Fostering the development of a competitive supply chain in the manufacturing sector— a prerequisite to capitalizing on the benefits of trade agreements.
Some 48 per cent of 501 Vietnamese SMEs, which participated in The Future of Business survey, have positive views about the current situation.
Vietnamese labourers, especially skilled labourers, are expected to get more opportunities to work abroad this year.
There has been a bit of buzz about Vietnam. In just a few decades it has undergone a dramatic transformation from an agricultural society to one embracing the modern era.
Vietnam economy will encounter more difficulties in 2017 than in 2016 amid global geopolitical changes and financial uncertainties, experts say.
Viet Nam is focused on completing economic reforms, and building a consistent, synchronous and modern administrative regime to enhance management efficiency.
Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of US$2.32 billion last year, according to the General Department of Customs (GDC), slightly lower than the initial estimate of US$2.68 billion.
One year on, opportunities and challenges from the AEC are becoming evident to Vietnamese enterprises.
Vietnam has become an attractive destination for Chinese and Taiwanese solar panel makers who want to make use of tax advantages to export to the US.
JICA signed agreements with the Vietnam government to provide ODA loans of up to a total of US$234 million (21 billion yen) of assistance for two projects.
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