Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) will focus on improving investment attraction in industrial zones (IZs) and export processing zones (EPZs) in electronics, engineering, chemicals and food processing, especially in support industries.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has sealed Decision No. 6 on the grant of personal income taxation for unfamiliar experts operative on foreign assist projects in Vietnam.
The lack of opacity along with the bureaucratic red tape and hurdles needed to obtain a Vietnam work permit has long been one of the primary complaints of foreign companies operating in the country, as well a favourite gripe among expatriates working there.
Vietnamese businesses must act quickly to improving production technologies in all industries.
Vegetables, fruits and seafood are expected to benefit much from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
The RCEP, like other FTAs, is expected to present advantages to Vietnam and so will be given appropriate attention.
The World Bank has unveiled the steps necessary for Vietnam to achieve upper-middle-income status in the next 20 years.
The environment for investment in Vietnam is still problematic with ‘under-the-table’ transactions commonplace.
Kazakhstan has ratified a free trade agreement between the EAEU's member states and Vietnam.
As a result of EU-Vietnam FTA commitments, European investors will be able to offer tenders for various public infrastructure projects.
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