The PM made the instruction at the regular Cabinet meeting on February 2. He also stressed that the Government’s intention to build project on the sharing economic model in Vietnam is necessary for the proactive and effective implementation of the model. He assigned the Ministry of Planning and Investment to coordinate with related ministries and agencies and collect recommendations from international and domestic experts on the project.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has urged all ministries, sectors and localities to draft their own response plans for strong and super strong storms by June next year at the latest. Chairing an online conference on coping with super storms on October 7, the Deputy PM particularly reminded provinces and cities nationwide to put in place plans to evacuate local residents in case strong storms approach. Deputy PM Hai requested the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) to update and make public research results on coastal regions' vulnerability to storms and floods, possible damages of storms on infrastructure…... [read more]
The PM, speaking on January 15 at the ministry’s conference to implement 2018 tasks, urged the ministry to closely watch socio-economic developments to raise measures to meet growth targets this year. Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said that the socio-economic development in 2017 would create the impetus for the country to enter a new period of growth, one more efficient, sustainable and inclusive. The ministry was striving to enhance public management and improve the investment climate to promote production and efficiently attract private and direct foreign investment resources, he added. In 2018, the ministry would focus on…... [read more]
The Hanoitimes - On April 3, at the Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assessed that the business and investment environment of Vietnam has been effectively supporting the development of enterprises, pointing a high number of startups and profitable firms. Along with a surge in the number of newly-established enterprises, as many as 65 percent of businesses enjoyed profit, the highest figure in five years, and 45 percent of enterprises expanded their business in the first quarter of this year, the PM noted. He said that total social investment surged over the same period last year, with the…... [read more]
PM urges curb on supply gluts Tu Hoang HANOI - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, speaking at a monthly cabinet meeting in Hanoi on May 4, ordered relevant ministries and agencies to prevent supply gluts from suppressing prices of key export items. In the past a watermelon oversupply for export hit farmers hard, the Government leader said, and now the same situation happened to pork. Vietnam’s farmers have been vulnerable to China’s on-off import policy for years but no measures have been taken to deal with this problem. Prices of goods bound for the Chinese market could rise sharply when…... [read more]
NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Mekong Delta region to improve logistics to increase fruit and vegetable exports to global markets. >>> Investors’ recommendations welcomed to improve business climate: PM Phuc spoke at a forum titled “Market Development for Fruit and Vegetables, and Solutions for the Development of Logistics Systems for Agriculture and Rural Areas” held in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on December 18. The PM urged the region to continue to keep up with new trends in the global market and take advantage of the fourth industrial revolution and apply advanced technologies…... [read more]
