The 4th Prime Minister's Meeting with Enterprises in Hanoi (May 9th, 2020)

On the morning of May 9th, 2020, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a conference with enterprises "Working together, overcoming challenges, taking opportunities and economic recovery" that was connected to 93 venues in provinces and cities across the country as well as ministries and sectors. It was also broadcast live by Viet Nam Television (VTV).

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The event is held annually with specific topics revolving around essential issues of the business and showed the patriotism, solidarity, and consensus of the whole domestic and foreign business community in Vietnam.
At the conference, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc listened to delegates from more than 800,000 enterprises nationwide, representatives of ministries and branches focused on reporting main issues.
The PM reiterated the duo target of fighting the pandemic and maintaining economic activities, along with administrative reform and restructuring.
The meeting looked into the implementation of policies that have been rolled out to assist domestic enterprises in operation and epidemic prevention and control.
Initiatives and proposals raised by enterprises, experts, and people regarding permanent solutions to help businesses recover and develop after the pandemic passes were collected for the issuance of an action plan or a resolution of the Government to restart the national economy.
In the spirit of overcoming difficulties to succeed, the Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for more significant efforts to achieve a GDP growth rate of over 5 percent and keep inflation under 4 percent this year. In order to do so, we must focus on attracting investment from domestic economic sectors, firstly the private sector, and foreign direct investment (FDI), stepping up exports, promoting public capital disbursement, and encouraging domestic consumption.
On this occasion, the PM tasked businesses with promoting patriotism and law respect, sharing difficulties with the Government, staying united, cooperative, dynamic and creative, and maintaining determination.
The resolve is needed to overcome weaknesses and spur development, thus reaching the set targets, the government leader stressed. He also highlighted the goal of turning Vietnam into a prosperous nation in 2045 set in draft documents to be submitted to the 13th National Party Congress and expressed his hope that there will be Vietnamese firms in the list of the world's 500 biggest enterprises by that time.