8/2/2019 PDACN533

1/2

USAID IN VIETNAM

http://vietnam.usaid.gov

15/F Tung Shing Square

2 Ngo Quyen Street, Hanoi

Former USAID Administrator

Henrietta Fore opens trading on

the Hanoi Stock Exchange.

(Photo: USAID)

Economic Growth

BUILDING PUBLIC-PRIVATEPARTNERSHIPSUSAIDs private sectorpartnerships with MasterFoodsand the World CocoaFoundation increase efforts toadvance cocoa production andtrade in the Mekong Delta andthe Central Highlands.USAIDs Last Mile Initiativepartnership with Microsoft,Intel, and Qualcomm promoteswireless connectivity andinformation technology atschools and communitycenters in 63 provinces, manyin rural areas where cablelines did not reach.

Since 2001, USAID/Vietnam has cooperated closely with theGovernment of Vietnam to help speed up the countrys desiredtransition to a market-driven economy. USAID provided the mainsupporting technical assistance for the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral TradeAgreement (BTA). Implementing it effectively has brought a surge ininvestment and bilateral trade and full accession into the World TradeOrganization (WTO), an important step to help Vietnam gain groundin global markets. At the request of the Government of Vietnam,USAID has carried out a range of activities in support of an enhancedbusiness environment.

CREATING CONDITIONS FOR TRADE

USAID's Support for Trade Acceleration project focuses on legalreforms to liberalize Vietnamese markets, expand global trade,attract imports, and open up local investment opportunities. Since2001, USAID has helped draft 93 laws, of which 69 have beenadopted. More than 20,400 participants have attended 290workshops, at which they received some of the 58,000 USAID-funded copies of reference materials supporting reform andeconomic growth. In 2008, USAID worked on 36 out of 39 trade-related laws in the National Assembly's 2007-2011 agenda. Theseinclude supporting trade-facilitating laws on the labor code, creditinstitutions, securities, standards, and arbitration. Others focus onconsumer protection and regulations affecting imports, investment,and exports, such as intellectual property rights.

ENCOURAGING COMPETITIVENESS

USAID's Vietnam Competitiveness Initiative project encouragesactive participation of Vietnamese and foreign enterprises in globaltrade. USAID assistance also supports the Prime Ministers sweepingnew initiative to reduce, simplify, or eliminate the costly and riskyburdens on business/trade caused by tens of thousands of outdatedadministrative procedures and cumbersome regulations. Many are nolonger necessary, far too complex and hostile to business; otherscontinue to proliferate without quality controls or oversight. In 2008,the Prime Minister, with USAID assistance, developed a government-wide reform strategy and master plan for transforming legaldocuments at national and local levels to encourage greatercooperation between the public and private sector in seekingreforms. At the core is a transparent, web-based system to set up anational electronic registry of all laws, regulations, and procedures.In addition, USAID has launched an initiative to develop new policies,legal frameworks and financing models to raise funding for betterinfrastructure funding via private capital markets, and create new jobsto further reduce poverty.

In 2008, USAIDs Provincial Competitiveness Index surveyed 7,820enterprises on 54 factors of competitiveness. Six hundred enterprisesattended 27 provincial diagnostic workshops voicing concerns aboutissues hindering their growth, competitiveness and tradingcapabilities, including customs, export-import credit procedures, andenforcement of intellectual property rights.

8/2/2019 PDACN533

2/2

USAID TI VIT NAM

http://vietnam.usaid.gov

15/F Ta nh Tung Shing

2 Ng Quyn, H Ni

Cu gimc USAID Henrietta

Fore khai mc phin giao dch ti

SGiao dch Chng khon H

Ni(nh: USAID)

Tng trng kinh t

XY DNG QUAN HITC NH NC T NHNQuan hi tc nh nc tnhn ca USAID viMasterFoods v Qu CacaoTh gii lm tng cc n lcthc y sn xut v kinhdoanh cacao ting bngsng Cu Long v TyNguyn. D n Sng kindm cui (LMI) ca USAIDhp tc vi Microsoft, Intel, vQualcomm tng cng cngngh kt ni khng dy vcng ngh thng tin cctrng hc v trung tm cngng ti 63 tnh thnh, nhiutrong s nm cc vngnng thn ng dy cpcha ti c.

T nm 2001, USAID Vit Nam hp tc cht ch vi Chnh phVit Nam nhm thc y qu trnh chuyn sang nn kinh t thtrng nh mong mun ca quc gia ny. USAID h tr k thutchnh cho Hip nh Thng mi Song phng Vit M (BTA).Thc hin Hip nh ny c hiu qu gip Vit Nam tng trng ut v thng mi song phng v gia nhp y vo T chcThng mi Th gii (WTO), mt bc quan trng gip quc giany c c v tr trn cc th trng ton cu. Theo yu cu caChnh ph Vit Nam, USAID thc hin mt lot cc hot ng h trci thin mi trng kinh doanh.

TO IU KIN THUN LI CHO THNG MID n H tr Thc y Thng mi ca USAID tp trung vo cicch php lut nhm t do ha cc th trng ca Vit Nam, mrng thng mi ton cu, thu ht nhp khu, v m ra cc c hiu t cp a phng. T nm 2001, USAID gip son tho 93lut, trong 69 lut c ph chun. Hn 20.400 ngi tham gia 290 hi tho, v nhn c khong 58.000 ti liu thamkho h tr ci cch v tng trng kinh t. Trong nm 2008,USAID tham gia vo 36 trong tng s 39 lut lin quan nthng mi trong Chng trnh lm vic ca Quc hi kha 2007-2011. Qu trnh ny gm h tr cc lut to iu kin thun li chothng mi nh lut lao ng, lut cc t chc tn dng, lut chngkhon, lut tiu chun v quy chun k thut, v lut trng ti. Cclut khc hng vo vic bo v ngi tiu dng v cc quy nh tcng n nhp khu, u t v xut khu, nh quyn s hu tr tu.

KHUYN KHCH CNH TRANHD n Sng kin Cnh tranh Vit Nam ca USAID khuyn khch ccdoanh nghip Vit Nam v nc ngoi tham gia tch cc vo thngmi ton cu. USAID cng h tr sng kin mi ca Th tngChnh ph nhm gim bt, n gin hoc xa b cc gnh nng tnkm v nhiu ri ro trong kinh doanh/thng mi do hng ngn ccth tc hnh chnh lc hu v cc quy nh cng knh gy ra. Nhiuquy nh khng cn cn thit na, qu phc tp v khng thn thinvi doanh nghip; mt s khc tip tc pht sinh m khng ckim tra cht lng hoc gim st. Nm 2008, Th tng Chnhph, vi s gip ca USAID, xy dng chin lc ci cch vk hoch tng th cp chnh ph nhm i mi cc vn bn phplut cp quc gia v a phng khuyn khch tng cng hptc gia khu vc nh nc v t nhn trong tin trnh i mi.Trng tm l h thng trang web minh bch ng ti trn ton quctt c cc lut, quy nh v th tc. Thm vo , USAID c d nxy dng cc chnh sch, khung php l v m hnh ti chnh minhm huy ng vn nhiu hn cho c s h tng thng qua cc thtrng vn t nhn, v to vic lm mi gim ngho.

Nm 2008, D n Chs Cnh tranh cp tnh ca USAID kho st7.820 doanh nghip vi 54 nhn t cnh tranh. Su trm doanhnghip tham gia 27 hi tho cp tnh th hin lo ngi v mt svn cn tr kh nng tng trng, nng lc cnh tranh v kinhdoanh ca h, bao gm th tc hi quan, tn dng xut nhp khu,v vic thi hnh quyn s hu tr tu.