Authorities of northern Quang Ninh province held a conference on January 23 to announce the 2016 competitiveness index of its departments, agencies and districts.
Quang Ninh (VNA) – Authoritiesof northern Quang Ninh province held a conference on January 23 to announce the2016 competitiveness index of its departments, agencies and districts.
The index was based on a set ofcriteria for information transparency and access, leadership dynamism, timecost, unofficial expenses, fair competition, support for enterprise, legal regulationsand top officials’ responsibility.
The provincial People’s Committeein coordination with the provincial Business Association and Vietsurvey group polled989 local businesses, 15 departments and agencies, and 14 districts to compilethe index.
Accordingly, Co To islanddistrict leads the 14 districts in the province with 76.78 points, followed byHoang Bo district (64.85 points), Uong Bi city (64.09 points) and Mong Cai city(55.69 points).
The Quang Ninh TaxationDepartment tops the competitiveness rankings of 15 provincial departments andagencies with 81.87 points, followed by the provincial Department of Planningand Investment (70.15 points), the Department of Industry and Trade (59.23points), and the Customs Department (53.52 points). The provincial Departmentof Agriculture and Rural Development and Hai Ha district are at the bottom.
Vu Tien Loc, Chairman of theVietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, hailed Quang Ninh’s initiatives suchas building an administrative centre and establishing an independent andeffective investment promotion agency.
Chairman of the provincialPeople’s Committee Nguyen Duc Long said the province has paid special attentionto improving business climate over the past time. Provincial authorities haveheld regular meetings with more than 1,100 enterprises and investors in QuangNinh to promptly remove difficulties, while cutting time to processadministrative procedures involving taxation, customs, social insurance andbusiness registration.
In 2015, Quang Ninh ranked thirdamong 63 cities and provinces nationwide in terms of the provincialcompetitiveness index./.
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Illustrative image (Source: VNA) 
