Ho Chi Minh City reviews implementation of private sector support policies

On July 7, the Ho Chi Minh City Fatherland Front Committee organized a survey meeting to assess the implementation of policies supporting the private sector within the city. Mr. Pham Minh Tuan, Vice Chairman of the committee, stated that the Standing Board of the Ho Chi Minh City Fatherland Front Committee had established a supervisory delegation to evaluate the implementation of central and city policies and to assess the effectiveness of mechanisms and policies supporting private economic development in the city. The delegation's work involves reviewing documents and directly engaging with relevant agencies, while also placing significant importance on listening to the feedback from businesses, cooperatives, household businesses, and business associations, as these entities are the direct beneficiaries and are impacted by the policies. At the meeting, business representatives expressed their agreement and satisfaction with the Politburo's Resolution No. 68-NQ/TW on developing the private sector and the City Party Committee's Action Program No. 02-CTrHĐ/TU to implement it. They affirmed that this is a correct, important, and necessary guiding principle. Some issued policies have begun to create positive changes, contributing to supporting production and business activities and reinforcing the business community's confidence in the city's investment environment. However, based on practical experience, delegates also proposed the need to continue reviewing, supplementing, and perfecting suitable policies, and to implement more thorough reforms. Feedback also highlighted several specific difficulties and obstacles related to legal regulations, business support, particularly in accessing credit capital, administrative procedures, land, human resources, production costs, digital transformation, and the process of accessing and benefiting from certain support policies. Improvements in administrative procedures, enhanced coordination among agencies, increased policy transparency and stability, and more favorable conditions for business development were also called for. In her concluding remarks, Ms. Truong Thi Bich Hanh, a member of the City Party Committee Standing Board and Permanent Vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City Fatherland Front Committee, stated that the success of Resolution No. 68-NQ/TW should not be measured by the number of documents issued but by the level of business satisfaction, the growth of private enterprises, and their increasing contributions to the city's development. She emphasized that business confidence is the driving force for private economic development. Ms. Hanh acknowledged and highly valued the dedicated input from the business community, recognizing it as practical, objective, and valuable information that will help the supervisory delegation comprehensively assess the implementation of the City Party Committee's Action Program No. 02-CTrHĐ/TU to carry out Politburo Resolution No. 68-NQ/TW. Following this meeting, the supervisory delegation will continue to study and synthesize all speeches, survey responses, and business recommendations. This will be combined with the results of direct working sessions with the supervised agencies and units to produce an objective and comprehensive supervisory report. Based on this, the Standing Board of the Ho Chi Minh City Fatherland Front Committee will propose recommendations to the City Party Committee, the City People's Committee, and competent authorities regarding administrative procedure reforms, improving the investment and business environment, removing obstacles, and creating favorable conditions for the private sector to develop strongly and become a truly important driver of the city's economy. Ms. Hanh also mentioned that the outcomes of this supervisory activity will be synthesized to contribute to the process of building a special urban law and perfecting legal frameworks. Regarding specific opinions raised at the meeting about non-compliance with legal regulations, Ms. Truong Thi Bich Hanh stressed that when necessary, the Fatherland Front will issue separate written opinions to the competent authorities. She also suggested that in the coming period, thematic voter outreach meetings involving the business community should be organized. The Fatherland Front is actively innovating its operational methods, with a particular focus on promoting digital transformation. It will monitor and promptly provide opinions to functional agencies in the city regarding the resolution of constituents' and the business community's petitions. Ms. Hanh noted that Resolution 68 is a major policy, and its implementation has been underway for just over a year amidst national efforts to merge administrative units and implement a two-tier local government system. Therefore, she expressed hope for continued cooperation and partnership from the business community, agencies, and experts. The partnership of the business community will significantly contribute to the Ho Chi Minh City Fatherland Front's effective role in representing and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of businesses, as well as in promoting its function of social supervision and phản biện (critical feedback). Source: Nhan Dan