Delegation of Ministry of Planning and Investment works in Bac Ninh
(BNP) - On June 29, Vice Chairman of Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Huu Thanh received and worked with a Delegation of the Ministry of Planning and Investment led by Deputy Director of Agency for Cooperative Development Phung Quoc Chi on surveying and making a strategy for collective economic development and cooperatives in period of 2021-2030.
Vice Chairman Nguyen Huu Thanh speaks at the meeting.
As of December 31, 2020, the province is estimated to have 210 cooperative groups, 670 cooperatives, 02 cooperative unions. In particular, there are 615 cooperatives in operation, 55 cooperatives are closed. The number of cooperatives operating effectively under the Law on Cooperatives in 2012 was 225 out of 670 cooperatives (accounting for 33.5%). In the 2011-2020 period, 370 cooperatives were newly established; 564 cooperatives were dissolved.
The province’s cooperatives and cooperative groups improved management capacity, renovated equipment, applied new technologies in production, vocational training, trademark registration for products and trade promotion, searched markets, and connected supply and demand of products.
Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Huu Thanh emphasized that, in the past time, Bac Ninh province focused on converting types of collective economy and cooperatives according to the Law on Cooperatives in 2012, and there were many mechanisms and policies to create favorable conditions for collective economy and cooperatives, thereby, making an important contribution to socio-economic development, building new rural areas, raising incomes, improving the quality of life of people.
He expressed his hoped to receive support from the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the central agencies in the development of collective economy and cooperatives.
Appreciating the results of Bac Ninh‘s collective economy and cooperatives, the Delegation received suggestions from the province, which will be the basis to synthesize report to build and complete the development strategies of collective economy and cooperatives in the period of 2021-2030.