The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) has, in coordination with ministries, sectors and agencies, carried out various activities so far this year to push administrative procedure reform, creating a supportive environment for business operation and startups.
Hanoi (VNA) – TheVietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) has, in coordination with ministries,sectors and agencies, carried out various activities so far this year to push administrativeprocedure reform, creating a supportive environment for business operation andstartups.
A recent VCCI reportstated that the agency has engaged in the process of ensuring enterprises’ businessrights and equality in accessing business resources and opportunities.
The VCCI has gatheredopinions of the business community and made contributions to the building ofmany important legal documents, including the law on the revision andsupplementations to some articles of the Law on Handling of AdministrativeViolations, the Law on Urban Management, and the revised Tertiary EducationLaw.
At the same time, theVCCI has held many seminars, conferences, meetings and dialogues to collectideas and propose policies to the Party and State on how to improve investmentand business environment as well as support the business community.
The announcement ofthe 2017 Provincial Competitiveness Index Report was one of the highlights ofthe VCCI activities this year. The report was built basing on a survey on10,245 private enterprises in 63 cities and provinces, including 2,003 firmsestablished in the past two years and 1,765 foreign-invested firms.
A conference was alsoheld with the coordination of the VCCI and the Ministry of Construction to seekmeasures to remove difficulties in policies related to investment and capitalconstruction.
The VCCI has alsoworked with ministries, sector and localities to organise activities to improvebusiness environment, including a conference to collect ideas on the law oninvestment in public-private partnership form, and another to gather opinionson the list of business conditions in transport sector.
The chamber held adialogue with businesses on tax policies, administrative procedures related totaxation and instruction on tax balance in the central province of ThanhHoa.-VNA
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