If the government takes real action, businesses will have confidence.

The draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of laws on investment and business has just been submitted to the Government by the drafting agency, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, with the finalization of a plan to reduce 53 industries and professions in the List of Conditional Investment and Business Industries compared to current regulations.

Mr. Vu Tien Loc, Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), said that the business community believes that the Government will continue to review and be ready to abolish more unreasonable and inappropriate business lines and conditions.

Sir, the Draft proposes to abolish a number of conditional business lines. However, there is a view that the business lines for which the Government has just issued a decree regulating investment and business conditions should not be abolished yet, but should wait for practical verification...

These issues need to be clarified. In the process of completing 50 draft decrees on business conditions a few months ago, VCCI participated very closely and directly proposed that the Government not issue decrees regulating a number of business conditions at that time. These include businesses such as debt trading services; helmet business for motorcyclists, etc. The reasons have been researched by us based on theoretical, legal and practical grounds.

Mr. Vu Tien Loc - Chairman of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry

For example, in the helmet business for motorcyclists, the core objective in managing helmet production and business activities is to ensure the quality of helmets when they are produced and circulated on the market, protecting the lives of users. This can be controlled through technical standards or product quality requirements.

Currently, there is Technical Regulation QCVN 2:2008/BKHCN - National Technical Regulation on helmets for motorcyclists (April 28, 2008). That means, regardless of business, helmet manufacturing and trading enterprises must meet the conditions on technical standards for products. Therefore, imposing conditions on helmet manufacturing and trading entities is unreasonable and meaningless, while this is a significant barrier to the right to freedom of business...

At that time, the specialized management agencies also agreed with VCCI. However, the Government's viewpoint is to comply with the provisions of the Investment Law, the proposed abolition will be implemented immediately, along with the review of the entire List of Conditional Investment and Business Sectors.

There is also concern that the immediate repeal of a newly issued document will make businesses feel insecure. What is your opinion on this issue?

Demanding legal stability is extremely necessary and important for business operations, but businesses also want what is inappropriate to be amended immediately. We cannot accept stability in a formal way.

A constructive government, a government that listens and acts for development, is not only a government that issues correct and necessary regulations, but also a government that dares to admit mistakes and correct them.

In the context that Vietnam is perfecting its legal system to meet the new requirements of economic integration and the new requirements of the economy in the process of transforming its growth model, amending and supplementing regulations is extremely necessary. Of course, any changes must be carefully considered, based on clear science and practice.

Regarding regulations on business conditions, VCCI's view is that it is not necessary to control business conditions by pre-controlling business conditions. The pre-control mindset will be a barrier to businesses, affecting the "freedom of business of businesses" in the spirit of the Constitution, Investment Law, Enterprise Law and is not consistent with a constructive government that the Prime Minister has committed to.

It can be said that the important goal is still to create a truly transparent, favorable and safe environment for businesses, sir?

That's right. When the Government takes real action and does real work for a favorable business environment for businesses, businesses will certainly have the confidence to do real work and build a long-term development orientation.

According to Baodautu