Navigating legal challenges in healthcare partnerships

Navigating legal challenges in healthcare partnerships

While the public-private partnership model is proved to be an optimal choice to promote funding in the healthcare sector, many issues remain in implementing this in Vietnam.
CCIBV pledges to accompany Vietnam in boosting green growth

CCIBV pledges to accompany Vietnam in boosting green growth

Green growth is significant to Vietnam and other developing countries, especially in the transitional period, according to Frédéric Nguyen, member of the Executive Board of the Belgium-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIBV).
Transport ministry opens bids on five PPP projects for North-South Expressway

Transport ministry opens bids on five PPP projects for North-South Expressway

The Ministry of Transport has approved bidding documents for five component projects of the North-South Expressway to be implemented under the public-private partnership (PPP) format.
Transport Ministry asked to explain North-South Expressway delay

Transport Ministry asked to explain North-South Expressway delay

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Transport to explain reports of delays to the construction of the North-South Expressway.
Gov't has backup plans for North-South Expressway if no investors found: minister

Gov't has backup plans for North-South Expressway if no investors found: minister

The Government has prepared a backup plan to fund the North-South Expressway (NSE) amid fears that private investors might not be financially capable of carrying out the mega project, the transport minister has said.
NA discuss draft law on PPP investment on November 19

NA discuss draft law on PPP investment on November 19

The National Assembly discussed the draft law on investment in the form of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in the morning of November 19, the 22nd working day of the NA’s 8th session.
Lawmakers scrutinise bill on PPP investment

Lawmakers scrutinise bill on PPP investment

The draft law on investment in the form of public-private partnership (PPP) will be among the bills under the National Assembly (NA)’s consideration on November 19.
Focus on rail from home and abroad

Focus on rail from home and abroad

Vietnam’s transport sector is working to attract more funding in public-private partnership projects, from both domestic and foreign sources, in order to serve growing economic development needs. Nguyen Ngoc Dong, Deputy Minister of Transport, talked to VIR’s Bich Thuy about how the sector can add to its attraction amid technology disruption.
First PPP agricultural project launched in Hau Giang

First PPP agricultural project launched in Hau Giang

The knowledge sharing and technical assistance project for agriculture was launched in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on August 19 with the debut of a public-private partnership (PPP) group for the project.
Ministries muse PPP fund

Ministries muse PPP fund

After years of consideration, Vietnam is seriously pondering the creation of a public-private partnership development fund in a long-awaited draft law, in line with the actions of several other countries.
New decree clarifies PPP projects

New decree clarifies PPP projects

The Government will abolish administrative procedures for issuing investment registration certificates for Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) projects, according to the new governmental Decree 63.
Vietnam’s first waste-to-energy PPP project receives ADB support

Vietnam’s first waste-to-energy PPP project receives ADB support

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has just signed a $100-million loan facility agreement with China Everbright International Limited (CEIL) to construct a series of municipal waste-to-energy (WTE) plants in primary and secondary cities in the Mekong Delta.
PPP timeframe in sharp focus

PPP timeframe in sharp focus

The long preparation for public-private partnership framework is getting on foreign investors’ nerves. During the mid-term Vietnam Business Forum (VBF) held in late May in Hanoi, foreign investors urged the government to implement public-private partnership (PPP) pilot projects soon to pave the way for the private sector to invest in infrastructure projects.