Dong Nai: one of 7 top provinces and cities on competitiveness

Bien Hoa 2 Industrial Zone

( ĐN) – The result of ranking provinces and cities through the country on competitiveness was announced in the seminar holding in Ha Noi in May 26, 05 by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI). This has been voted during the past 2 years by 16,200 enterprises located in 42 provinces and cities through the country. VCCI has conducted a poll in the first time under the support of Vietnam Competitiveness Initiative Project (VNCI) with their purpose of evaluating economic management in the level of a province or a city. As a result, the top provinces and cities on competitiveness included Binh Duong, Da Nang, Vinh Long, Ben Tre, Vinh Phuc, Dong Nai, Quang Ninh with their order of the 1^st to the 7^th positions. The lowest competitiveness group consisted of Quang Ngai, Binh Phuoc, Nam Dinh, Hai Duong, Ninh Thuan, Ninh Binh, Ha Tay. The result took the participants in the seminar by surprise. The little known provinces such as Ben Tre, Vinh Long made them in the list of the top provinces and cities on competitiveness but Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh where were known as taking the initiative in the economy ranked the 14^th and the 17^th positions.

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