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 - Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien hosted a meeting on May 19 alongside Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam Yaron Mayer to update both sides on the legal review of documents under the free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries, as well as other legal procedures as they prepare for the signing.

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.

A soup made of Vietnam’s onion will be much tastier than onions from other countries. In order to sell onions at high prices, it is necessary to ‘relate’ the story about the typical characteristic that only Vietnam’s onion has.

VOV.VN - Local authorities of Mong Cai city have recommended that Vietnamese people traveling to Dongxing city of China via the Mong Cai International Border Gate go in groups of three and above.

VOV.VN - As many as 38 Chinese tourists completed customs clearance procedures to enter Vietnam on the morning of March 15 through Mong Cai International Border Gate in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

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.