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Entrepreneurs core force in economic development: national conference

President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Pham Tan Cong on October 11 called on associations and businesses to pool resources to enhance competitiveness and boost innovation to become a core force in implementing industrialisation and modernisation, and building an independent, self-reliant and prosperous economy.
Entrepreneurs core force in economic development: national conference ảnh 1An overview of the national conference of Vietnamese business associations and entrepreneurs in 2023 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce andIndustry (VCCI) Pham Tan Cong on October 11 called on associations andbusinesses to pool resources to enhance competitiveness and boost innovationto become a core force in implementing industrialisation and modernisation,and building an independent, self-reliant and prosperous economy.

Speaking at a national conference of Vietnamese business associations and entrepreneursin 2023, Cong said that the private economic sector currently has nearly900,000 businesses, which, along with state-owned and foreign-investedenterprises and cooperatives, form a powerful force promoting Vietnam'seconomic development, helping bring Vietnam's GDP scale to the Top 40, and itsinternational trade scale to the Top 20 of the world.

Currently, there are 2-3 million entrepreneurs who arebusiness leaders; and the figure can reach 10 million people if the number ofhousehold businesses are taken into account, Cong stated, adding thatthis is a special workforce playing an important role in implementing industrialisationand modernisation and building the country's independent, self-reliant andintegrated economy in the new era.

Entrepreneurs core force in economic development: national conference ảnh 2President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Pham Tan Cong (Photo: VNA)
At the conference, participants discussed measures todevelop the contingent of entrepreneurs, build up the Vietnamese business community,and improve operational efficiency and cooperation between businessassociations.

Do Ngoc An, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’sEconomic Commission, said that the Party General Secretary signed andofficially issued the Politburo Resolution No. 41/NQ-BCT dated October 11 onbuilding and developing the contingent of Vietnamese entrepreneurs in the newperiod.

This document is extremely important, as it includes newcontents on the viewpoint, orientations and solutions to develop the contingentin the upcoming period, An added./.
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