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VBF_VCCI'S INVITATION & REQUEST FOR VBF'S CONTRIBUTION IN THE COMING 2017 DIALOGUE HELD BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTER & BUSINESS COMMUNITIES
As you might know, the Prime Minister will be again holding a Dialogue with the business communities in 2017. The Dialogue is expected to be taken place around the end of March or the beginning of April. The date and specific venue (Hanoi) will be confirmed later.
The Government Office is in charge of organizing event in cooperation with VCCI, MPI and related agencies. VCCI is assigned to collect issues/obstacles with concrete recommendations from businesses.
VCCI sent an official letter to request VBF’s strong cooperation and contribution to the success of the Dialogue with 2 specific inputs:
• Brief comments on the implementation of the Resolution No. 35/NQ-CP dated May 16 of the Government (Attached are questionnaire for the comments)
• Raising issues/difficulties during operation in Vietnam and proposing concrete measures to improve business environment in Vietnam
We hereby enclose the VCCI letter both in EN & VIE and the questionnaires in EN & VIE .
We would appreciate if you could send your input to us at info@vbf.org.vn & hcmc@hkbav.org for our consolidation and sending to VCCI before 10th March 2017.
Please be kindly noted that your input should be both in English and Vietnamese at maximum of 10 A4 pages.
Detailed information about the Dialogue will be informed when available.
Thank you very much for your attention and cooperation.
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Vietnam Business Forum (“VBF”) Secretariat
T: (04) 3715 2223/ 3715 2226 F: (04) 3715 2218
E: info@vbf.org.vn W: www.vbf.org.vn/
Add: G/F, Pan Pacific Hanoi, No. 1 Thanh Nien Road, Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam
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