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The mid-term Vietnam Business Forum 2015 will focus on solutions and measures to grow private enterprises and make them be more competitive and be big enough to join the global supply chain.

The competitiveness of Vietnamese agricultural and aquatic products is weakening compared to that of foreign counterparts in the global market, leading to a dramatic fall in these commodities’ exports so far.

Domestic logistics businesses should seek to improve their capacity, infrastructure and new services to enhance their competitiveness under pressure from signed or to-be-signed free trade agreements (FTA), experts said.

Singapore and Malaysia have maintained their positions in the top 15 of the world competitiveness rankings, according to the World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) published by the Swiss International Institute for Management Development (IMD).

The Department of Industry and Trade in southern Dong Nai province had a working session with relevant departments and sectors to seek ways to enhance the competitiveness of local businesses.

The application of technology in agricultural production is crucial for the sector’s sustainable development and the competitive enhancement of produce price and quality, Truong Quang Hoai Nam, Vice Chairman of the Can Tho People’s Committee, told Dai Doan Ket newspaper.

Measures to maintain the provincial competitiveness index’s (PCI) momentum in northern Bac Ninh province were debated during a workshop on May 11.