Chair of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Vu Tien Loc believes that attaching importance to developing the private economic sector is the way to make the country prosperous.

Both domestic and foreign investors putting money in Vietnam’s priority fields or projects using cutting-edge and environmentally-friendly technologies should receive the same preferential treatments.

In the final part of her interview with VietNamNet, economist Pham Chi Lan talked about “creative government”, human resources in the state apparatus, and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

In the second part of her talks to VietNamNet, economic expert Pham Chi Lan spoke about the hard work of PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the inertia of the government apparatus, and the odd method of GDP calculation of Vietnam.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has been in office for eight months and his actions have captured the attention of both the mainstream press and social networks. VietNamNet talked to Ms. Pham Chi Lan, an independent economic expert. 

Nearly 250 Vietnamese businesses have decided to work with each other to bring high-quality products to Vietnamese consumers, a move that will help them compete with foreign goods flooding the home market.

 Viet Nam needs a comprehensive competition policy to ensure fair competition in the market economy, said Nguyen Dinh Cung, director general of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).

The strong message the economists – the authors of the Vietnam 2035 Report – want to convey is that Vietnam needs to carry out reform, or it will lag behind, according to Pham Chi Lan, a renowned economist, a member of the report preparation team.

VietNamNet Bridge - While Vietnam makes every effort to strive for trade liberalization internationally, it has limited liberalization internally, according to Pham Chi Lan, a renowned economist.