On June 6th, Chairman of Provincial People’s Committee, Mr. Ding Quoc Thai chaired the meeting with provincial departments to discuss about the provincial socioeconomic development status after the first 5 years of 2016. The most concerning isues were: investment attraction, agriculture and industrial production, export and food safety.
According to Provincial People’s Committee, in the first 5 months of 2016 total development investment was 23 trillion VND, accounting for 30% of total capital plan of 2016 and increased by 12% over same period last year; State budget reached nearly 17.2trillion VND, equivalent to 13% more than the same period last year.
* The economy witnessed positive growth.
According to the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) in 2015 published by Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), Dong Nai ranked up 5 levels to the 37th comparing to 2014, which means Dong Nai PCI has been improved. However, there are 5 criteria which saw a decrease comparing to 2014: access to land, unofficial fee, activeness, equal competition and labor training. Mr. Chairman noted that the PCI was used to evaluate the provincial competitiveness, based on the criteria, if which is low, related department shall have suitable adjustment and improvement to raise the competitiveness, making good environment to attract domestic and foreign direct investments”.
For the first 5 months of 2016, Industrial Production Index increased nearly 8.2% over the same period last year. Some industries exceed average level such as: motor vehicle, leather and leather products, chemical, electric equipment, clothing… “Total retail and services revenue in the first 5 months of 2016 reached 55.4 trillion VND, 11% more than the same period last year. Market prices are stable, export flourished, Dong Nai continued to be a surplus province with the surplus value of over 800 million USD” – said Mr. Duong Minh Dzung, Deputy Director of Department of Industry and Trade. And according to Mr. Cao Tien Dzung, Director of Department of Planning and Investment, FDI from the beginning of 2016 to mid-May, 2016 reached over 772 million USD, accounts for over 81% of this year plan. Dong Nai is still an investment attraction for having favorable and complete traffic infrastructure condition. Top countries to invest in Dong Nai are Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
*Strictly penalize officials who treat people unjustly
Many enterprises in the province complained that they still received too many inspections which took a lot of time from the enterprise and affected their productivity; administrative procedures are still complicated. Answering to that, Mr. Tran Van Vinh, Deputy Chairman of Provincial People’s Committee ordered: “All inspections shall be to facilitate the enterprises’ production, not to cause more difficulties. From now on, all departments and offices, if having any inspection plan, shall propose the plan to the People’s Committee for approval, then the departments and office shall cooperate and conduct all the inspection in one time. Beside, Departments in all ward, commune, district and provincial level shall publish their administrative procedures to make it convenient for people and enterprises and to avoid negativities. If any officials are caught making difficulties on people and enterprise, those shall be strictly prohibited. Mr. Dinh Quoc Thai highlighted that: “Local departments shall ratify all administrative procedure to see if they are simple and time saving enough. Whether the administrative officials have ethic at work or still make difficulties on people, then try to make it right and reduce unofficial fees”. And according to Deputy Secretary of Provincial Committee, we shall always care about the ethic of each official on their administrative work. Effective supervision shall make them work with ethic, therefore reduce unofficial fee for enterprises and people.
Huong Giang
