Vietnamese family businesses optimism about growth prospects: PwC

The UK-based audit service supplier PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has released its first survey on Vietnamese family businesses, which showed optimism in their future development.
Vietnamese family businesses optimism about growth prospects: PwC ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The UK-based audit service supplierPricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has released its first survey on Vietnamese familybusinesses, which showed optimism in their future development.

The survey is part of the PwC’s 10th PwC Global FamilyBusiness Survey, which unearths the current thinking and future outlook of 2,801family business leaders across 87 countries and territories, of which 33 werefrom Vietnam, representing a diverse mix of businesses and industries.

According to the survey, 65 percent of Vietnamese familybusinesses expect to grow in 2021, and 75 percent expect to grow in 2022

Meanwhile, 33 percent of the businesses think they willexperience aggressive growth in 2022 which is higher than both regional andglobal family businesses surveyed.

Besides, 55 percent of Vietnamese respondents will focus onintroducing new products and services, following by increasing use of newtechnologies (52 percent).

The current operating model among Vietnamese familybusinesses is concentrated on family and owner managed businesses (52 percentand 36 percent respectively).

However, the survey findings show that in five years,Vietnamese family businesses will shift towards more external involvement infamily businesses. In detail, it will transit from owner/family managedbusinesses to family-owned/ externally-managed or externally-run businesses(increased to 60 percent from 12 percent)./.
VNA

See more

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Ministry responds to escalating global trade tensions

Amidst the complicated developments in the global market, the MoIT has directed foreign market departments and Vietnam’s trade offices abroad to closely monitor market trends, as well as economic, political, and policy changes in the region and the world that could impact trade with Vietnam.

The Vietnamese online shopping and food delivery sector used about 160,000 cardboard boxes and 171,000 tonnes of plastic, mainly single-use plastic, in 2024. (Photo: vneconomy.vn)

Ministry proposes developing green e-commerce law

The MoIT's draft proposal to develop the Law on E-commerce will be included in the National Assembly's law and ordinance development programme in 2025 and will be presented to the NA for consideration and comments in October 2025, before being approved at a NA meeting in May 2026.

In 2025, Goertek will invest in a new project and bring more experts and new technology equipment to Vietnam. (Photo: Goertek)

Vietnam expects big FDI wave in 2025

More than 4.33 billion USD in foreign investment was registered in Vietnam in January, an increase of 48.6% compared to the same period last year.

The Lao Bao border gate, Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province. (Photo: VNA)

Nearly 200 projects registered in Quang Tri's IPs

Two economic zones and two industrial parks in the central province of Quang Tri have so far attracted nearly 200 investment projects, with a total registered capital exceeding 172.4 trillion VND (6.78 billion USD) and a planned land use of over 5,978ha.

At the meeting (Photo: VNA)

PM urges business leaders to drive economic growth

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh encouraged businesses to actively engage in large-scale national projects, such as the North-South high-speed railway, standard-gauge railways connecting with China, urban railways, and the nuclear power project.