The Hoa Binh Provincial Association of Enterprises has affirmed its role and responsibility to represent and safeguard the legal rights of its members and the business community.

DNHN - Ha Trung Nguyen, standing vice chairman of the Hoa Binh Province Business Association, spoke with a reporter from DN&HN Magazine on the occasion of Vietnamese Entrepreneurs' Day about the role of the business community in socioeconomic development

The reporter: Please evaluate the role and function of the Hoa Binh Provincial Business Association in representing and protecting the legitimate rights of its members and the business community.

Mr. Ha Trung Nguyen: In recent years, the business force and entrepreneurs of Hoa Binh province have grown in both quantity and quality, matured in terms of management capacity, increased their scale, and enhanced their efficacy. Numerous businesses have flourished in production and commerce, investing in promising and robust regions of the province and reaffirming their role and position in the local socio-economic development. Businesses generate new production capacity, tens of thousands of billions of dong in revenue, and tens of thousands of new jobs annually. Concurrently, fulfills state budget obligations and organizes numerous practical activities to ensure social security and socioeconomic development of the province.

To achieve this result, the Business Association of Hoa Binh Province and its affiliated organizations have continuously innovated content and operating procedures, demonstrating their role and responsibility to represent and safeguard the legitimate rights of members and the community. enterprise; orient members to comprehend business-supporting mechanisms and policies Advise the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial People's Committee to implement enterprise development guidelines and policies, enhance the business investment environment, and assist enterprises in developing their production and businesses; Contributing to the development of a thriving business community by implementing numerous useful and significant activities.

The reporter: Could you please list the specific accomplishments of the Hoa Binh Province Enterprise Association since the beginning of 2023?

Mr. Ha Trung Nguyen, please. By its assigned functions and responsibilities, the Hoa Binh Provincial Association of Enterprises has, from the beginning of 2023 to the present, paid attention to and gathered members' reflections and suggestions regarding process difficulties. The production and business process proposal to functional agencies and provincial leaders for consideration, support, and resolution of the issue. Coordinate the signing of the Coordination and Coordination Regulations with the Hoa Binh Newspaper; Coordinate with the Provincial Trade and Tourism Promotion Centre to advise the Provincial People's Committee to organize a Conference to remove obstacles for businesses and investors related to solutions for enhancing the provincial competitiveness index.

The province's HHDH also hosted the Conference on linkage, cooperation, and development of HHDW in the provinces of Hoa Binh, Son La, Dien Bien, and Lai Chau in 2023 with the theme "Sharing mechanisms and policies" during the first half of the year. Supporting the organization of the Provincial Women's Business Association Congress, Provincial Young Businessmen Association, and Provincial Tourism Association successfully. Coordinate the organization of numerous business administration training courses for employees of units and businesses. Simultaneously, continue to effectively implement the Regulations on coordination with the Hoa Binh Provincial Inspectorate and the Regulations on coordination with the State Bank of Hoa Binh Province; and regularly attend conferences of the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People's Committee, and other departments and agencies to reflect on and propose solutions to difficulties in the production and business activities of enterprises.

In addition, the Business Association of Hoa Binh Province has effectively implemented the DDCI Index, attracting the attention of districts, cities, and departments. Improve the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) by coordinating with provincial departments, branches, and branches to implement investment attraction activities and programs. Providing foreign investors and provinces with information and direction about investing in Hoa Binh province. Provincial Business Association also actively participates in foreign affairs and significant socioeconomic development of the province; Working with foreign partners and businesses to visit and conduct business in Hoa Binh province.

The reporter: What is your evaluation of the obstacles and challenges confronting Hoa Binh Province Enterprise?

Mr. Ha Trung Nguyen, in reality, the majority of businesses in the province of Hoa Binh are small and medium-sized; production scale and capacity are still modest, and competitiveness is low. Few export products exist, and few businesses have invested in sectors with potential comparative advantages, such as agriculture, tourism, and the processing industry. In general, business owners lack fundamental qualifications, experience, and management skills, and the quality of their labor is low. Particularly, businesses are confronted with intense competitive pressure as a result of the intensifying global economic integration.

The reporter: Could you please describe the future directions of the Hoa Binh province's HHDN?

Mr. Ha Trung Nguyen: The Resolution of the 17th Hoa Binh Provincial Party Congress sets the objective: "Strive for the period 2021-2025 to have an additional 2,500 newly established enterprises and cooperatives, with about 5,000 enterprises and cooperatives operating in business." effective sales, doubling in comparison to 2020; Budget revenue reaches 10,000 billion VND by 2025...." For this objective to be successfully implemented, both the political system and the business community and businessmen in the province must exert considerable effort.

The Hoa Binh Provincial Business Association and other organizations will continue to promote their roles and responsibilities in assisting the business community to seize new opportunities to advance production and business development and implement solutions in the future. Improve the quality of operations in a professional, effective, and practical manner, with all levels of government caring for and supporting production and business enterprises; Strengthen the propagation and dissemination of the Party's guidelines, policies, and laws of the State to businesses and investors; promptly report to competent authorities recommendations, proposals, and measures to eliminate obstacles for businesses. Together with party committees and authorities at all levels, construct and enhance a business-friendly, hospitable, companionable, and supportive investment and business environment.

The province's business community and entrepreneurial team focus on shifting perspectives, seizing opportunities, and innovating proactively for integration. Concurrently, review and restructure the management apparatus, improve management capacity, and invest with focus and focus, with an emphasis on investing in potential areas and local strengths; Strengthen links and cooperation to share opportunities and challenges; Promote emulation movements in labor and production, reduce costs, lower prices, and improve product quality and competitiveness.

In addition, the Business Association of Hoa Binh Province and the business community actively participate in social security and community activities. In doing so, we continue to affirm that we are peacetime pioneer soldiers at the forefront of economic construction, and we contribute, along with the Party, government, and people of all ethnic groups in the province, to the successful implementation of the Resolution of the Party Congress. Hoa Binh province's economy was proposed for the seventeenth time, to reach the national average by 2025; by 2030, it will be a developed province, in the leading group of the Northern Midlands and Mountains region; and by 2050, it will be a developed province of the entire country.

The reporter: Sincere appreciation!

Duc Phuong - Representative Office of Hoa Binh (Implementation)