Economy and commerce
Economic policy and administration
Households in disadvantaged areas eligible for loans up to VND100 million
From August 8, households in disadvantaged areas will be eligible for getting loans up to VND100 million each with an interest rate of 9 percent a year.Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has just signed the Decision 17/2023/QD-TTg amending and supplementing a number of articles ...
Anh Quan (translator)
Mekong plan outlines path to security
The Mekong Delta is stagnating on the back of poor frameworks and infrastructural gaps – flaws that are hoped to be remedied with a new 2021-2030 masterplan, driving regional socioeconomic growth.As the region has been focusing on ensuring food security for the whole country, the ...
Việt Nam aims to shift to circular economy: minister
Việt Nam is working to shift from a linear economy to a circular economy based on the three pillars of designing and prolonging material lifespan, reducing waste and emissions, and restoring the ecological system, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà has said.The MoNRE is ...
2019 breakthrough targets must wait for 2020
There is only one month left of the year and it’s safe to say it’s been a successful one for Việt Nam with all major socio-economic tasks likely to be achieved.In 2019, the Government defined key tasks focusing on macroeconomic stability, inflation control, and production ...
Vo Tri Thanh
Promoting low-carbon circular economy with a Swedish perspective
Forming public-private partnerships is said to be a major solution for the development of the low-carbon circular economy in Vietnam.The circular economy is currently a global trend in sustainability. Swedish experts say that the transformation from a conventional to a circular economy enables nations to ...
Nguyen Huong
Social policy credit proves useful for poverty reduction: meeting
Social policy credit has reached all the communal-level localities nationwide, greatly helping with efforts towards sustainable poverty reduction, heard a teleconference in Hanoi on September 23.According to General Director of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) Duong Quyet Thang, social policy credit, part of ...
New resolution hoped to facilitate foreign investment attraction
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong has signed a resolution on orientations to perfect institutions and policies to enhance the quality and efficiency of foreign investment cooperation through 2030.The objectives of the Resolution No. 50-NQ/TW include making mechanisms ...
New resilient and innovative development strategy required for next decade
The new development strategy for the next decade must be designed to help Viet Nam accommodate itself to the international context and promote the advantages of the country gained after more than three decades of Reform. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed the point at ...
White Book on Vietnamese Businesses 2019 launched
The first edition of the White Book on Vietnamese Businesses was launched at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 10. The White Book, compiled by the General Statistics Office under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, contains essential information assessing the development of enterprises across the ...
Vietnam sets to have 50% of businesses operating on digital platforms by 2025
A draft project on national digital transformation has set a target to have 50% of businesses operating on a digital basis by 2025.Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Hung announced the plan at a seminar on completing institutions and fundamental conditions for developing ...
