On the afternoon of October 11, the city People’s Committee held a meeting with the city’s business community to mark the 21st anniversary of Vietnamese Entrepreneurs’ Day (October 13, 2004–October 13, 2025).
Attending were Mr. Le Tien Chau, Central Party Committee Member, Secretary of the City Party Committee and Head of the Hai Phong National Assembly Delegation; Mr. Le Ngoc Chau, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee and Chairman of the city People’s Committee; Mr. Le Van Hieu, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee and Chairman of the city People’s Council; and Mr. Pham Van Lap, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee and Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the city.
Also attending were VCCI Vice President Nguyen Quang Vinh; members of the City Party Committee’s Standing Committee; Vice Chairpersons of the People’s Council and People’s Committee; and, in particular, more than 400 delegates representing the city’s associations and enterprises.
In his opening remarks, Vice Chairman Tran Van Quan affirmed that over the past 21 years Hai Phong’s entrepreneurs have played a pioneering role in economic development and made important contributions to GRDP growth, budget revenue and employment. The city has maintained double-digit GRDP growth for 10 consecutive years, collected more than VND100 trillion in budget revenue for four consecutive years, and ranked first nationwide in four indices: PAR INDEX, PCI, SIPAS and PGI.
Hai Phong currently has approximately 45,155 active private enterprises, contributing more than 40% of GRDP and over 50% of domestic budget revenue and providing employment for nearly 50% of the workforce; 16 of them are among Vietnam’s Top 500 largest private enterprises.
Under the theme “Hai Phong businesses stand with, advise and develop together with the city,” the conference was an opportunity to honor the major contributions of the business and entrepreneur community and exchange ideas and solutions to promote growth, improve competitiveness and develop sustainably.
At the conference, many enterprises and associations shared and proposed solutions to improve administrative procedures and logistics infrastructure, expand markets and improve human-resource quality. The city recorded, consolidated and studied these proposals and will report them to the central authorities for consideration and resolution.
Speaking at the conference, VCCI Vice President Nguyen Quang Vinh discussed enterprise-development orientations, mechanisms and policies with the city’s business community and said VCCI was ready to coordinate with the city in developing the entrepreneur community, strengthening dialogue and promptly resolving enterprise difficulties. VCCI pledged to fulfill its role as representative and bridge between the Party, the State and the business and entrepreneur community by consolidating recommendations and listening to feedback from entrepreneurs, enterprises and business associations for submission to competent agencies.
Concluding the conference, Chairman Le Ngoc Chau acknowledged and respectfully honored the major contributions of businesses and entrepreneurs to the city’s socio-economic development. He also expressed deep thanks for the spirit of partnership and sharing shown by the entrepreneur community, especially in social-security activities.
The Chairman said that business feedback reflects not only production and business realities but also provides an important practical and theoretical basis for the city to continue improving institutions and policies and create a more open and favorable investment and business environment. It is also valuable material for developing policies suited to local conditions while meeting the legitimate aspirations of enterprises and entrepreneurs.
The Chairman affirmed: “When businesses succeed, the city develops; when the city develops, businesses prosper further.” He hoped that after the conference the business community would continue providing regular feedback through various channels, including direct meetings and dialogue with city leaders.
On this occasion, the Executive Committee of the city’s Business Association for the 2025–2030 term, following the merger, was officially launched. Businesses attending the conference donated VND11.5 billion to support people affected by storms and floods; the funds were handed to the city’s Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee so they could reach “the right people, the right addresses and the right places.”/.
Source: Hai Phong City Electronic Information Portal