The conference was jointly organized by the Vietnam Confederation of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), Binh Dinh Provincial People's Committee, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Vice Chairman of Binh Dinh Provincial People's Committee Lam Hai Giang, USAID representative Douglas Balko delivered a welcome speech.
Vietnam is one of the five countries most heavily affected by climate change while environmental pollution is increasingly serious. In the Central region, people's lives, production and business activities of businesses are even more "challenged" when constantly facing extreme weather such as storms, floods, droughts... .
Opening the conference, VCCI Vice President Vo Tan Thanh affirmed: For many years, VCCI has always persevered and persistently implemented many activities to create and promote a favorable, safe, equitable and fair business environment. Environmentally friendly for the business community. This conference was organized to support the improvement of the business investment environment in the region; exchange and discuss good practices in environmental governance and promote green growth.
At the discussion session on the provincial green index (PGI) and improving the quality of environmental governance, towards sustainable development, Deputy Head of the VCCI Legal Department Pham Ngoc Thach presented the report "Improving the quality of governance environment towards sustainable development: Business environment in the Central Coast region and issues raised for economic development associated with environmental protection".
The report briefly describes the characteristics of the Central Coast business environment as seen from the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) 2023: The quality of economic management tends to improve; is the leading region in terms of market entry index; Support programs related to FTAs (free trade agreements that Vietnam participates in) are bright spots...
However, accessing land is still an arduous matter. The efficiency of handling administrative procedures is not high, the burden of inspection and inspection for businesses still exists. Localities need to continue efforts to cut unofficial costs for businesses and maintain and promote the dynamism and pioneering of the government apparatus...
The report noted the TOP 5 position of localities in a number of PGI categories such as reducing pollution and natural disasters (Da Nang ranked 5th), compliance (Quang Nam, Binh Thuan ranked 2nd, 3rd), promoting green practices (Da Nang, Ha Tinh ranked 1 and 5).
The recommendations given are: Minimize unnecessary burdens on businesses when conducting environmental inspections; Develop and deploy more effectively policies to support and encourage green investment, including businesses enjoying policy incentives, benefiting from environmental management consulting services and training services when investing. green fourth.
The workshop heard presentations from experts on green transition and the issues facing the provincial government; Economic growth and environmental problems - challenges for the Central Coast; listen to the sharing of practices and experiences of provinces, cities, businesses, and investors on improving the business environment, moving towards a green economy and sustainable development.
