Hanoi (VNA) – The mid-term Vietnam Business Forum (VBF)2017, the most expected event of the domestic business community, is set totake place in Hanoi on June 16.
Attending the event will be representatives from thegovernment, ministries, agencies, experts and policymakers who will discussforeign-invested and private sectors in the new context of global economy.
A score of measures will be raised with a view to clearingbarriers to the private economic sector, such as administrative procedures andlimited access to State incentives regarding capital, land, infrastructure,among others.
Representativesfrom working groups on investment and trade, banking, supporting industry, automobile-motorbike,power and energy, will deliver reports on impacts of global policies such asBrexit, TPP, the Donald Trump administration’s policies, EU-Vietnam Free TradeAgreement, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, on Vietnam as well asforeign investment flow into the country.
Theywill also talk the effects of the fourth industrial revolution on Vietnam andhow to maintain and lure more investment amidst the current situation, and theconnection of foreign-invested firms and domestic ones.
Theevent will be jointly held by the Vietnam Business Forum, the InternationalFinance Corporation, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, and the WorldBank in Vietnam.
The VBF was established in a project of the VietnamConsultative Group at a meeting between the Vietnamese Government and its donorpartners in Tokyo in 1997.
Vietnam set a target of having 1 million capable enterprisesby 2020, with private ones being an important driving force of the economy.-VNA
The Vietnam Business Forum 2016 opened on December 5 in Hanoi focusing on strengthening the role of the private economic sector through fostering the partnership between domestic and foreign enterprises.
Vietnam Business Forum 2016 opened on December 5 in Hanoi focusing on strengthening the role of the private economic sector through fostering the partnership between domestic and foreign enterprises.
The Midterm Vietnam Business Forum 2017 (VBF 2017) will be held at Sheraton Hotel in Hanoi on June 16, announced the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).
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