Analyzing the Impact of Factors Affecting the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI): Research in Vietnam in 2022

The Provincial Competitiveness Index is used to evaluate and rank Vietnam's provincial and city governments on the quality of economic governance and building a business environment. Since its publication, the PCI index has become an important tool to measure and evaluate economic management and administration in 63 provinces and cities of Vietnam based on the perception of the economic sector. private. The construction of the PCI index is not intended for purely scientific research or for comparison between provinces with high or low PCI scores. The meaning of building the PCI index is to understand and explain why some provinces and cities can surpass other provinces and cities in private economic development, job creation, and economic growth. The PCI index, published annually, will be a useful reference source for leaders of provinces and cities in particular, as well as policymakers in general. From here, we can identify bottlenecks in economic management as well as come up with appropriate solutions to carry out economic development activities most effectively. The research uses quantitative research methods. The research object is to analyze the impact of factors affecting the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) in 2022 with land access indicators, transparency, dynamics, and pioneering of provincial leaders, labor training, and legal institutions in 63 provinces and cities in Vietnam in 2022. Results show that factors such as access to land (DD), transparency (MB), dynamism (ND), and labor training (LD) affect the PCI index; legal institutional factors (PL) do not affect the PCI index.