Urgently amend the Law on Support for Small and Medium Enterprises

Believing that small and medium-sized enterprises should be considered the "backbone" of the economy, delegates discussed at the Hall on the morning of October 29, and proposed to urgently study and amend the Law on Support for Small and Medium Enterprises in 2017, in order to overcome some shortcomings such as the lack of clear priorities for groups of micro-enterprises, business households transformed into enterprises and innovative start-ups.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Vu Hong Thanh chaired the meeting. Photo: Pham Thang

Small and medium enterprises are the "backbone" of the economy.

In the context of an unfavorable, unstable and unpredictable world , climate change, increasingly severe natural disasters, many bottlenecks in infrastructure, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on people's health and the business situation is very large and long-lasting, National Assembly Deputy Tran Hoang Ngan commented that under the wise leadership of the Party, the dynamic and flexible coordination of the 15th National Assembly, many legal institutions have been passed, contributing to improving the investment environment, removing bottlenecks and unlocking resources.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu attended the meeting. Photo: Pham Thang

“With the strong and decisive actions of the Government and the Prime Minister, the belief and aspirations, the joint efforts of the people, and the consensus of the business community, we have overcome challenges and difficulties and achieved many important results,” delegate Tran Hoang Ngan stated.

Accordingly, the delegate said that the scale of our country's economy has increased from 346 billion USD to 510 billion USD, ranking in the top 32 in the world. GDP per capita reached 5,000 USD. The macro economy continues to be stable, ensuring major balances of the economy.

National Assembly Delegate Tran Hoang Ngan (Ho Chi Minh City) speaks. Photo: Ho Long

2026 is an important year, the first year of the 5-year plan 2026 - 2030, the year entering a new era, the era of national growth, delegate Tran Hoang Ngan agreed with the 2026 target, GDP growth of over 10%, although it is a high target but there is a basis to achieve.

At the same time, delegates recommended that in the coming time, priority should be given to development based on the country's potential, advantages, and geopolitical position. Priority should be given to developing the marine economy, logistics, agriculture, services, healthcare, and high-quality education.

Delegate Tran Hoang Ngan noted that in implementing Resolution 68 of the Politburo and Resolution 198 of the National Assembly on special policies and mechanisms for private economic development, we are still slow in issuing decrees and circulars to guide private enterprises and business households to have access to land resources, production and business premises, land and house rental, public assets, credit finance, taxes, fees, support for enterprises to apply science and technology, innovate, develop e-commerce, support the formation of large enterprises, private economic groups of global stature, with many creative startup unicorns...

Government members attend the meeting. Photo: Pham Thang

The delegates suggested that it is necessary to soon concretize Article 5, Resolution 198 of the National Assembly, in which the principle of handling violations and resolving business cases is to prioritize civil, economic and administrative measures first.

Considering that the private economy, which is a long-term driving force for development, is facing many barriers and has not yet made a breakthrough in scale and competitiveness, National Assembly Deputy Tran Van Tuan (Bac Ninh) suggested that, in addition to continuing to promote growth drivers from public investment, attracting FDI and exports, we need to quickly realize the viewpoints, goals, tasks and solutions in the spirit of Resolution No. 68 - NQ/TW dated May 4, 2025 of the Politburo "on private economic development".

National Assembly Deputy Tran Van Tuan (Bac Ninh) speaks. Photo: Pham Thang

In particular, focus on continuing to build and perfect the legal system, with breakthrough mechanisms and policies, creating an open and transparent environment, encouraging private economic development, especially in terms of: land, infrastructure, investment, finance, credit, administrative procedures, science, technology, innovation, digital transformation, human resource training, etc.

Delegates suggested that it is necessary to urgently study and amend the Law on Support for Small and Medium Enterprises 2017, in order to overcome some shortcomings that have been exposed after more than 7 years of implementation, such as: Criteria for determining small and medium enterprises are still general; unclear specialized support policies on digital transformation, innovation and international integration; no clear priorities for groups of micro-enterprises, business households transformed into enterprises and creative start-ups...

Along with identifying the private economy as the most important driving force of the national economy, delegate Tran Van Tuan emphasized that it is necessary to consider small and medium enterprises as the "backbone" of the economy. Because like most countries in the world, the proportion of small and medium enterprises in our country in the total number of enterprises operating in the economy is always very high, currently accounting for about 98%.

Delegates attending the meeting. Photo: Quang Khanh

Building textbooks that can be reused for many years

National Assembly Deputy Nguyen Thi Thuy (Thai Nguyen) stated that 2025 is the year the whole country joins forces and focuses on important, historic tasks and has achieved very proud achievements. The policy of people benefiting in all fields, in which the field of education is increasingly better guaranteed.

Specifically, the Politburo issued Resolution 71 - NQ/TW on breakthrough in education and training development, with breakthrough, outstanding policies of strategic significance, continuing to affirm the consistent viewpoint that education is the top national policy. For the first time, the Party's document clearly mentioned that education is the decisive factor for the future of the nation. This is a very important guiding viewpoint, with consistent orientation for the entire investment policy for education.

National Assembly Delegate Nguyen Thi Thuy (Thai Nguyen) speaks. Photo: Ho Long

Regarding tuition and textbook exemption, from 2025, all tuition fees from kindergarten to grade 12 will be exempted for public educational institutions and tuition support will be provided for private and non-public educational institutions; textbooks will be free from 2030.

“The policy of free tuition and free textbooks is not only financial support but also an investment in the future of the nation, affirming the strong commitment of the Party and State in building a fair society where all children have the opportunity to develop comprehensively. This policy is enthusiastically received by the people, it is truly the Party's will and the people's will,” emphasized delegate Nguyen Thi Thuy.

Notably, we also implement outstanding preferential policies for the teaching staff. These outstanding preferential policies not only encourage teachers to devote themselves to their profession but are also expected to be the basis for attracting many talented people to work in the education sector.

Delegates attending the meeting. Photo: Quang Khanh

The policies also basically ensure coverage from students, teachers to education managers; from investment in facilities to support regimes.

Last July, the Politburo also decided to build inter-level boarding schools in 248 border and mainland communes, demonstrating the affection and responsibility of the Party and State towards compatriots in the border areas of the fatherland.

Also on September 5, a special and unprecedented opening ceremony took place, when all educational institutions in the country, with more than 1.7 million teachers and nearly 30 million students nationwide, attended, sang the national anthem at the same time, and listened to the opening drum. Attending the opening ceremony were the Politburo and the Secretariat. General Secretary To Lam beat the opening drum and delivered a speech to open the new school year, this was a special encouragement for teachers and students nationwide to convey their hopes for the future.

Delegates attending the meeting. Photo: Pham Thang

In the coming time, delegates suggested that the Ministry of Education and Training direct and review the completion of educational programs to overcome the limitations that have been pointed out for many years, namely, the general education program is still heavy, some university training programs are still theoretical, lacking practicality, and some vocational training programs have not met the demands of the market.

The policy of free textbooks will be implemented from 2030. Free textbooks must be implemented but the policy of saving must be implemented, delegate Nguyen Thi Thuy emphasized and suggested, research to build a set of textbooks that can be reused for many years, instead of having to buy new ones every year, to avoid waste.

Delegates attending the meeting. Photo: Quang Khanh

For ethnic minority mountainous areas, remote areas, delegate Nguyen Thi Thuy suggested that in the period of 2026 - 2030, priority should be given to allocating adequate resources for the construction and renovation of schools, facilities and teaching equipment to meet standards. Review and improve the support regime for students in this area in accordance with the current practical situation...

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