On the afternoon of October 12, Quang Ninh province organized a meeting with businesses to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Vietnam Entrepreneurs' Day ( October 13, 2004 - October 13, 2024) to honor the contributions and encourage the business community and entrepreneurs to continue to strive, overcome difficulties and challenges, and contribute to the successful completion of the local socio-economic development task.
Attending the meeting were comrades: Trinh Thi Minh Thanh, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Cao Tuong Huy, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Dang Xuan Phuong, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Vi Ngoc Bich, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, and comrades in the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People's Council, Provincial People's Committee and the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; leaders of departments, branches, localities; and nearly 400 enterprises and businessmen representing the team of entrepreneurs and the business community in the province.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Ms. Trinh Thi Minh Thanh, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, acknowledged and commended the great contributions of the business community and entrepreneurs to the development of Quang Ninh province in recent years.
To contribute to the successful completion of extremely heavy goals and tasks in a difficult situation and context, Comrade Trinh Thi Minh Thanh, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, requested departments, branches and localities to continue to proactively implement support measures according to their authority and regulations; propose mechanisms and policies to promptly support people and businesses; resolutely and effectively implement the resolution on promoting administrative reform, improving the investment and business environment, enhancing competitiveness; build and promote the role of Vietnamese entrepreneurs in the new period; attract and create all conditions for the development of enterprises and investors with financial capacity and experience in implementing investment projects in the province; focus on building an attractive people's ecosystem with outstanding incentive and support policies, a good living environment, high-quality public services; improve the operational efficiency of associations and business associations in the province.
In 2024, in the general context that the whole country continues to face many difficulties and challenges, especially storm No. 3 making landfall in Quang Ninh causing extremely serious damage to people's and businesses' property, the province has focused on directing and operating resolutely, with focus and key points, building economic growth scenarios to implement resolutions and working themes of the year on "Improving the quality of economic growth; developing culture and people rich in Quang Ninh identity".
The province has focused on improving the quality of administrative reform and improving the business investment environment; developing a strong team of entrepreneurs in both quantity and quality, with vision, intelligence and ethics; approving the project on enterprise development, creative startups and developing key products, building the brand of Quang Ninh province until 2025, with a vision to 2030; opening the Center for innovative startups and supporting digital transformation; regular and thematic meetings and dialogues with businesses...
In particular, in order to support businesses to gradually recover after storm No. 3, the province has issued policies, developed a project to restore and rebuild the economy; organized meetings, worked directly with businesses, production and business establishments, banks; discussed solutions to handle debts for businesses and people, consume fallen timber from planted forests, remove difficulties and obstacles for businesses, cruise ship owners, etc. to develop the economy, ensuring the set growth target. At the same time, the province has proposed and recommended the Prime Minister to consider and direct relevant ministries, branches and agencies to promptly study and advise on the issuance of a number of strong enough mechanisms and policies to support industries and fields that are being heavily affected.
Over the past 20 years, the contributions of the business community and enterprises in the province have helped Quang Ninh province's economy develop rapidly, becoming one of the country's growth poles. In the first 9 months of 2024 alone, the province's economic growth rate reached 8.02%, Total state budget revenue reached 40,479 billion VND, attracting domestic and foreign investment capital reached over 18,965 billion VND.
The business community and entrepreneurs of Quang Ninh are developing rapidly, effectively and sustainably. Up to now, The province has 11,669 enterprises, an increase of 9.7 times compared to 2004, creating jobs for over 250 thousand workers, 3 private enterprises are in the top 500 largest private enterprises in Vietnam. Of which, private economic sector enterprises account for 97.95%; state-owned enterprises account for 0.81%; foreign-invested enterprises account for 1.24%. Many enterprises and entrepreneurs in the province have made breakthroughs in corporate governance, production and business to form strong economic groups and private enterprises; successfully started new and creative business models; affirmed brand value, contributing greatly to the overall socio-economic development of the province and the country.
Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Cao Tuong Huy, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, affirmed that the Quang Ninh provincial government is committed to continuing to strongly reform the administrative system, ensuring transparency and fairness for all businesses.
He suggested that Quang Ninh businesses and entrepreneurs continue to build long-term, sustainable, environmentally friendly business strategies, focusing on emerging industries such as digital transformation, green transformation, circular economy, knowledge economy, and climate change response. Proactively innovate production and business models, restructure enterprises associated with development according to green economy, digital economy, circular economy, constantly innovate, create, build and enhance brands. Implement well the business culture, regimes and policies for employees and accompany authorities at all levels, contributing to improving the investment and business environment, bringing high added value, making great contributions to the country. Enterprises and foreign investors need to uphold the spirit of "harmonious benefits, shared risks"; "what they say is what they must do; what they commit to, they must do effectively", with capacity, intelligence and experience to transform difficulties and challenges into opportunities and development motivation. Provincial Business Associations are the province's "extended arms" to businesses, promptly providing and reporting on problems and difficulties of members in the process of investment and business activities; promptly recommending and proposing appropriate policies and laws.
For departments, branches and localities, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested maximum focus on supporting the work of overcoming the consequences of storm No. 3; Deploy the development of the Economic Recovery and Reconstruction Project to serve as a basis for direction and management, ensuring the completion of goals; innovate thinking, working methods, and take drastic actions to create strong changes in direction and management to best serve people and businesses; continue to assess the current situation, review, and find solutions to improve the investment and business environment and create favorable conditions and reduce costs for businesses; implement solutions to extend and defer debt; extend, defer, and reduce taxes, fees, charges, and land rents to promote growth in both consumption and production; create a favorable investment and business environment; strengthen advisory and forecasting work, proactively and flexibly manage, in accordance with the new situation, promptly respond to arising situations, focus on advising on the effective and synchronous implementation of policies to support economic and social recovery and development.
On this occasion, 2 outstanding Quang Ninh businessmen received certificates of merit from the Prime Minister and 9 business associations were honored to receive certificates of merit from the Provincial People's Committee.
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