The government of Vietnam values the cooperation and engagement of
private enterprises in building policies and strategies for
socio-economic development in general and information technology (IT)
industry in particular, said a senior government official.
Norway pledged to continue to make Vietnam a priority in s ODA
provision and will steer its cooperation with Vietnam to new fields,
such as dealing with climate change and developing clean and renewable
energy.
Microsoft Vietnam and the Ministry
of Information and Communication signed a MeoU
that aims to help accelerate the growth of the nation's information and
communications technology industry.
Countries in the sub Mekong region need to have a stronger manifestation
of their initiatives and leadership in the regional development,
leaders of five Mekong river countries agreed at a session of the 19 th
World Economic Forum on East Asia in Ho Chi Minh City on June 6.
Ưith increased foreign investment, there are signs that
Vietnam is now moving in the right direction in invoking structures to
improve the business environment such as public private partnership regimes.
The Vietnamese Government should soon
finalise legal documents on the public-private partnership (PPP) model
for infrastructure projects in the country, said an embassy trade
counsellor.
Japanese investors are interested in
investment cooperation in building and operating deep water ports in
Vietnam, said Japanese Deputy Minister of Land-Infrastructure-Transport
and Tourism Fujita Takehino.
A representative from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has said
his agency will accelerate the process of Japanese ODA-funded projects in
Vietnam .
An eastern north-south freeway that
travels a distance of more than 1,811 kilometres from Hanoi to the
Mekong Delta capital of Can Tho received approval from Prime Minister
Nguyen Tan Dung last week.
About 10 infrastructure projects in
areas of expressway, hi-speed railway and seaport request funding under
the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) form, said the Ministry of
Transport (MoT).
The Ministry of Planning and Investment
and the World Bank jointly held in Hanoi on Nov. 24 a conference
on Vietnam’s Public-Private Partnership Programme in
infrastructure.
A training programme on planting trees
in alkaline soil under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model was
held in the southern province of Kien Giang on November 13.
Vietnam ’s Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai had a busy
visit to the United Kingdom from Oct. 18-21 to discuss ways to boost
the friendship and multifaceted cooperation in the time to come,
prioritising fortes of the both sides.
It will take only five and a half hours
to travel from Hanoi to HCM City by the North-South High Speed Railway
once it is operational, instead of the current 30 hours.
Malaysia has set to enhance its
competitiveness in order to be a high-income economy within a decade,
Malaysian International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamed
said at a recent conference in Kuala Lumpur.
