Firms normally have little say in the circular-making process. Their limited involvement has resulted in many impractical circulars that were repealed just a few months after their enactment.
Việt Nam must hasten the process of issuing legal documents and institutional reform to implement free trade agreements (FTAs) and take advantage of these trade deals to boost exports.
Measures must be taken to improve the quality of Viet Nam’s legal documents, said policy researchers and businesses at a conference on Thursday in Ha Noi.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) today launched a website
to regularly legal documents and policies of state agencies on
the supply industry at www.support.gov.vn.
As many as 80 per cent of Vietnamese businesses have never been asked
about drafts for legal documents, Dau Anh Tuan, Head of the Vietnam
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI)''s Legal Department said
yesterday.
The United Kingdom will help Viet Nam to implement the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement through a technical
project that was signed yesterday.
Representatives from small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) and experts
met in Ha Noi yesterday to discuss the role of enterprises in the Law on
Promulgation of Legal Documents.