The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) on April 16organised a workshop in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang lookinginto the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) of the regionallocalities.
Head of VCCI’s Legal Department Dau Anh Tuan saidVCCI conducted a survey of over 8,000 businesses nationwide in 2013,1,600 of which were foreign invested ones.
The competitiveness of11 out of 13 Mekong Delta provinces was assessed as fairly good, goodor very good. Notably, Kien Giang climbed to the third position inVietnam after topping the regional chart, he said.
However, theregional localities have not performed well in some important criteria,for example their support for private businesses, trade promotionservices, workforce training and transparency, Tuan noted.
Healso urged them to quickly improve workforce quality to meet thestricter demands of investors so as to attract more investment.
However,Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Can Tho city Truong QuangHoai Nam, tabled some problems with the VCCI survey.
He citedthe business support criterion as an example. It contains up to 18sub-criteria, making it very hard for the provinces to satisfy allstandards.
In 2013, the central city of Da Nang took the lead inthe PCI rankings, followed by Thua Thien-Hue, Kien Giang and Quang Ninhprovinces.-VNA
Head of VCCI’s Legal Department Dau Anh Tuan saidVCCI conducted a survey of over 8,000 businesses nationwide in 2013,1,600 of which were foreign invested ones.
The competitiveness of11 out of 13 Mekong Delta provinces was assessed as fairly good, goodor very good. Notably, Kien Giang climbed to the third position inVietnam after topping the regional chart, he said.
However, theregional localities have not performed well in some important criteria,for example their support for private businesses, trade promotionservices, workforce training and transparency, Tuan noted.
Healso urged them to quickly improve workforce quality to meet thestricter demands of investors so as to attract more investment.
However,Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Can Tho city Truong QuangHoai Nam, tabled some problems with the VCCI survey.
He citedthe business support criterion as an example. It contains up to 18sub-criteria, making it very hard for the provinces to satisfy allstandards.
In 2013, the central city of Da Nang took the lead inthe PCI rankings, followed by Thua Thien-Hue, Kien Giang and Quang Ninhprovinces.-VNA
