(HBO) – The association of businesses in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh has held a meeting to mark the Vietnam Entrepreneurs’ Day (October 13).
The meeting saw the participation of Bui Van Tinh, member of the
Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party
Committee and Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee; Dr. Nguyen
Van Than, President of the Vietnam Association of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises
(VINASME); Tran Thi Lan Anh, Deputy General Secretary of the Vietnam Chamber of
Commerce and Industry; officials from the provincial People’s Council, People’s
Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front’s Hoa Binh chapter and local departments,
along with representatives of nearly 1,000 businesses in Hoa Binh.
Nguyen Cao Son, President of Hoa Binh’s association of businesses,
reported that over the past years, both quantity and quality of enterprises and
entrepreneurs in the province have increased rapidly, and business operation
has changed in line with the locality’s economic structure transformation,
tilting towards industry and services.
Besides, businesses have seen their operational efficiency and
competitiveness improved, and affirmed their pioneering role in the economic
sphere, contributing to fulfilling the locality’s socio-economic development
targets.
The association has organised a range of activities in Hoa Binh
city and 10 districts with the participation of five of its chapters and 12
organisations, and nearly 1,000 enterprises.
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Secretary of the Party Committee of Hoa Binh province Bui Van Tinh
and a VINASME representative present certificates of merit to businesses.
The association has also successfully performed external
activities and held working sessions with major firms and groups to introduce
investment potential of Hoa Binh in tourism and agriculture. Additionally, it
has assisted enterprises in the locality to raise administration capacity for
sustainable production and business, and launched many emulation movements.
The association has teamed up with departments and agencies in Hoa
Binh to organise dialogues with businesses to help them overcome difficulties
in production and business. The enterprises generate tens of trillions of Vietnam
dong, pay trillions of Vietnam dong to the State budget each year and offer
jobs to thousands of labourers, contributing to the local socio-economic
structure shift.
On this occasion, the association called on the businesses to
raise a fund of nearly 2.5 billion VND in support of poor students with
outstanding academic achievements./.
With funding from the National Target Programme for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, localities in of Hoa Binh province have invested in essential infrastructure which helps improve local people's lives.
Hoa Binh city has allocated 654 million VND (nearly 26.200 USD) for supporting the protection and sustainable development of 507ha of natural forest to carry out Project 3 on sustainably developing agricultural and forestry production to tap into the potential and advantages of regions to produce goods in value chains.
With the Mid-Autumn Festival nearly a month away, various kinds of mooncakes from popular brands like Kinh Do, Huu Nghi, and Hai Ha have been put on sale at the local shopping malls and business establishments.
In addition to livestock farming, cultivation, and agricultural production, Dao ethnic minority people in Ba Ra hamlet in Hung Son commune of Kim Boi district have also engaged in forestry-based livelihoods, especially bamboo shoot planting.
The Hoa Binh Steering Committee for State Budget Collection on August 15 held a conference to assess the results of state budget revenue between January and July. The conference was chaired by vice chairman of the provincial People's Committee and head of the Steering Committee Quach Tat Liem.
On August 16th, the Community Development Project in Hoa Binh City, under the Good Neighbors International (GNI) Organization, provided 1,300 soapberry seedlings to the Lemongrass Farming Group in Dong Chua Hamlet, Thong Nhat Ward, Hoa Binh City.