This is a big challenge, but also an opportunity for anybody who can quickly grasp the chance.

The government is divesting its capital from leading enterprises in fields of beverage, plastics, steel and milk.

At the government’s monthly meeting on solutions for development, representatives from ministries and corporations are confident of attaining their respective objectives.

Businesses are expecting interest rate cut as GDP growth in the first half of this year has failed to meet the projection. However, in order to cut interest rates without exercising pressure on the banking sector, it is necessary to find way to cut deposit rates.

The ratio of enterprises to population in Hanoi stood at 1:38, nearly four times the national average at 1:144.