Fresh leadership, steady direction

Fresh leadership, steady direction

Vietnam’s newly-elected Party leadership is expected to take the country further down the road towards its ambitions of a reformed, efficient state to accompany the public and the business community.
Tax cut welcome but not enough: businesses

Tax cut welcome but not enough: businesses

The Government's 30 percent corporate income tax cut was a step in the right direction but it could have been more inclusive by offering support to small businesses that were in desperate need of cash due to the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, said business leaders and industry experts.
Vietnam implements economic recovery policies during, after COVID-19 pandemic

Vietnam implements economic recovery policies during, after COVID-19 pandemic

The Vietnamese Government has, and is implementing concerted policies and measures for economic recovery during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.
Prime Minister to hold dialogue with enterprises this week

Prime Minister to hold dialogue with enterprises this week

A dialogue between Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the business community will take place on May 9, allowing firms to communicate directly with the Government leader.
National conference to tackle obstacles facing enterprises during pandemic

National conference to tackle obstacles facing enterprises during pandemic

A national conference between the Prime Minister and enterprises is to be organised soon to identify ways to address the difficulties facing businesses and facilitating their operations amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Prevention and fighting climate change is a duty of business community

Prevention and fighting climate change is a duty of business community

A seminar on the business community's role in climate change response has just taken place in Hanoi.
Hanoi to open Meet Europe 2018 conference

Hanoi to open Meet Europe 2018 conference

Meet Europe 2018 will be held at Melia Hotel tomorrow to promote investment and business, as well as priority areas for co-operation in the time coming.
1,000 CEOs: sharing marketing strategy

1,000 CEOs: sharing marketing strategy

Sharing their marketing strategies as well as their stories of success and failure in trading, large-scale enterprises at 1,000 CEOs inspired SMEs and startups.
SMEs assisted with lobby instruments

SMEs assisted with lobby instruments 1

EU-MUTRAP Technical Assistance Team Leader Claudio Dordi writes how Vietnam’s private sector companies can benefit from the EU-funded multilateral trade suppporting project
Cutting into red tape to reform business outlook

Cutting into red tape to reform business outlook

The Ministry of Planning and Investment, Agency for Business Registration and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) are about to launch an online national business registration system at the end of this year as part of the business registration reform.
A sharp sword successfully  cuts into red tape

A sharp sword successfully cuts into red tape

Vietnam’s business landscape has seen significant improvements in recent years and part of the credit is due to the success of national business registration reform programme currently being rolled out nationwide.
Tough work for foreign working pool

Tough work for foreign working pool

Notwithstanding the positive attempts made by the government in order to establish the appropriate legal framework in this field, a number of provisions of Decree 46 have been recently criticised for being unclear, or impracticable or inappropriate.
Ministries need to bring A games

Ministries need to bring A games

“The results demonstrate that the quality of legal developments and enforcement at ministries has not satisfied the expectations of the business community”
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