National conference to tackle obstacles facing enterprises during pandemic
A national conference between the Prime Minister and enterprises is to be organised soon to identify ways to address the difficulties facing businesses and facilitating their operations amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (standing) speaks at the meeting on April 13 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - A nationalconference between the Prime Minister and enterprises is to be organised soon to identify ways to address the difficulties facing businesses and facilitatingtheir operations amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
At a meeting on April 13 to discusspreparations for the upcoming event, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said the pandemichas had a major impact on the business community, especially the tourism, transport,and hospitality industries. Not only major enterprises and State-owned firms butalso private companies and co-operatives, and particularly small and medium-sizedenterprises, have encountered numerous difficulties.
Therefore, he said, it is necessaryfor all authorities and all sectors to provide timely support while businesses themselvesalso need to work harder to stimulate growth.
Applauding the aid packages fromministries and sectors along with moves by localities to address obstacles, thePM said the conference is essential to hear enterprises’ opinions, review the effectof the aid packages, deal with problems hindering operations, and create more favourableconditions for business activities to resume.
In addition to the top priorityof protecting people’s health and lives, the second most important task for theGovernment now is to protect businesses and prevent an economic collapse, the PMsaid.
He underlined the need to createa better business climate and eradicate red tape, which may hamper development.
He stressed that the first “front”is fighting the pandemic, in which each person is a soldier. Businesses and entrepreneursare soldiers on the second front - economic development./.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (standing) speaks at the meeting on April 13 (Photo: VNA) 
