Prime Minister pledges more support to businesses

The Government will create more favourable conditions for businesses and businesspeople in all economic sectors to gain fair access to development resources, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed on October 12.
Prime Minister pledges more support to businesses ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Government will createmore favourable conditions for businesses and businesspeople in all economicsectors to gain fair access to development resources, Prime Minister Pham MinhChinh affirmed on October 12.

Addressing a meeting held in Hanoi by the VietnamChamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) to mark the Vietnam Entrepreneurs Day(October 13), the leader attributed the achievements Vietnam has recorded over thepast time to the active participation of domestic entrepreneurs.

The Party and the State always highly value the roleof entrepreneurs and the business community, he stressed, commending theircontributions to national construction and development, and poverty reduction.
Vietnam counts more than 900,000 operationalenterprises, about 14,400 cooperatives and more than 5 million businesshouseholds. The number of businesspeople has reached millions.

The business circle makes up over 60% of the nationaldomestic product (GDP), and employs some 30% of the workforce.

The number of enterprises is expected to be at least2 million by 2030, and the private economic sector hoped to make up 60-65% of the GDP.

Prime Minister pledges more support to businesses ảnh 2PM Pham Minh Chinh (5th from left, first row) and outstanding businesspeople pose for a group photo (Source: VNA)
The PM said the Government will further supportentrepreneurs and the business community, helping them develop in both qualityand quantity, and fulfill their social responsibilities.

Solutions will be rolled out concertedly tofacilitate people’s and businesses’ access to credit loans, while institutions,mechanisms and policies will be built and perfected to match the new situation,he continued.

The leader noted that the Government will createconditions for the non-State economic sector to engage in socio-economicinfrastructure projects in the form of public-private partnership (PPP), and workto promote the development of private firms, especially in processing,high-tech and IT.

He urged them to invest more in scientific-technologicalapplication and high-quality personnel development, and to play a more active role inpoverty reduction and community-based programmes, contributing to enhancing thegreat national solidarity bloc. The PM also asked ministries, agencies and localities tofurther support businesses.

On this occasion, the organisers honoured 60 outstandingVietnamese entrepreneurs in 2022.

Prime Minister pledges more support to businesses ảnh 3PM Pham Minh Chinh presents awards to top ten outstanding Vietnamese businesspeople (Photo: VNA)
On behalf of the business community, the organisersalso presented 16 houses to residents in Ky Son district, the central provinceof Nghe An, who were affected by the recent floods, and 212 other houses topoor households nationwide./.
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