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Improving production technologies, designs and packaging are among the important factors that could add value to Vietnamese farm produce, businesses have said.

Vietnam was urged to complete the land market to meet requirements and ensure development, experts said.

As blockchain disrupts the banking and finance industry, experts urged caution was needed in its application together with a proper legal framework to limit risks and ensure development is on the right track.

Universities need to train nearly 15,000 navigating officers and other shipping personnel by 2020 to address a shortage of human resources in the maritime industry, according to Dr Nguyen Duc Ca of the Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences.

The domestic auto industry will need several supporting measures including technical barriers to “create differences” between locally-made and imported cars, officials and industry insiders agree.

International standard compliance played an important role for enterprises in general and handicraft enterprises in particular in the context of integration.

As the country is anticipating a boom in franchising in the near future, experts say the legal framework governing franchising is in dire need of improvement.