The Vietnamese Government commits to creating all possible conditions for businesses to growth further, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed at the Vietnam Business Forum 2023 (VBF 2023) in Hanoi on March 19.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the third session of the Government’s Steering Committee for Administrative Reform on February 3, stressing that administrative reform must center on people and enterprises.

Technology evaluation constitutes an important stage of the process of commercialization and transfer of technologies and intellectual assets. Yet, Vietnam’s current policies on technology evaluation activities seem to be inadequate, particularly the lack of supportive measures of the State. This prompts the need to work out solutions to improve relevant regulations to promote these activities in the country.

This article provides an analysis of shortcomings and inadequacies in the implementation of regulations on protection of consumer rights in Vietnam in e-transactions, and propose recommendations for further improvement of the Law on Protection of Consumer Rights.

Economic expert Nguyen Bich Lam talks to Vietnam News Agency about Vietnam’s economic growth prospects in 2023 and ways to boost growth in the face of challenges created by supply chain breaks and geopolitical instability.

Over the past time, Vietnam’s legal system on intellectual property (IP) has been built and regularly revised, forming a fundamental legal foundation to regulate issues related to intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection and enforcement. Today, in the face of the requirements of an increasingly intensive, extensive and comprehensive international integration process, it needs further improvements to ensure effective implementation of international commitments and promote the application of scientific and technological research outcomes to production and business, contributing to the national socio-economic development.

In the first month of 2022, Vietnam saw a surge in both the number of newly-established enterprises and registered capital compared to the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has led to emergence of new business lines based on digital platforms following the model of sharing economy (Grab, peer-to-peer lending, ride and accomodation sharing, etc.). However, enterprises engaged in such business lines are encountering numerous difficulties due to incompleteness of the existing legal framework concerning this issue. This article brings an insight into the realization of the right to freedom of enterprise in the sharing economy in Vietnam and gives recommendations for promoting the development of this model in the country.

Industry continued to prosper last year, with added value increasing by 4.82 per cent compared to 2020, which will be an important factor in boosting national economic growth in 2022.

An annual report on the index for administrative procedure compliance costs in 2020 (APCI 2020) was released at a press conference on March 17 chaired by Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung, who is also Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council for Administrative Procedure Reform.