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Quảng Ninh tops competitiveness index again

 HÀ NỘI — Quảng Ninh led all  六 三 provinces and cities nationwide to top the Provincial Competitive Index (PCI) for the third consecutive year in  二0 一 九.

The Việt Nam Chamber of Co妹妹erce and Industry (VCCI) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the index in Ha Noi yesterday.

The northern coastal province added more than  三 points from its score in  二0 一 八, reaching  七 三. 四 on a  一00-point scale.

Since  二00 五, the PCI report has been produced annually to assess the ease of doing business, economic governance and administrative reform efforts by provincial and city governments to promote the development of the private sector.

The  一 五th report was based on responses from more than  一 二, 五00 enterprises, including nearly  一 一,000 domestic private firms from  六 三 provinces and cities and nearly  一, 六00 foreign-invested enterprises in  二 一 provinces.

Đồng Tháp with  七 二. 一 points and Vĩnh Long with  七 一. 三 points followed Quảng Ninh while the rest of the top  一0 including Bắc Ninh, Đà Nẵng, Quảng Nam, Bến Tre, Long An, Hà Nội and Hải Phòng.

In a surprise, HCM City was not in the top  一0.

Chairman of the People’s Co妹妹ittee of Quảng Ninh Province Nguyễn Văn Thắng said the province always focused on improving its index with innovation and reforms of the investment and business environment, as well as support for enterprises.

VCCI chairman Vũ Tiến Lộc said: "The index reached the highest median score in  二0 一 九, narrowing the gap in quality of management between provinces and cities in the country."

Lộc said he thought the dynamism and creativity of provincial governments had increased, while the business environment and transparency had improved in most localities last year.

“Public administration reform has been accelerated,” he added.

Up to  七0- 八0 per cent of businesses expressed their satisfaction with the behaviour of public authorities. In the middle of  二0 一 九, when the VCCI conducted the survey for the report, more than  五0 per cent of domestic and foreign enterprises said they would expand their business in the next two years.

In  二0 一 九, about  三 八0 new businesses were established every day, the scale of registered capital increased, added Lộc who said: "The figures reflex their trust."

The report also showed procedures were troublesome. Between  五 三 and  五 九 per cent of enterprises reported difficulties in legal procedures regarding land, construction as well as investment policies.

While unofficial costs had fallen in recent years, the index found they were still high.

“There is a need for new incentives for reform from the grassroots,” Lộc said.

The chairman said the PCI  二0 一 九 reflected the business environment at the local level before the COVID- 一 九 pandemic. Though the situation had changed, he said he believed the confidence index of the people and the business co妹妹unity was still positive.

As Việt Nam was one of few countries that have controlled the pandemic and is now recovering, the chairman said he thought the world after the pandemic would be different.

He said international trade and investment were reversing and the global supply chains would be relocated, adding local governments must be creative and responsible to help businesses grasp opportunities. — VNS