National digital transformation is a heavy task requiring strong determination, great efforts, and drastic and effective actions, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told a recent meeting.

Intel Corporation will continue to invest in Vietnam, Kim Huat Ooi, Vice President in Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Operations, and General Manager of Intel Products Vietnam told Tuoi Tre (Youth) Newspaper.

Improvements in the group of investment administrative procedures are still slow and not yet in sync with policies to attract investment at the local level.

Each company has to spend about 14.9 hours to complete a cross-border trade transaction and incur direct costs of around VND3.8 million (US$165) for logistics services, according to the 2022 Administrative Procedure Compliance Costs Index (APCI) report.

The Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment will hold a dialogue with organisations and individuals on the administrative procedures in the field of environment in July, according to director of the department Nguyen Huy Cuong.

VOV.VN - Vietnam needs to make changes to its legal system, simplify administrative procedures, and reduce sub-licenses in order to facilitate the business operations of Korean investors in the country, said Hong Sun, chairman of the Korea Chamber of Business in Vietnam (KORCHAM).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked ministries, agencies and localities to work harder in order to pave way for transport projects, saying administrative procedures should be streamlined, while concluding a meeting of the State steering committee for national key transport projects in Hanoi on April 12.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Quang Ninh has maintained its leading position in excellent economic management quality in Vietnam for the sixth year in a row when the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) announced the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) ranking for 2022 on April 11.

Many businesses say state officials are not enthusiastic in solving enterprises’ problems and don’t even take applications to at least discover the enterprises’ problems.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has pledged to remove hurdles faced by foreign firms in terms of administrative procedures, transport infrastructure, and tourism development, said Pham Van Mai, chairman of the municipal government.