Vietnam has had an impressive year of diplomacy with State-level visits and participation in high-level international forums by Party and State leaders in 2022. Vietnam Business Forum would like to introduce some of the outstanding events.
The 13th National Party Congress is themed “Strengthening the construction and rectification of the Party and a clean and strong political system; inspiring the ambition for the development of a prosperous, happy country, fostering the will and strength of national solidarity combined with the power of time; comprehensively and consistently accelerating innovation;...
The 83rd Meeting of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN BAC), held at the BRG Legend Hill Golf Resort, marked the handover of the ASEAN BAC Chairmanship from Thailand to Vietnam.
The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) recently released an internal announcement on the 15th period of review (POR15) on antidumping duty on Vietnamese pangasius exported to the U.S. from August 1, 2017 through July 31, 2018. This result is considered quite positive for Vietnamese exporters.
This is one important target of the Vietnam National Brand Program from 2020 to 2030 recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Vietnam was estimated to have a US$500 million trade surplus in September 2019, bringing the total value to over US$5.8 billion in the first nine months ending September, down 9.6% year on year.
On October 2, 2019, the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cooperation with the UK Border Force (UKBF).
Guided by insurance laws, in the past five years, the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) and local social insurance agencies have actively coordinated with relevant agencies to prevent and handle crimes in social insurance, health insurance and unemployment insurance. However, acts of indebting, evading and defrauding social insurance, health insurance and unemployment insurance have been increasingly complicated.
After signing a US$45 million credit agreement with the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Provincial People's Committees of Hoa Binh, Nghe An, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue inked Agreements for the Second Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Tourism Infrastructure for Inclusive Growth Project.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently signed Decision 26/2019/QD-TTg approving the list of 93 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to be equitized from now to the end of 2020.
On August 20, 2019, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the Central Economic Development Conference at FLC Quy Nhon International Convention Center, Binh Dinh province.