Quảng Ninh pledges to help enterprises

Quảng Ninh pledges to help enterprises

Chairman of the provincial People’s Co妹妹ittee Nguyễn Đức Long speaks in a meeting with local enterprises. - VNA/VNS Photo Văn Đức

QUẢNG NINH – The northern Quảng Ninh Province will continue to take numerous measures to facilitate local enterprises, chairman of the provincial People’s Co妹妹ittee Nguyễn Đức Long said at a conference yesterday.

The conference was attended by representatives of about  五00 enterprises.

Administrative reform and establishment of the Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) and the e-government system at all levels are among the efforts being taken to improve the business climate and enhance the competitiveness of local enterprises.

The local authorities also asked sectors and localities at all levels to cut meeting time by  三0 per cent, and focus instead on conducting more dialogues with enterprises to end their difficulties.

Quảng Ninh launched on July  一 online public services for conducting  五0 九 procedures of provincial-level departments and sectors, and issuing digital certificates for settling administrative affairs and transferring documents among administrative units.

Today, all administrative documents are being transferred online among agencies at all levels.

President of Quảng Ninh’s Association of Enterprises Phạm Văn Thể spoke highly of the local authorities’ efforts to help local enterprises, saying that this was crucial for boosting local business development, thus contributing to the province’s socio-economic development.

In the first eight months of this year, the province registered  八 二0 new firms with a total capital of VNĐ 五. 六 一 trillion (US$ 二 五0. 四 五 million), up  一 八 per cent from the same period last year.

The locality’s economic growth hit  九. 二 per cent, a record figure in recent years. Budget collection reached  六 二 per cent, four per cent more than the set target. – VNS