At the Conference to review the construction of the whole people movement for national security protection in 2022 and deploy the work tasks in 2023

In the first quarter, the total State budget revenue in the province reached more than VND9,720 billion, equal to 31% of the estimate, up 2% over the same period last year. In which, the domestic revenue was nearly VND8,030 billion, reached 34% of the estimate, up 7%; the revenue from Customs was nearly VND1,700 billion, reached 22%, down 14%.

By the end of the first quarter of 2023, the whole province attracted 1,867 valid foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with a total capital of more than USD23.91 billion. That result has put Bac Ninh firmly in the Top 10 nationwide in attracting foreign investment. With the criterion of “2 less, 3 high, 5 ready”, in the period 2020-2022, the epidemic developed complicatedly, negatively affected all domestic and global economic activities, the FDI capital flows attracted by Bac Ninh still reached more than USD2 billion, far exceeding the set target.

Bac Ninh province has always paid attention to and focused on developing the supporting industry in the direction of modernity, high technology and environmental friendliness, considered this a direct driving force to create added value for the industry, help to increase competitiveness of main industrial products and accelerate the process of industrialization and modernization.

Facing difficulties caused by the fluctuation situation of the world economy, high inflation in many major economies and the increase in trade protection of the importing countries, creating a driving force for the growth of the economy of Vietnam and Bac Ninh province - a major industrial production center of the country has had a change.

On April 13, Ms. Nguyen Huong Giang, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee received and worked with Chargé d'affaires deputies Christoph Prommersberger, Deputy Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Vietnam to visit and work in Bac Ninh.

On April 17, Ms. Nguyen Huong Giang, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee attended the Investment Promotion Conference with Taiwanese electronic enterprises (China).

With the advantage of strategic position, low production costs, dynamic human resources, open investment policy, especially becoming an important global production base of a series of leading electronic corporations in the world, Bac Ninh is attracting more and more attention from foreign investors. In the early Spring days of the Year of the Cat, Bac Ninh province has received a lot of good news about the investment attraction, which is reflected in many promotion, negotiation, exchange and signing activities between the provincial leaders, infrastructure companies and the corporations for building production plants in Bac Ninh industrial zones.

In January 2023, Bac Ninh industrial zones attracted 175.93 million USD of foreign direct investment.

In January 2023, the whole province had a total of 236 newly established enterprises (up 5.4% over the same period in 2022) with the total registered capital of more than 3,272 billion VND (up 62.5% over the same period in 2022); The average registered capital of a newly established enterprise was 13.87 billion VND. In which, the rate of online business registration dossiers reached 92.46%, ranked ninth in the whole country.

According to the report of the Statistical Office, the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in January 2023 increased quite high compared to the previous month (+10.85%) but was still lower than the same month last year (-2,54%).

On December 24, at Que Vo Industrial Park, the Provincial Trade Union of Industrial Parks organized the program "Tet reunion - Spring bonding; Workers' Day - Trade Union's Tet Fair 2023".

On December 29, Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Huong Giang received and worked with a delegation of Shandong province (China) and Goertek Group to explore investment opportunities in Bac Ninh.

On December 24, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Head of the Provincial Delegation of National Assembly Deputies Nguyen Anh Tuan received and worked with Mr. Cho Sung Jin, General Director of Landel Energy Company (Korea) to explore investment opportunities in Bac Ninh province.

The end of the year with many big holidays, especially the Lunar New Year, is also the most vibrant business time for businesses in the service and commerce industry. Recruitment demand therefore increased, especially in supermarkets and banks.

The Tet bonus in 2023, popularly forecasted by experts, is still one month's salary, hardly any changes compared to other years. For difficult businesses, getting a Tet bonus will be a great effort…

Nearly 60% of workers do not have any savings, so if they lose their jobs, they can hardly hold on, even if "last week, they lost their jobs, the next week they couldn't stand it", according to the survey of Vietnam General Confederation of Labor...

In order for Bac Ninh to continue to be an attractive destination for investors, in the coming time, the province will attract in-depth foreign investment associated with sustainable development goals; give priority to quality projects with increased scientific content and large investment rates; especially satellite projects in the complete product production value chain, projects of electronics, precision mechanics, high-tech industry; products with high added value and competitiveness, environmental friendliness; increas the proportion of localized value in products.

Pursuant to: Directive No. 14/CT-UBND dated October 22, 2019 of the People's Committee of Bac Ninh Province on promoting the movement of all people to protect national security in agencies, enterprises and schools to meet the requirements of tasks of ensuring security and order in the new situation; Guideline No. 2176/HD-UBND dated June 26, 2020 of the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province on the organization of the All-People's Day to protect national security; Plan No. 13-KH/BQL dated May 13, 2022 of the Bac Ninh Industrial Zones Authority on work of building the movement of all people protecting national security in 2022;

Since the beginning of the year, in Bac Ninh industrial zones, 40 new projects have come into operation, bringing the total number of projects into operation to 1,190 projects.