses have returned to the market and boosted production. Therefore, businesses need more support and facilitation from the government to speed up the recovery process. The business community will continue to promote the achievements, unite, overcome difficulties, build increasingly strong businesses, and make worthy contributions to the socio-economic development of the province.

Provincial Party Secretary, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Thai Thanh Quy and Deputy Provincial Party Secretary, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung awarded Certificates of Merit and flowers to 20 outstanding enterprises in 2022. Photo: Thanh Duy

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu and Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Nam Dinh presented Certificates of Merit and flowers to 10 outstanding entrepreneurs in 2022. Photo: Thanh Duy

On this occasion, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 20 enterprises and 10 outstanding entrepreneurs with outstanding achievements in production and business activities, contributing to promoting economic growth and making great contributions to social security work of the province.