procedures

Dong Nai meets with foreign-invested enterprises

April 01, 2024 | 15:22

Foreign-invested enterprises on March 28 met with Dong Nai People’s Committee to address their concerns.

Removing bottlenecks in real estate market

April 17, 2023 | 09:29

Capital flow, legal bottlenecks, and removing policy obstacles in real estate are the main issues to be discussed by policymakers and experts in a roundtable themed held by Vietnam Investment Review on April 19.

PM orders immediate easing of procedures for purchase of COVID-19 medication

March 03, 2022 | 10:06

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the MoH to immediately cut administrative procedures for the purchase of COVID-19 medication.

Admin fees continue to clog activity

March 24, 2021 | 18:30

Major fees, both official and unofficial, alongside long processing times and cumbersome procedures, are vexing local enterprises attempting to implement investment-related adminstration.

Procedures get cut to boost trade

August 02, 2018 | 11:00

In an effort to improve the business environment, the Vietnamese government is accelerating the implementation of the National Single Window and the ASEAN Single Window to boost trade within ASEAN.

PM Dung's New Year message stresses top priorities

January 02, 2013 | 09:38

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has sent a New Year message emphasising the central tasks of 2013, which include institutional improvement, combination of monetary and fiscal policies, support for businesses, administrative reform, economic restructuring, and guarantee of social welfare.

Oiling wheels of a slow moving machine

December 06, 2012 | 17:22

Vietnam improved its ranking in respect to tax facilitation as seen in the recent World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC)’s Doing Business 2013 Report, but it remains near the bottom among ASEAN countries. Hoang Thi Lan Anh, deputy head of General Department of Taxation (GDT)’s Reform and Modernisation Department, sheds some light on the matter.

The competitive edge

June 13, 2011 | 08:00

Vu Ba Phu, deputy director general of Vietnam Competition Authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, discusses the practicalities of M&A activities in Vietnam.

Expanded e-customs procedures urged

June 06, 2011 | 15:45

The customs sector should expand the electronic customs procedures to facilitate import-export and commercial activities, a customs official has said.

A smart fight against IPR infringements

May 31, 2011 | 16:51

Nguyen Tran Tuyen, an attorney at law firm Vision & Associates, takes a closer look at current obstacles in fighting against intellectual property right (IPR) infringements in Vietnam.

Administrative procedure control agency to make debut

February 19, 2011 | 07:25

The Administrative Procedure Control Agency (APCA) will officially come into operation on Feb. 19, with mission to work on the next phase of the National Public Administrative Reform Project (Project 30).

Project 30 releases businesses from complex tangle of red tape

February 01, 2011 | 08:47

“Personally, Project 30 is an unforgettable memory not only for me, but also to hundreds of governmental staff, lawyers, businessmen, researchers and reporters who have directly and indirectly taken part in the project”

Administrative reform needing more glue

November 15, 2010 | 17:34

Government Office Chairman and Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc admitted that only one-fourth of the 258 priority administrative procedures had been simplified by late October have been addressed.

Firms enjoying reformed procedures

November 15, 2010 | 09:31

In the Doing Business Report for 2011, the World Bank and the IFC named Vietnam a good example in easing company start-ups by creating a one-stop shop that combined the process for obtaining business and tax licenses and by eliminating the need for a seal for company licensing. Deputy minister of Planning and Investment (MPI) Nguyen Van Trung spoke with VIR about the issues.

VN publicises national database on administrative procedures

October 27, 2010 | 18:00

For the first time, a national database on administrative procedures was made public on October 26 in Hanoi thanks to a strong endeavor of the whole political system.