Speaking at the event, Secretaryof the provincial Party Committee Hoang Van Chat said the province recentlyhonoured cooperatives and firms earning more than 200 million VND per ha ofland and over 2 billion VND per ha of water on average.
Of the total 1,959 businesses inthe locality, highly profitable ones account for a mere 0.7 percent.
As scheduled, a provincial publicadministrative centre will be put into operation on June 2.
According to the Vietnam Chamberof Commerce and Industry (VCCI), 63 percent of local firms said they face redtape while going through administrative procedures, and all surveyed businessesmet difficulties in administrative procedures regarding land and had to payunofficial fees.
Nguyen Ngoc Son, permanent VicePresident of the provincial Business Association, expressed wish that theprovince would take more steps to further improve business climate.
Deputy head of the VCCIDepartment of Legal Affairs Pham Ngoc Thach asked Son La to review and improve theprocessing of administrative procedures for businesses as well as supply ofinformation on the websites of authorities at all levels.
The event was co-hosted by theprovincial People’s Committee, the VCCI and the provincial Union ofScience-Technology Associations.-VNA