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Representing the business community, Vu Tien Loc, President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, believes the reform of administrative procedures and investment environment should be an absolute requirement for each locality as they try to attract private capital. In line with this, the Government has asked ministries to cut down at least 20% of the number of documents under their authority between 2020 and 2025. … [Read more...] about Vietnam strives to effectively attract private investment

Last Sunday, the first smart city project in Hanoi, carried out by Japan’s Sumitomo and Vietnam’s BRG Group, was officially inaugurated on an area of 330 hectares. So far, 33 cities and provinces around Vietnam have implemented smart city initiatives. Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi are set to become sustainable cities of the future. As part of the government target which aims to make Ho Chi Minh City the first smart city in Vietnam by 2020 and Hanoi by 2030, billion-dollar mega projects are currently underway to build smart cities. Over the years, urbanisation has been a drive for national socio-economic development. The whole country has more than 830 urban areas and the national urbanisation rate has reached 38.6 per cent. The average economic growth in urban areas is 12-15 per cent, 1.5 to two times higher than the national rate. Urban areas have been the centres of socio-economic activities, innovation, education, scientific and technological research, production, trade … [Read more...] about Big expectations for Vietnam in sustainable smart city development