Vietnam Today

British Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Alexandra Smith highlighted key upcoming events on the occasion of Standing Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh’s UK visit from March 16-19.

A delegation of U.S. companies from many fields is on a 3-day visit to Vietnam.

With nearly 1 million enterprises and about 5 million individual business households, the private economic sector currently contributes to about 51% of GDP and more than 30% of the state budget, creates more than 40 million jobs, accounts for over 82% of the total workforce in the economy, and makes up nearly 60% of total investment across the entire society, according to Party General Secretary To Lam.

A roundtable on foreign direct investment in Vietnam held on March 17 in London under the co-chair of Standing Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

At a meeting of the Government's steering committee for the development of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation, and Project 06, held on March 18, PM Pham Minh Chinh asked for allocating at least 3 per cent of the 2025 State budget for science and technology development.

The Directive highlights waste prevention as a critical resource for driving growth, complementing traditional economic drivers.