Upon announcement of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) on Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) of Binh Duong Province resulting in ranking of the province at 10th place, local authority has prompted departments and sectors to propose plan to improve the index.

Lite administrative procedures remove burdens for enterprises. In this photo: A representative of enterprises is working on customs procedure in Binh Duong Province
Currently, PCI is the key to promote enterprises in the stage of economic difficulties.
Tons of problems are surrounding enterprises varying from loan interest rate to customer consumption. And, inflation is not the sole factor worrying enterprises. They need stability. Thus, obstacle removal is one of the important measures made by provincial authority while CPI improvement methods coincide with such removing methods as specified under recent Resolution No. 13/NQ-CP and Resolution No. 29/QH/2012. Mr. Le Thanh Cung, Chairman of Provincial People’s Committee also called upon roadmaps to eliminate limitations troubling enterprises.
By applying technology, the provincial Tax Authority has facilitated good measures to improve the PCI by winning the heart of enterprises who would eventually make evaluations of competitiveness in the province.
Meantime, the Customs has also been prompted to e-customs to minimize direct human contacts between the officials and enterprises, thus, corruption was reduced. With system upgrade to Japanese-sponsored VNACCS/VCIS, local Customs is now confident to make their commitments to local ‘customers’ – the enterprises.
The good deeds of tax and customs authorities have untied the knots to encourage enteprises to maintain business stability.
Reported by Thanh Son – Translated by Vi Bao