Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with business representatives on Vietnam Entrepreneurs Day

Photo caption — Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with business representatives on Vietnam Entrepreneurs' Day. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

Also attending the meeting were Politburo member, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh; Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc; Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies; leaders of ministries, branches, central agencies; leaders of business associations; especially more than 270 delegates representing businesses and entrepreneurs.

In his opening speech, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that in these historic autumn days, in addition to the country's confidence, enthusiasm and development momentum, we also face many difficulties and challenges due to natural disasters, storms and floods, causing serious damage to people's lives and property. On behalf of General Secretary To Lam and leaders of the Party, State and Government, the Prime Minister respectfully thanked businesses and philanthropists who have always accompanied the nation, country and people in difficult times.

The Prime Minister said that recently, the whole country celebrated the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day on September 2, and the 80th anniversary of the People's Public Security Forces' Traditional Day. Also 80 years ago, President Ho Chi Minh sent a letter to the business community (October 13, 1945 - October 13, 2025) and since 2004, the Prime Minister has decided to take October 13 every year as "Vietnam Entrepreneurs' Day" - Entrepreneurs' New Year, an occasion for the whole society and the country to honor entrepreneurs and businesses, exchange and share development experiences.

On the occasion of the 21st anniversary of Vietnam Entrepreneurs' Day, the Government Standing Committee is very pleased to meet with outstanding businesses and entrepreneurs across the country to promptly acknowledge and honor the achievements and contributions of the team of entrepreneurs and businesses in the cause of building and developing the country, especially in difficult times.

According to the Prime Minister, the good news is that the more pressure there is, the more our people strive and mature. In the past, we have achieved results higher month after month, higher quarter after quarter, higher year after year and this term is expected to be higher than the previous term. Thanks to that, the scale of the economy is larger, average income per capita is higher, labor productivity is higher. The material and spiritual life of the people is increasingly improved, no one is hungry, cold, hungry, or short of clothes. In that general result, there is the contribution of the team of businesses and entrepreneurs, and this team is also growing stronger and more mature.

The Prime Minister cited several examples of typical projects by Vietnamese enterprises, such as My Thuan 2 Bridge, which is larger and more beautiful than My Thuan 1 Bridge, but was built faster and at a lower cost; Long Thanh Airport, expected to be completed by the end of 2025; the steel dome structures of the Vietnam Exhibition Center in Dong Anh, Hanoi, along with outstanding agricultural achievements.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized the need to continue promoting the spirit of confidence, pride, self-reliance and self-control to take greater steps, “reaching out to sea, going deep into the earth, flying high in the sky”. This is a great cause of the Party and the entire people, but the business community must play a pioneering, core and exemplary role.

To do so, businesses must make breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation, and digital transformation according to Resolution 57 of the Politburo; promote the role of the private economy as the most important driving force of the economy according to Resolution 68 of the Politburo, along with the state economy playing a leading role and the foreign-invested economy playing an important role.

The Politburo issued Resolution No. 41-NQ/TW dated October 10, 2023 on building and promoting the role of Vietnamese entrepreneurs in the new era with large scale, stature, patriotism, self-reliance and aspiration to contribute. The Prime Minister stated that it is necessary to open up mechanisms to maximize the capacity, creative potential and dedication of entrepreneurs.

Up to now, the Government, ministries, branches and localities are promptly and effectively implementing many policies on business development as well as urgently amending and supplementing laws related to investment and business; institutions are a breakthrough but also a bottleneck, so we must strive to turn institutions into a competitive advantage, a "breakthrough of breakthroughs". Along with that, ministries, branches and localities are building a two-level local government, transforming the state to a development-creating administration, proactively serving people and businesses.

Reiterating the main tasks and results of socio-economic development in 2025, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that GDP in the third quarter increased by 8.22%, and in the first nine months increased by 7.84% over the same period last year, inflation was controlled, major balances were ensured, creating a solid foundation for completing the annual GDP growth target of 8.3-8.5%.

The whole country is preparing for the 14th National Party Congress with great enthusiasm and new development momentum. Therefore, the Prime Minister hopes that the business community will create a new momentum and contribute to the whole country entering a new era, an era of rising up, developing richly, civilized, prosperous, and steadily advancing towards socialism.

The Prime Minister also hopes that the business community and entrepreneurs will always stand firm on their own two feet, strive for high growth, contribute to achieving the country's GDP growth target and together move forward, develop together, and enjoy the results, so that people can enjoy true prosperity and happiness.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked the delegates attending the conference to share their thoughts, visions for action, and give the Government suggestions on outstanding issues and unfinished tasks with the spirit of entrepreneurs as soldiers, "wherever needed, wherever difficult, there are entrepreneurs, together with the whole country, turning nothing into something, turning difficult into easy, turning impossible into possible". Entrepreneurs must rise up with the country and people, develop quickly and sustainably, successfully achieve the two 100-year goals, firmly protect the country's independence and sovereignty, and bring an increasingly happy and prosperous life to the people.

VNA will continue to update information about the Conference./.

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