Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the Vietnamese delegation attended a banquet hosted by the Queen of Denmark for heads of delegations to the P4G Summit, and a lunch hosted by the Prince and Princess of Denmark as well as the closing ceremony of the summit on October 20.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the Green Growth and the Global Goals (P4G) Summit in Copenhagen on October 20, which also drew leaders of 30 Vietnamese enterprises in green energy, trade, investment, and high technology.
Ho Chi Minh City and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) hope to enhance their ties to facilitate infrastructure development in Vietnam’s southern economic hub.
ADB has approved a 300 million USD policy-based loan to support the Philippines’ efforts to strengthen the framework under which the private sector can participate in the government’s infrastructure development programme.
Ho Chi Minh City welcomes US enterprises’ interest in the city’s medical sector and looks for specific bilateral cooperation, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen.
Ho Chi Minh City will work closely with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in translating the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the two sides into projects, said a municipal official.
The Government will abolish administrative procedures for issuing investment registration certificates for Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) projects, according to the government’s Decree 63.
The capital city of Hanoi attracted 860 million USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first five months of 2018, said Director of the municipal Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Manh Quyen.
Amidst the current financial constraints, the continuing mobilisation of financial resources from non-state sectors for transport infrastructure development is necessary, according to experts.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has proposed building a draft law on investment in public-private partnership (PPP) models, including BOT (build-operate-transfer) form, which is expected to become a legal foundation for all PPP investment activities.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will help Ho Chi Minh City to build a smart city plan, IFC Vice President for Asia and Pacific Nena Stoiljkovic told Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem on April 12.
The Thai Cabinet has endorsed a new draft Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Act in the hope of enhancing investment cooperation between the public and private sectors and bettering the lives of the Thai people.
Ho Chi Minh City hopes the World Bank (WB) will include support for creative city building in the two sides’ MoU of strategic connectivity for 2017 - 2020.
The Vietnamese Government is set to rein in the role of the State in the economy and encourage private sector-led growth.
The National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam will issue more incentive policies and work alongside the Vietnamese Government to facilitate the operation of foreign investors, including those from Singapore, in the country, said NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
There are still bottlenecks in infrastructure investment in Southeast Asia that hamper regional economic growth and connectivity, experts said in an annual conference on Asian competitiveness.
Ho Chi Minh City is committed to creating favourable conditions for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to carry out joint projects based on current laws.
The central city of Da Nang has called for investment in nine projects in tourism and entertainment worth an estimated 500 million USD during the APEC Economic Leaders' Week.
