The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) held a consultation conference in Hanoi on October 1 on its draft programme on economic recovery and development in combination with improving internal capacity and resilience of the economy for the 2022-2023 period.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on October 1 launched the Vietnam Workforce for an Innovation and Start-up Ecosystem (WISE) project.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has coordinated with relevant ministries, sectors, agencies and localities to build a draft resolution on supporting and developing businesses in the 2021-2025 period, with a target of about 710,000 newly-established enterprises in the period.
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has recommended six groups of solutions to help solve difficulties for enterprises during a recent meeting between Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and representatives of the business circle and localities.
In October, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) will submit to the Government an economic recovery plan, which defines the years of 2022 to 2023 as the time for the country’s recovery, according to MPI Minister Nguyen
Chi Dung
Despite COVID-19 impacts, foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Vietnam during the first nine months of this year rose 4.4 percent year on year to 22.15 billion USD, reported the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Complicated developments of the latest resurgence of COVID-19 have severely impacted production and business activities of cities and provinces in the southeast and Mekong Delta regions, slowing down economic development pace of these two major economic areas of the country.
Vietnamese enterprises invested 575 million USD abroad in the January-August period, up over 74 percent over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment's data.
The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh has suggested the Ministry of Planning and Investment propose the Prime Minister approve the allocation of 17.2 trillion VND (754 million USD) to carry out three key projects.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment estimates the total State budget to reach 516.7 trillion VND (22.6 billion USD) in 2022, up 8.3 percent against 2021’s plan.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment has drawn up a programme on supporting digital transformation in enterprises, cooperatives and household businesses during the 2021-2025 period.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment has said that it is coordinating with relevant ministries, agencies and localities to build a national economic restructuring plan for the 2021-2025 period, with an aim to creating a breakthrough change in the growth model towards higher productivity, quality and competitiveness.
While the investment flow from traditional partners has shown signs of slowing down, the exploration of new markets will help Vietnam maintain success in attracting foreign investment.
Vietnam’s overseas investment surged 74.1 percent year on year to 575 million USD in the first eight months of 2021, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
A webinar themed “Fostering investment cooperation between Vietnam and the Middle East: potential, opportunities and new approaches” was held in Hanoi on August 26.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment is developing a draft programme to support digital transformation in enterprises, cooperatives and business households for 2021-2025, to meet the practical and urgent needs of the fourth industrial revolution and tackling the pandemic.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has consulted community businesses to develop the Government's resolution on supporting businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some special cooperation programmes are being carried out by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) with a view to helping Vietnamese enterprises boost exports via e-commerce giant Amazon.
The Swiss Government will provide 70 million CHF (nearly 80 million USD) to help Vietnam improve its business climate and boost its private sector’s competitiveness, according to a cooperation programme between the two countries for 2021 – 2024, which was announced at a virtual ceremony on August 6.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Enterprise Development Agency has teamed up with the Amazon Global Selling Vietnam to launch a programme for firms interested in export via e-commerce.
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