In the morning May 9^th, 2020, in Ha Noi, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc chair a web meeting of PM with enterprises to solve problem, promote production and business, and revive the economy to cope with epidemics Covid-19. The meeting was held at 96 bridge points across the country and broadcast live on Channel VTV1.

Overview meeting in Dak Nong Province

At bridge point Dak Nong province, Deputy Secretary of Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Bon attend and chair the conference and Heads of departments, agencies, localities and 50 businesses in Dak Nong Province.

With target, listen to the opinions and advice of the business community to solve problems, the meeting spent time to general assess the impact of Covid-19 epidemic on production business activities, impact assessment and imbibe policies which promulgated by the Government, the Prime Minister and ministries.

According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, of the 130,000 businesses surveyed, 86 percent of respondents suffered negative impacts from the epidemic, 58 percent decrease in product consumption market and 45 percent lacked of fund to produce.

Regarding the synthesis of petitions and initiatives of enterprises, assessing the level of policy absorption, according to the Vietnam Department of Commerce & Industry (VCCI), 55 percent of maintained the growth in the third quarter, 21 percent will narrow production. Enterprises proposed to exempt, relax, reduce tax fees, accelerate government support.

At the Conference, participants will also listen to reports from ministries, sectors, localities and business associations on the overall assessment of the impact of the disease; assessing the absorption of policies that have been issued in order to support enterprises in maintaining their production and coping with the Covid-19 epidemic in the past time; at the same time, recording the issues stem and problems of enterprises in the actual implementation of current mechanisms and policies to make recommendations and solutions to remove difficulties and timely support businesses restore production activities.

Overview meeting in Dak Nong Province

Leaders of ministries, agencies, localities and representatives of the business community also assessed the opportunities and prospects of recovery of economic sectors and fields in the new context in the period before, during and after the Covid- 19 epidemic. Thereby, businesses are encouraged to restructure their operating models, enhance innovation, apply scientific and technological achievements and improve management capacity to promote their strengths, business not only adapt to the situation and respond flexibly to the epidemic, but also take advantage of opportunities to break through, rise towards more sustainable development, gradually creating more autonomy for the economy..

In Dak Nong province, the businesses was affected by Covid-19 epidemic, causing difficulties in production and business, the export to foreign markets stagnated, stock in trade, revenue sources decline, inability to pay bank debt, no capital to continue purchasing farm produce of farmers under signed contracts; the purchasing power of the market decreases, but all the costs of maintaining the business operations increase; The circulation and transport of goods meet with certain limitations, especially for the order of small establishments in other provinces and cities to Dak Nong province

Concluding the meeting, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc highly appreciated the prevention and control of Covid - 19 epidemic of ministries, agencies and localities, enterprises and people nation-wide. The Prime Minister emphasized: After 23 days in Vietnam, there was no new case reported in the community and no deaths due to Covid - 19, Vietnam has basically controlled the epidemic.

Regarding economic development, the Prime Minister stated: While many developed countries are suffering from a heavy financial burden, Vietnam has accumulated resources like recent favorable growth years. Endogenous capacity of Vietnam's economy and enterprises is enormous. Vietnam is not so dependent on the world market. We have seen the spirit of "fighting this epidemic, means fighting the ememy", and now the spirit of "anti-stagnation like anti-epidemic" needs to be promoted.

Ministries and agencies must get involved, localities must dismantle directly for businesses, a spirit of innovation and innovation, promoting development in the face of difficulties is increasingly molded; a spirit of dare to think, dare to do, dare to take responsibility; a spirit of innovation and development; a spirit based on the strength of nearly 100 million people. In particular, there must be specific results, not to say empty, not to say and leave it, showing the spirit of removing difficulties for businesses to accelerate development.

Source: Daknong.gov.vn

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