Truong Gia Binh, President of Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (Source: ictnews.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The National Private EconomicDevelopment Research Board made its debut in Hanoi on October 30.
The board, managed by the Government’s Advisory Council for AdministrativeProcedure Reform, is aimed at helping the Government reform mechanism, policiesand administrative procedures related to the private economic sector, inkeeping with the national economic objectives.
It also takes the initiative of setting up an assistingsystem and mobilising resources for the performance of the assigned tasks.
The board is chaired by Truong Gia Binh, who is also Presidentof Vietnam Software and IT Services Association and Deputy Chairman of theAdvisory Council for Administrative Procedure Reform.
Binh’s deputy is the General Director of Vina Capital Groupand Deputy Chairman of Global Agenda Council on ASEAN (World Economic Forum)Don Di Lam.
Members of the board also include representatives from theVietnam Software and IT Services Association, the Business Federation ofsouthern Binh Duong province, Shrimp Association of southern Binh Thuanprovince and the Tourism Advisory Board, as well as the Vietnam Private SectorForum’s Advisory Board and Vina Capital Group.
Statistics from the Ministry of Planning and Investmentshowed that the private economic sector contributes 43.22 percent to thecountry’s gross domestic product (GDP). It targeted to raise the figure to 60percent by 2020.
The sector currently accounts for 39 percent of the totalsocial investment and generates 11.9 percent of all jobs.
Meanwhile, the State economic sector contributes 28.69percent to the GDP.-VNA
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Truong Gia Binh, President of Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (Source: ictnews.vn) 
