Vietnam Investment Review
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
Harnessing a digital future
With its vast potential of e-commerce development thanks to surging IT and wide smartphone coverage, Vietnam is trying to build its own digital economy fuelled by a hallmark strategy on Industry 4.0 that is expected to help the country improve its competitiveness, attract more high-quality ...
Thanh Dat
New chapter for the development of Vietnam’s pharmaceutical market
Permitting foreign-invested enterprises to conduct direct imports, Vietnam’s pharmaceutical policies are now more in alignment with international treaties.The change of governmental policy in the pharmaceutical field will affect significantly the local market, from both sides. As a positive, the grant for foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) will ...
Law revision may impede business
With Vietnam’s low labour productivity and overtime, a proposal on reducing working hours in the latest draft amendments to the Labour Code – if adopted – could become a burden for the business community. Khoi Nguyen reports.According to Article 107 of the latest draft amendments ...
Sharing economy project approved
A sharing economy project was approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Monday (12/8) to ensure an equal business environment among enterprises in the sharing economic model and traditional companies. According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), a sharing economy is a new ...
Plastic waste reduction strictly urged at Vietnamese hospitals
Domestic and foreign-invested hospitals in Vietnam will have to take stern action to reduce plastic waste in line with the Ministry of Health’s latest-issued Document No.08/CT-BYT.Accordingly, medical units have to issue action plans to reduce plastic waste in their activities with details of content, targets, ...
Vietnamese agriculture strengthened by M&A
With the country’s agricultural sector pursuing greater sustainable development, mergers and acquisitions are helping the sector create positive changes thanks in part to the support of high technology. Although agriculture is not among the leading sectors for M&A in the country as yet, it has nonetheless ...
New association aims to untangle legal impasse
On August 7, a new association for studies and consultancy for business and investment activities in Vietnam will make its debut, expecting to bring the best benefits to businesses and contribute to law-making and enforcement.In alignment with improvements in investment policies, both domestic and foreign ...
Bich Thuy
Vietnam proposes establishing global network on ocean-sea data sharing
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc proposed an initiative to form a global network on sharing data on oceans and sea, towards a global framework on preventing marine plastic waste at a discussion on climate and environment within the framework of the G20 Summit in Osaka ...
Switzerland supports Vietnam to develop eco-industrial parks
Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Swiss Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research have just signed a memorandum of understanding over eco-industrial park development in Vietnam.The first phase of the project was carried out by the MPI and the United Nations Industrial ...