In his speech at the event, the PM highlighted the country’s recent achievements such as the elevation of 10 places on competitiveness in the World Economic Forum’s latest report. He attributed the outcomes to the business community’s contributions.
He affirmed the Party and State will continue promoting institutional reform toward regional and global standards to create an environment for the business community’s sustainable growth.
He called for the community to join hands with the Party and State in efforts to fight corruption, reform legal institution, and improve the country’s business climate.
He hoped entrepreneurs to promote their national pride, abide by the law, increase transparency, build business culture as well as entrepreneurs’ ethics and social responsibility of enterprises, and propel toward better competitiveness and innovation, as highlighted in the Government’s Resolution 35 on business development.
The PM suggested the community team up with universities and research institutes in training a high-quality workforce.
He expressed his pleasure that there were more than 102,000 new firms established in the first nine months of the year, with registered charter capital worth over VND12 billion (US$517,250) on average, the highest level to date.
Prosperous businesses mean prosperous nation, he stated.
On this occasion, he congratulated prominent entrepreneurs who were honoured with Thanh Giong Cup 2019.
First organised by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 2006, the Thanh Giong Cup is granted to 100 outstanding entrepreneurs nationwide every three years. The winners are business leaders who showed distinct contributions to their enterprises and to Vietnam’s socio-economic development.
