Top 2 localities with the strongest reforms according to PCI 2005-2024
After 20 years of implementing the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) in Vietnam, Long An province has made great strides, becoming one of the most drastic and persistent reform localities in the country.
According to the PCI 2024 announcement, Long An ranked 2nd in the list of most reformed localities during 20 years of PCI implementation in Vietnam - a clear demonstration of the innovation capacity and commitment to action throughout the provincial government system.
This achievement is not only the result of strategic solutions to improve the investment and business environment, but also a testament to modern management thinking, focusing on enterprises, accompanying and serving. Throughout the process, the province has persistently promoted administrative reform, improved transparency, improved infrastructure, developed human resources, ensured security and order, and promoted digital transformation in public service provision.
Top 3 nationwide in PCI in 2024
The results of the PCI 2024 announcement show that Long An continues to affirm its position in the group of localities with high economic management quality, with 72.64 points (up 1.7 compared to 2023), Long An province ranked 3rd in the PCI rankings nationwide. This result also reflects the province's comprehensive efforts in improving the business investment environment, making the province a bright spot, attractive, attracting large domestic and foreign investors. This also affirms that the quality of economic management at the provincial level continues to improve.
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| Chairman of Long An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Ut (right cover) received the certificate of Top 2 strongest reforms in the country according to PCI in the period 2005 - 2024. |
From 2023, the province will implement the assessment of the Department, Branch, Sector and Local Competitiveness Index (DDCI). This is an important index of the province built on the basis of the PCI Index implemented by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) to assess the economic management capacity of departments, branches, sectors and district-level People's Committees to improve the quality of socio-economic management of the province.
At the same time, this is also the goal set by the Provincial People's Committee so that provincial departments, branches and sectors and district People's Committees can unite and join hands to reform and improve the economic management capacity of units and localities, contributing to strongly improving the investment and business environment of the province.
Through the survey results and general assessment of the investment and business environment, the majority of enterprises, production and business establishments believe that the investment environment of the province is increasingly improving and the quality of management and operation of departments, branches, sectors and localities continues to have positive changes. This is also an important basis for units and localities to have appropriate adjustment solutions to improve the business environment, towards the ultimate goal of creating a more open and transparent business and investment environment, increasing trust in the government system and increasing the economic development momentum of the province.
Along with the implementation of the DDCI Index, in recent times, Long An province has also promoted domestic and foreign investment promotion activities to promote its potential, advantages, image, and open and attractive investment environment to investors and partners.
In investment promotion, the province's orientation is to proactively attract and selectively cooperate in investment, taking quality, efficiency, technology and environmental protection as priority criteria. At the same time, the province focuses on attracting large investors with capital potential and advanced technology to invest in the province's advantageous fields.
In particular, the provincial leaders proactively introduced themselves to large domestic corporations and investors and directly to many countries around the world to approach and invite large corporations and enterprises to invest in the province. This is also an important factor in creating an attractive investment environment in the eyes of investors.
Through investment promotion activities, a series of large domestic and foreign corporations have come to Long An to research, survey, and seek investment and business opportunities. Many strategic, potential, and reputable investors have implemented projects in the province.
With new and creative ways of promoting investment, in 2024, the province is honored to be in the top 10 most attractive localities for large enterprises. By the end of the first quarter of 2025, Long An province has 2,278 domestic investment projects (DDI) with registered capital of more than 511,000 billion VND and 1,409 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with registered investment capital of 12,783.6 million USD.
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| Long An Province was honored in the Top 3 nationwide in the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) in 2024. |
Accompanying businesses
With the viewpoint of "Long An Provincial Government continues to accompany and develop together with businesses", in recent times, the province has focused on directing departments, branches and localities to promote administrative reform, especially in the fields of investment, business registration, land, construction, environment; promoting comprehensive digital transformation, contributing to improving the quality, publicity and transparency in providing online public services to serve businesses and investors with increasingly better quality. In 2024, Long An's Transparency Index reached 6.63 points, an increase of 0.64 points compared to 2023. This is also one of the bright spots demonstrating the province's commitment to accompany and support businesses.
In particular, every year, provincial leaders regularly organize conferences to meet with businesses, promptly listen to, grasp their thoughts and aspirations, and remove difficulties for businesses.
With the synchronous implementation of solutions to improve PCI and support businesses, the province's investment environment is increasingly open and transparent, bringing peace of mind and trust to businesses and investors, helping the province continue to maintain its position in the top group of the country in attracting investment.
In the coming time, Long An will continue to effectively exploit its competitive advantages, promote its role in regional connectivity, upgrade infrastructure, reform administration, innovate thinking and methods in investment promotion, proactively contact and provide information to large and potential investors; digitize and publicize information documents about the province. These are solutions that the province has identified as strategic breakthroughs to strongly improve the investment and business environment, helping the province to get closer to domestic and foreign investors.
With a very favorable location, the gateway to the West, adjacent to Ho Chi Minh City, in recent years, Long An province has focused on mobilizing all resources to invest in infrastructure development, especially transport infrastructure, to meet development requirements. This also helps investors see the development potential of the province. Statistics also show that a very bright spot in attracting investment in the province is that among FDI projects invested in the Mekong Delta, about 70% of the projects are invested in Long An province. This is also the basis for showing the great position of the province as well as affirming the attractiveness of the investment environment.
Source: https://baodautu.vn/long-an-tiep-tuc-khang-dinh-vi-the-dia-phuong-co-chat-luong-dieu-hanh-kinh-te-cao-d278940.html
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