More administrative procedures cut to support foreign firms
More than 5,000 administrative procedures as well as business conditions and specialised inspection procedures have been removed to facilitate European small and medium enterprises’ operation in Vietnam, said Minister, Chairman of the Government’s Office Mai Tien Dung.
Minister, Chairman of the Government’s Office Mai Tien Dung at the dialogue meeting. |
In 2018, the Government will ask ministries, sectors and localities to improve indexes of business environment while promoting labour productivity and competitive capacity so that Vietnam can reach the average level of ASEAN-4 countries (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines), he said.
Inspection works and business investment procedures will be simplified as well, Dung stated.
At the meeting, European firms stated their difficulties, recommending the Vietnamese Government to focus on tax, intellectual property rights, healthcare and other legal issues which have great impacts on foreign trade and investment.
EuroCham Co-Chaiman Nicolas Audier expressed his hope that the Vietnamese Government will address the challenges before the Vietnam-EU free trade agreement takes effect late this year.