VietNamNet Bridge – The private sector's role in scientific and technological developments is very low in Viet Nam, Ho Ngoc Luat, director of the Department for Science and Technology for Localities, tells Dat Viet (Viet Land)

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government should propose that "civil economic" offences be decriminalised, Vu Tien Loc, Chairman of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, told the Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Contractors should take note of some useful additions to the Law on Public Procurement, which took effect July 1.

VietNamNet Bridge – Circular 05/2014/TT-NHNN (12 March 2014) issued by the State Bank of Viet Nam contains guidelines on opening and using indirect investment capital accounts for implementing foreign indirect investment activities in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's economic outlook is better than in previous years. Cao Sy Kiem, president of the Viet Nam Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Association, spoke with the Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam

VietNamNet Bridge – The Finance Ministry (MOF) will focus on strengthening revenue collection and helping Vietnamese enterprises overcome difficulties this year, says Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Advance estimates indicate that the financial climate next year will bring in winds of change. Viet Nam's gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate is forecast to reach 5.67 per cent next year,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The wisdom of Vietnamese enterprises outsourcing production to other countries in order to earn higher profits, taking advantage of local consumers' preference for imported products, is being questioned by experts and officials.

VietNamNet Bridge – Forty-one ageing cargo ships owned by Vietnamese enterprises are lying idle in ports and harbours around the country because the current law on environmental protection doesn't allow them to be scrapped.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese enterprises so far have invested in 124 projects in Cambodia with total registered capital of some US$2.5 billion, four times higher than the figure in 2009.