The report showed that, Binh Duong surpassed Ho Chi Minh City to rise to the top of Southeast region; following is Tay Ninh, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Binh Thuan, Dong Nai, Ninh Thuan and Binh Phuoc.
Thus, Binh Duong returned to the top 10 provinces leading in 2018 PCI, with positive assessment results of businesses on the flexibility and creativity of provincial government and the openness and transparency of the business environment. Specifically, 87% of enterprises participating in the survey totally agree with the statement that "the provincial People's Committee applies flexible laws to create a favorable business environment for private economy", increased from 80% in 2017. 76% of enterprises said that, "the provincial People's Committee is dynamic and creative in solving newly arising problems", increased from 70% in 2017. In addition, the percentage of enterprises said that, procurement process in transparent province accounted for 59% (47% in 2017) and 81% of enterprises said that, they received the following information required by provincial agencies (62% in 2017).
Quang Ninh for the second consecutive year topped the PCI rankings with 70.36 points, followed by Dong Thap 70.19 points, Long An and Ben Tre, respectively, ranked 3rd and 4th. Da Nang from 2nd place in 2017 has dropped to 5th with 67.65 points.
PCI 2018 report is based on feedback from 12,000 enterprises, of which nearly 11,000 private enterprises are operating in 63 provinces and cities and over 1,500 FDI enterprises are operating in 20 localities.