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n order to support the recovery of the
tourism industry, the Ministry of Cul-
I ture, Sports, and Tourism is focusing
on a group of solutions, such as strength-
ening communications activities and infor-
mation technology application in tourism,
accelerating the process of digital trans-
formation, helping businesses speed up
the recovery process, and restructuring
tourism businesses, etc. Many tourism
products will be diversified in order to
meet new market trends. Another impor-
tant group of solutions is support for the
restructuring of the tourism industry.
Human resources will play an important
role in the short-term recovery and in
improving long-term competitiveness, so MR. PHAM VAN THUY,
Vietnam should invest more in training Deputy Director-General of the Vietnam National
staff at hotels and travel agents and also Administration of Tourism
tour guides, and give priority to developing
the scale of the tourism industry and recovery and tourism staff, and adopt
regaining its growth momentum. It is new mechanisms and policies towards
MS. NGUYEN CAM TRANG, important to continue to support business assisting the tourism industry. %
Deputy Director of the Import-Export Department
at the Ministry of Industry and Trade
2022 will be an important milestone, as create a foundation for socio-economic
ietnam has made great efforts to Vietnam must not only overcome short- development in the medium and long
integrate into the global economic term difficulties and challenges but also terms in order to achieve the goals in the
V flow. This can be seen in the fact Resolution from the 12th Party Congress
that trade turnover is still growing despite regarding the socio-economic development
the difficulties posed by Covid-19. The strategy in the 2021-2030 period and the
Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) socio-economic development strategy in
aims to maximize the effectiveness of the 2021-2025 period. The recent extra-ordi-
recovery program. Businesses, however, nary session of the 15th National Assembly
also need to make good use of agreements. passed a resolution on supporting eco-
They need to be proactive in all respects, nomic recovery and development costing
such as market demand and customers, nearly VND350 trillion ($15.3 billion),
in order to meet higher standards. Coor- which will not only set a goal of GDP
dination between the MoIT and the Min- growth reaching 6.5-7 per cent per year
istry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the 2021-2025 period but also production
in agricultural production is really impor- and business activities being quickly
tant in order to ease the recent congestion restored and a number of important fields
of agricultural products and meet market being developed and prioritized. The most
needs. Moreover, Vietnam must improve important matter is a specific action plan
the quality of its agricultural products MR. NGUYEN HONG SON, to effectively reach the goals, strengthen
because China is raising its requirements Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s governance, and ensure transparency to
Economic Commission
in terms of quality and origin. % avoid policy profiteering. %

ith this economic recovery sup- business restructuring through adaptation
port package, our expectation is and initiatives. The restructuring of the
W not only that it will directly sup- economy must be adaptive and proactive.
port the aviation sector but will also create For example, amid Covid-19, Vietnam Air-
markets and promote development in other lines modified its passenger aircraft into
industries. Supporting the economy and all cargo aircraft, so cargo revenue rose 17 per
industries is about enabling our recovery cent despite the number of flights falling. It
and growth. I also believe there are oppor- opened 22 new domestic routes and
tunities relating to infrastructure, because expanded other business activities, such as
this is very important for the aviation sector. opening two more e-commerce platforms
Activities in the aviation sector need to be related to selling tours. We also issued shares,
MR. NGUYEN QUANG TRUNG, prioritized around reopening, which will sold old aircraft, and restructured investment
Head of the Development and Planning create conditions for other industries to portfolios and land funds to create new
Department at Vietnam Airlines recover. Vietnam Airlines will set goals in capital sources amid the pandemic. %

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