Vietnam has recorded an impressive percentage of women in UN peacekeeping operations, said Caitlin Wiesen, former Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam.
The first nearly one million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for children aged five to 12, financed by the Australian government, are expected to arrive in Vietnam on April 9.
The Government has issued a resolution on socio-economic recovery and development programme, and the implementation of the National Assembly’s resolution on fiscal and financial policies in support of the programme.
Nguyen Phuong Tra, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), has welcomed the formation of a new government and hoped that it will make efforts to carry out necessary reforms to bring the country out of the current crisis.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 6 chaired a regular Government meeting, focusing on socio-economic performance in August and the first eight months of this year.
Vietnam is entering the third wave of reforms, with the goal of slashing at least 20 percent of business regulations in the next five years, said Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung.
In recent times, thousands of business conditions, product categories subject to customs checks, and administrative procedures have been cut and simplified in accordance with Government Resolution 68, facilitating production and business activities, significantly contributing to improving the investment and business environment and national competitiveness.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment has asked for corporate income tax (CIT) to be cut for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by half this year in an effort to boost growth when the COVID-19 pandemic eases.
For the first time, Vietnam plans to announce differences between business rules before and after removals or simplifications to evaluate the efficiency of reform efforts.
Ministries, sectors, localities, economic corporations and State-run companies have been requested by the Government to work hard to realise social development tasks of in 2019.
The Government has highlighted the need to strengthen macro-economic foundation and control inflation in a resolution recent released at its regular monthly meeting.
With the spirit of making breakthrough in 2019 and ready for future production, Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam said, the draft Resolution 02 persists in the goal of making Vietnam top 4 in ASEAN in 2021.
The Government on January 1 issued a resolution setting targets for improving the business environment and national competitiveness for 2019 through to 2021.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries and sectors to review and submit their plans to cut 50 percent of their business conditions before August 15.
The Vietnamese Government has issued a resolution on continuing with solutions and tasks to improve the business environment and increase national competitiveness in 2018 and beyond.
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