Business community’s trust, consensus demonstrate Government’s responsibility: PM

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (C, first line) poses for a photo with entrepreneurs (Photo: VNA)

The trust and consensus of the business community and entrepreneurs towards the Party and State further show the Government’s responsibility for the business community, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

Therefore, the Government identifies enterprises as both the centre and the subject of development, in the spirit of “benefits must be harmonised, risks are shared,” Chinh told outstanding Vietnamese entrepreneurs at their meeting on October 12 on the occasion of the Vietnam Entrepreneurs’ Day (October 13).

He affirmed that the Party and State always pay attention to and appreciate the role of entrepreneurs and the business community in the nation building and development cause.

Currently, the Government is urgently finalising a resolution to provide temporary guidance on safe, flexible adaptation to and effective control of the COVID-19 pandemic to create favourable conditions for production and business activities and ensure pandemic prevention and control safety; and soon complete a socio-economic recovery and development programme.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA)

The Government leader called on the business community and entrepreneurs to promote unity and contribute more to the process of building a strong and prosperous Vietnam.

At the meeting, Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Pham Tan Cong and businessmen, representatives of enterprises, cooperatives and business associations agreed that 2021 is a year of unprecedented difficulties due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In difficult times, the Vietnamese business community has received the great attention of leaders of the Party,, State and Government.

At present, Vietnam has about 850,000 enterprises, more than 25,000 cooperatives and about 5.6 million inpidual business households./.