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VCN- According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the completion of the amendments inDecree 52/ND-CP on e-commerce as well as groups of solutions in the ecosystem on the “Development of e-commerce credit system” in Vietnam will contribute to building a healthy online market, bringing great developments to e-commerce in Vietnam.

VCN- The ban on scrap steel for steel production was lifted by China from the start of January 2021, and is expected to have a big impact on scrap prices in the market.

VCN - In order to ensure power supply, in the next 10 years, each year, the electricity industry needs to invest about US$13-15 billion. In the context of increasing difficulties with the State's investment capital in power projects, clearing barriers to attracting private investment, especially attracting foreign investment, is considered an important solution to help meet huge capital resources in the future.

VCN - The logistics costs of Vietnam are still quite high compared to other countries in the region, directly affecting the competitiveness of Vietnamese enterprises and goods. Solving "bottlenecks" in infrastructure andpolicy mechanisms is an important solution to help cut logistics costs, creating a thrust for Vietnamese businesses and goods in the future.

VCN - Commenting that some anti-corruption mechanisms and policies are still inadequate, National Assembly member Nguyen Minh Son (Tien Giang) said that one of the important solutions in the future is to strictly control the formulation of legal policies, in order to prevent the risk of corruption arising from the period of making legal policies.

VCN- Recently, the US conducted an anti-tax evasion investigation of anti-dumping tax and anti-subsidy for plywood products originating from Vietnam. On the Vietnamese side, there have been many efforts to eliminate enterprises that facilitate fraud and do illegal business onthis issue, protecting the genuine manufacturing industry.

VCN - Equitization helps to make corporate information transparent and improve the efficiency of capital use, production and business activities. However, not all state-owned enterprises after “changing blood” have seen positive changes. There are still many SOEs struggling to implement the task of changing the mode of operation and business in order to optimize operations for enterprises themselves and contribute to economic growth. Two enterprises that Customs News respectively introduced in a series are considered the examples for this fact.