Nation lags behind peers in entrepreneurial zeal (28/04)
29/04/2014 - 20 Lượt xem
However, those
attending the launching ceremony of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)
Viet Nam Report 2013, held in Ha Noi yesterday, were also told that
entrepreneurs in the country are increasingly valued and the number of citizens
seeking to become businessperons has also increased.
The first report of
its kind in Viet Nam revealed that the percentage of adults who acknowledged
opportunities to start a new business in 2013 was only 37 per cent, much lower
than the average rate of 60 per cent in countries which have similar
development levels to Viet Nam.
Luong Minh Huan
from the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI)'s Business
Development Institute, said in term of business conditions in Viet Nam, there were
three indices, including infrastructure, dynamic characteristic of domestic
market and culture and social standards, which reached an average ranking of
three.
Nine remaining
indices, such as businesses supporting services, accounting, auditing and legal
consultancy, were also not developed to their potential, said the report. The
Government's support programmes, financing for businesses and business
education at high schools were listed at the bottom of the list.
"This shows
that the country has had a lack of consultancy and business supporting
services," Huan said.
Further, VCCI
chairman Vu Tien Loc said the report provided an overall picture on business
characteristics in Viet Nam throughout various periods.
It also helped Viet
Nam have comparisons with other countries in the ASEAN region.
Loc also
recommended that Viet Nam should build trust for entrepreneurs by maintaining
policies to stabilise the macroeconomy, making policies transparent and
creating an equal environment for competition among economic sectors.
The report was
expected to serve in creating polices and decisions for business development in
the future.
The GEM
report collected data from more than 200 respondents in 70 countries accounting
for 75 per cent of the world's population and 90 per cent of global GDP.
