Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Business leaders are callingfor increased efforts from government agencies to implement crucial businessenvironment reforms in the coming year. 

Earlier this month, the Government issued key tasks and solutionsto implement the Socio-Economic Development Plan and State budget estimate andimprove the business environment and national competitiveness in 2023under Resolution 01/2023/NQ-CP.

As stipulated in the Resolution, before January 20, ministries,sectors and localities must complete the building of programmes, action plansand specific documents. 

The Ministry of Planning and Investment will report theseactivities to the Government at the regular Government meeting in January.

"Localities and sectors will feel more pressure inimplementing all tasks of business environment reform because all actions ofcarrying out the Resolution 01 are reported regularly to the Government,"said Nguyen Minh Thao, head of the Department of Competitiveness and BusinessEnvironment under the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).

Resolution 01/2023/NQ-CP continues to emphasise four main tasks onreforming the business environment, most of which were set out in Resolution02/2022/NQ-CP.

They include improving the quality of reform for the list ofinvestment lines and conditional business and proposing the abolition ofbusiness conditions that are illegal, unnecessary, unfeasible and specificmanners.

The State agencies will review the types of practice certificatesand the legal documents to simplify administrative procedures.

They will reduce import and export goods that require specialisedinspection and effectively deploy e-procedures on the National Single Window.

Agencies must also review and adjust the inspection plan to ensurethere are no duplicates or overlaps to ensure smooth operations. 

They will improve the quality of services supporting businesses,especially for small and medium enterprises, and promote the implementation ofconsulting and training solutions on corporate restructuring, finance, humanresources, market, risk management and digital transformation for enterprises.

Reforming the business environment is a regular task. Thao saidthat Resolution 02 each year had specific solutions and clear tasks.

In the context that Vietnam's economy faces more difficulties,enterprises must pay attention to the programmes and action plans that localitiesare completing according to the requirements of Resolution 01, according to LeDuy Binh, Director of Economica Vietnam.

“Vietnam cannot change the difficulties caused by the externalenvironment that affects the economy. However, the nation faces internalproblems such as delays in public investment, problems in the bond and stockmarkets, and difficulties in business. These are problems we can solve,” Binhsaid.

Those are the growth drivers of the economy during dealing withchallenges from the external environment.

Any improvement in the business environment will depend greatly onthe specific plans on reforming this environment conducted by ministries,sectors and localities, both in content and speed of implementation, he said./.