VOV.VN - Despite the Vietnamese business climate enjoying significant improvements in recent years, there remain obstacles that need to be addressed soon to facilitate business operations, experts said at a workshop in Hanoi o April 20.

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) need to enhance their autonomy and responsibility under market mechanisms to contribute to the growth of the economy, according to a report by the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).

VOV.VN - Vietnam has been active in negotiating and signing five free trade agreements (FTAs) with major partners, highlighting the country’s international economic integration process as a bright and impressive part of the Government’s management during the 2016 to 2020 period.

Experts attending a workshop in Hanoi on March 12 suggested creating an equal competition environment and reforming the system of State resources allocation to spur the development of the private economic sector in Vietnam.

Dr Tran Thi Hong Minh, Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), talks to the Vietnam News Agency about Vietnam’s potential for economic development in 2021.

A conference was held in Hanoi on January 21 to discuss measures to improve the domestic business environment and competitiveness of the economy as well as orientations for the next five years.

A workshop discussing measures to improve the effectiveness of the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement and enhance the autonomy of Vietnam’s economy in the context of international integration was held in Hanoi on January 20.

VOV.VN - Economic experts forecast that there are two scenarios ahead for the nation’s economic growth in the year ahead, with economic growth of 5.98% expected in the first scenario and estimated growth of 6.46% in the second scenario.

The Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) organised a workshop in Hanoi on December 8 to collect comments from relevant units on the report on impacts of some major types of sharing economy before submitting it to the Government.

VOV.VN - The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused plenty of consequences whilst having a negative impact on the local economy, with growth momentum slowing down, and even contracting in some sectors, according to economic experts.