A Good practice workshop on improving the provincial business environment in the South-Central and Central Highlands regions was organized by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) on the September 9th, 2016 with the content of reviewing and sharing models of dialogue between the government and enterprises in order to improve the provincial business environment in Viet Nam. 

 

Present at the workshop were Mr. Dau Anh Tuan – Director of VCCI Legal Department, leaders of VCCI branches across the country, representatives from provinces of Bac Ninh, Quang Ninh, An Giang, Binh Thuan, Da Nang, Vinh Phuc. On the Dak Lak province’s side, there were Mr. Nguyen Hai Ninh – Standing Vice Chairman of Provincial People’s Committee as well as leaders of Departments and sectors of Dak Lak province. 

 

        

During the workshop, the participants discussed two main subjects, including: dialogue between the government and enterprises, enhancement of transparency, unofficial costs reduction, and innovative models; the activeness and creativeness in supporting to enterprises. Moreover, the experts also shared models “business coffee” of Dong Thap province, “business doctors” of Bac Ninh province as well as their experience in surveying enterprises and preparing information for Vinh Phuc province’s dialogue, etc.

 

 

According to a VCCI’s assessment, the improvement of the provincial business environment in Viet Nam has made positive changes, especially in business dialogue. There are many localities have acknowledged the importance of the business dialogue in promptly updating information for management, operation, improvement of business environment and their images. 

 

However, the VCCI also showed that the Central Highlands enterprises faced difficulties during the operation such as: the proportion of loss-making enterprises is still high ranking the second in 6 regions of the country; there is only 45% of enterprises having capacity to expend their manufacture in two next years; the business environment is not favorable. Through the workshop, the localities can acknowledge the reality and find a solution for managing the business dialogue, creating a favorable environment to attract investment in next time.