(BNP) – On September 21st, Provincial People’s Committee (PPC), Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), and Samsung Electronics Vietnam (SEV) jointly signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a programme to support Vietnamese businesses operating in Bac Ninh province.

(BNP) - In term 2015 - 2020, Bac Ninh has carried out many breakthrough mechanisms and policies to promote economic growth towards sustainable development. With the economic scale getting bigger and bigger, Bac Ninh is grouped in the leading provinces and cities nationwide and has become an important growth pole of the Capital Region and the Northern key economic region.

On August 10, 2020, the Prime Minister signed, issued and validated the Decision No. 22/2020/QD-TTg on the reduction of land rental in 2020 for those affected by the Covid-19 epidemic under the Government’s Resolution No. 84/NQ-CP dated May 29, 2020.

On May 27, 2020, the Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed and issued the Decree No. 58/2020/ND-CP Regulating the rates of compulsory social insurance contribution to the Occupational accident and disease benefit fund.

On June 26, 2020, at Kinh Bac Cultural Center, the Trade union of Bac Ninh industrial zones held the Meeting for Praising the Advanced typical examples; Summarizing the emulation movement “Good at workplace, responsible for housework” in the period 2015-2020. Attending the Meeting including Mrs. Nguyen Thi Van Ha - Member of the Executive Committee of Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, Member of Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Bac Ninh Confederation of Labour; Mr. Nguyen Duc Long - Deputy Head of Bac Ninh Industrial Zones Authority

With the goal of concretizing the contents of the Regional construction planning adjustment scheme in Bac Ninh province to 2035, with a vision to 2050. Invest in building the centralized industrial zone towards modernization, clean industry to promote the economic development in the Southern area of Duong River and Bac Ninh province; as a legal basis for construction investment and construction management for the projects in the industrial zone as planned. On August 10, 2020, Bac Ninh People's Committee issued the Decision No. 353/QD-UBND approving the Zoning planning scheme for construction of Gia Binh II Industrial Zone, scale 1/2,000, Gia Binh district, Bac Ninh province.

Implementing the Directive No. 29-CT/TW dated September 18, 2013 of the Secretariat on promoting the occupational safety and health work in the period of industrialization, modernization and international integration, the document No. 2808/LDTBXH-ATLD On strengthening the management, reorganization of occupational safety and health work. On August 7, 2020, the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province issued the Document No. 2749/UBND-KGVX on strengthening the management, reorganization of occupational safety and health work.

In the plan to work in Bac Ninh province on the afternoon of May 31, 2020, the Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and some leaders of the Central Ministries and branches visited Foster Electric Bac Ninh Co., Ltd.

On the occasion of summarizing the Worker Month 2020, on June 4, at Kinh Bac Cultural Center, Bac Ninh Labor Confederation held a Meeting and dialogue program between the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of Bac Ninh Province People’s Committee with the workers.

On May 5, 2020, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) cooperated with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Vietnam to hold a Ceremony to announce the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) 2019. Representatives of Bac Ninh Province Mr. Nguyen Huong Giang, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended.

On June 4, 2020, the Chairwoman of Bac Ninh Province People's Committee Nguyen Huong Giang signed to issue the Decision No. 226/QD-UBND Approving the detailed Planning Project of Workers’ housing area in the industrial park in Yen Trung commune, Yen Phong district, Bac Ninh province.

On 05/5/2020, the Government issued the Decree No. 53/2020/ND-CP on stipulating the environmental protection fee for wastewater.

Because the situation of Covid-19 epidemic lasted in the first 4 months of the year; The international situation is complicated and has a lot of unfavorable factors; the growth of world economy, global trade slowed down; the strategic competition and trade tensions between the major economies have greatly affected the investment promotion, attraction as well as the production and business activities of the enterprises in Bac Ninh industrial zones.

From April 01, 2020, officially abrogated a series of regulations on sanction for the administrative violations in the construction investment, mining mineral as building materials and real estate business...

Implementing the Prime Minister's Directive No. 11/CT-TTg dated March 04, 2020 on urgent tasks and solutions to remove difficulties for production and business, ensuring social security in coping with COVID-19, on 23/3/2020, Mr. Ngo Van Luyen - Deputy Chief of Office of Bac Ninh People's Committee signed for promulgation of the document No. 832/UBND-NC announcing the guidance opinions of the Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee about the enterprise inspection, examination in 2020.

Annually on the occasion of the New Year Festival, the branches, levels of Bac Ninh province organizes the program “Reunion New Year Festival” with the activities aimed at looking after, improving the material and spiritual life, ensuring for the employees in the industrial parks to welcome the New Year Festival warmly, healthily and happily.

In the past time, although many production and business activities have declined due to the influence of Covid-19, but activities to attract foreign investment in the province still achieved good results.

That is the guiding spirit of Mrs. Nguyen Huong Giang, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Provincial People’s Committee at the online meeting of the Provincial People’s Committee regularly in April and the Provincial Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control held on April 16.