Vietnam Business Forum to convene year-end session on Dec. 4: VCCI

The year-end session of the Vietnam Business Forum will convene at Lotte Hanoi Hotel in the capital city on December 4, according to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).
Vietnam Business Forum to convene year-end session on Dec. 4: VCCI ảnh 1Following success of the mid-term Vietnam Business Forum 2018 in July, the year-end session of the Vietnam Business Forum will convene in Hanoi on December 4. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The year-end session of the VietnamBusiness Forum will convene at Lotte Hanoi Hotel in the capital city onDecember 4, according to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).

The event will be held by the Vietnam Business ForumAlliance in partnership with the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the WorldBank, and the International Finance Corporation. It will be chaired by PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The forum’s three sessions will focus on followingtopics: resources for infrastructure investment, improving knowledge towardsthe modern industry, and removing barriers for enterprises.

Various presentations will be delivered by working groupson infrastructure, electricity and energy, capital market, banking, trade andinvestment, tax and customs, education, agriculture and tourism.Representatives from the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham),the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), the Korea Chamber of Business inVietnam (KorCham), the British Business Group Vietnam and the Japan BusinessAssociation in Vietnam (JBAV) will also address the event.

The forum will discuss a range of pressing issues, suchas promoting public-private partnership, high-quality financing, enhancingcompetitiveness and reducing burden of bureaucracy to optimise free tradeagreements, tax and customs transparency, and reform of direct power purchaseagreements (DPPA). –VNA
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