19-07-2018 18:47
Dang Quang Vinh, deputy head of the Business Environment and Competitiveness Division at the Central Institute for Economic Management and member of the research team working on the National Strategy for Industry 4.0, highlights the importance of having suitable policies and institutions in place to enable businesses to make avail of opportunities brought about by Industry 4.0.
25-02-2018 10:51
Vu Tien Loc, chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), confirmed that removing unnecessary administrative procedures and business conditions will motivate Vietnamese businesses.
02-11-2017 08:00
Industry insiders are scrutinising a Ministry of Planning and Investment draft to the decree regulating investment into innovative startups that has recently been publicised to elicit comments from the public.
09-09-2017 11:03
Nguyen Dinh Cung, head of Central Institute for Economic Management, scrutinises recent efforts from authorised management agencies to improve the local business environment through simplifying procedures.
25-08-2017 12:00
The Vietnamese government continues to publicise the portfolio of investment assets to be restructured. This time, it laid out the detailed list of state-owned enterprises marked for divestment during the 2017-2020 period. The opportunity to renew the asset structure of state-owned enterprises is being shifted to the private sector.
03-08-2017 15:23
Nguyen Chi Dung, Minister of Planning and Investment, stressed that Vietnam needs the private sector to step up to its responsibilities and aspirations and grow stronger, faster, to truly become the driving force of the economy.
25-04-2017 14:14
A number of firms have started to look for help from the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Fund (SMEDF) after its first year of operation.
10-02-2017 17:17
Printing businesses are holding their breath waiting for revisions to a relevant legal document regulating the printing business which has hindered their operation since coming into force two years ago.
08-02-2017 17:02
Nguyen Minh Thao, head of the Business Environment and Competitiveness Department under the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), highlights changes in the newly released Government Resolution 19-2017 designed to help Vietnam boost its competitiveness.
28-01-2017 14:00
The Vietnamese government is making endeavours to grow the startup spirit among enterprises and the country’s younger generation. Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue told VIR’s Khanh An that Vietnam can have an impact on the international startup scene, and that in 2017, Vietnam’s startup movement will surge.
17-11-2016 20:35
Study abroad consultancy, education quality appraisal, and “.vn” domain registering and maintenance service are among fields that the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) wants to add to the list of fields where entities have to satisfy certain conditions to do business.
07-09-2016 17:13
The Ba Ria-Vung Tau People’s Committee has agreed in principle to the construction of Ho Tram Project Company Limited’s proposed specialised airport project, with Loc An commune selected for the location.
The local people’s committee said that the airport will contribute to boosting the local economy and meet the transport demand of travellers to the area.
18-08-2016 13:48
The ownership of Mega Market Vietnam and Big C Thailand is going to benefit Thai company TCC in the region, not only in Vietnam and Thailand.
20-06-2016 16:58
Relevant guiding decrees on conditional businesses are slated for enactment no later than July 1, 2016, when thousands of business conditions will become invalidated by the amended Investment Law 2014. Phan Duc Hieu, deputy director of Central Institute for Economic Management, sheds light on the latest progress of the process and affirms the government’s commitment to step up support for the business community through simplifying conditional business requirements.
27-04-2016 17:00
Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vu Tien Loc (VCCI) talked to VIR’s Khanh An about the current challenges facing companies that he would like Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to address in his upcoming meeting with the business community.