The number of complaints and denunciations since the end of 2016 has declined, but there have been more complicated cases involving larger numbers of people, according to a Government report on the settlement of complaints and denunciations in 2017.

The European Parliament (EP)’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) and the Vietnamese Government have agreed that they have to make concerted efforts for the ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) in the next eight or nine months.

More people will receive legal aid following changes to the Law on Legal Assistance.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ met leaders of international organisations based in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday. 

The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Thursday agreed on the necessity to amend the Law on Competition to address inadequacies in the 12-year-old legislation.

Việt Nam is stepping up the equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOE) and wants foreign investors to get involved in the process, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said on Thursday. He made the remark at a reception for foreign investors.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Chair of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee (INTA) Bernd Lange discussed the signing of the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) during their meeting in Hà Nội yesterday. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc assured visiting Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko that the Vietnamese Government offers all possible support to Japanese investors in Việt Nam.

While labour productivity in Việt Nam remains low compared with neighbouring countries, the drastically disproportionate increase of minimum wage and wages might harm the competitiveness of businesses and the development of the country.