A flight to quality will remain a key theme in the HCM City office market in 2023 as both foreign and domestic companies are setting ambitious net-zero targets to comply with environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) regulations, experts said.
Environment, society, and governance (ESG) is an approach that businesses need to take in sustainable development as Vietnam promotes green growth and targets net zero emissions, according to experts.
Foreign experts have appreciated Vietnam’s economic governance policies to help well control the impact of imported inflation, given increasing inflation in many countries around the world.
The Business Registration Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment has released a report assessing Vietnamese enterprises’ responsiveness to the COVID-19 pandemic, and proposed some measures for improving their adaptability to crises.
Amid the US Federal Reserve (FED)’s continuous increases of interest rates to cope with inflation, the most important task for Vietnam now is to keep macro-economic stability, with monetary stability being the core, economic experts have said.
Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong has underscored that credit governance must be prudent to help curb inflation and stabilise the macro-economy when responding to legislators’ concern about credit for real estate.
The northern province of Bac Ninh has been working to improve local governance indicators, including the provincial competitiveness index (PCI), the provincial Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI), the Satisfaction Index of Public Administration Services (SIPAS), the Public Administration Reform (PAR) Index, and the Digital Transformation Index (DTI).
A workshop on building common development strategies for higher education was held at the Free University of Brussels (ULB) in Belgium on September 29, attracting representatives of eight Vietnamese and Cambodian universities and the Francophone University Agency (AUF).
Sustainable corporate governance is not only an important factor for enterprises to maintain effective operations, but it also represents a chance to elevate governance in the new period, according to experts.
Thanks to flexible governance measures, especially the governance of uncertainties, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has stayed resilient to oil price fluctuations and the COVID-19 pandemic’ impacts over the last three years.
A workshop was held in the central province of Quang Binh on September 16 to review a cooperation model for managing and conserving the Hatinh langur, a critically endangered primate, in a special-use forest in Tuyen Hoa district.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has demanded that people and enterprises must be the centre, key player, target, and momentum of administrative procedure reforms.
A national teleconference took place under the chair of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 15 to promote administrative procedure reforms and governance modernisation.
Ho Chi Minh City is coordinating with the World Bank (WB) to develop a data management strategy, aiming to help the city better cultivate data for governance works, said Vo Thi Trung Trinh, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Information and Communications on August 30.
The Centre for Sustainable Rural Development (SRD) and the Vietnam Administration of Forestry co-organised a forum on sustainable forest governance and timber trade monitoring in Hanoi on August 22.
Hanoi is seeking experience from Singapore in urban governance, social housing development and enhancing capacity for cadres, Chairman of municipal People’s Committee Tran Sy Thanh has said.
A forum on good governance serving international integration took place in Hanoi on August 4 as part of the 21st ASEAN Conference on Civil Service Matters (ACCSM 21).
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting attended by ministries and sectors on July 28 to discuss short- and long-term measures for keeping inflation under control, stabilising the macro-economy, and promoting socio-economic recovery and development.
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