Yen Bai ranks 33rd in Provincial Competitiveness Index list

  •  Saturday, April 17, 2021

YBO - Yen Bai province secured the 33rd position out of the country’s 63 provinces and cities in the 2020 Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) rankings, released on April 15, moving up three places from the 2019 list and among the best performers in the mid-performance group.

The “Entrepreneur Cafe” programme provides a platform for authorities to receive businesses’ opinions and immediately deal with some problems facing many companies.
The “Entrepreneur Cafe” programme provides a platform for authorities to receive businesses’ opinions and immediately deal with some problems facing many companies.

Despites impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities at all levels, as well as departments and sectors, in Yen Bai have exerted efforts to improve the investment climate.

According to the PCI survey of enterprises conducted by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the province went up three places from the 2019 list to the 33rd position among the 63 provinces and cities.

From 2016 to 2020, it saw considerable improvements in the local investment and business climate and investment attraction, helping it emerge from the 47th place to the 33rd position, with a total score of 63.3 points.

Efforts have been made to connect enterprises with authorities, thereby leading to improvements in grassroots-level competitiveness, administrative reforms, the governance of investment attraction, as well as the administration’s attitude towards the private economic sector.

Minh Quang

Other news
The Dai Phu An plant-based essential oil products from Van Yen District are currently being submitted for evaluation as 5-star OCOP items in the near future.

As of now, Yen Bai Province has a total of 273 OCOP (One Commune One Product) items certified, including 25 products rated 4 stars and 248 rated 3 stars.

Van Yen District and Goheung County, Jeollanam Province, South Korea Hold Conference to Sign Seasonal Labor Cooperation Agreement

Since the beginning of the year, Van Yen District has recorded 90 individuals participating in overseas labor programs. Among them, 45 workers were sent to Japan, 7 to South Korea, 36 to Taiwan, and 2 to Qatar. This makes Van Yen the locality with the highest number of overseas laborers in the province as of early 2025.

Leaders of Van Yen District inspect transportation infrastructure projects across the district.

Since the beginning of 2025, the implementation of a range of coordinated measures has enabled Yen Bai Province to achieve positive outcomes in the disbursement of public investment capital. Notably, the province ranks among the 35 provinces and cities with disbursement rates higher than the national average.

Since 2021, Yen Bai Province has transitioned 39,289 workers from agriculture to non-agricultural sectors.

Over the five-year period from 2021 to 2025, Yen Bai Province has created jobs for 110,339 workers. Of these: 56,393 were employed through socio-economic development programs, 11,907 accessed loans from the National Employment Fund, 2,886 worked abroad under labor export programs, and 39,153 were supplied to out-of-province employers.

News by days:
In: This category All categories