Business Issues Bulletin

IFC-MPDF’s Business Issues Bulletin is published every two months in Vietnam and quarterly in Cambodia and Lao PDR in order to provide summaries of key business issues and stimulate debate. Each issue provides the latest research findings and analysis of a particular issue, plus related comments by key local stakeholders. Each issue can be downloaded in English and the respective national language by clicking on the appropriate link below.


VIETNAM

Issue 29: Reform of the Minerals Law
English | Vietnamese

Issue 28: The Land Law 2003
English | Vietnamese

Issue 27: Vietnam's Investment Regulations
English | Vietnamese

Issue 26: Provincial Economic Governance and Its Impact on Local Competitiveness
English | Vietnamese

Issue 25: Doing Business in Vietnam: Policies improve in 2007 but obstacles remain
English | Vietnamese

Issue 24: Legal and Institutional Reform for Secured Transactions: Opportunities for asset-based lending in Vietnam
English | Vietnamese

Issue 23: Enterprise and Investment Laws in Place, but implementation still being hindered
English | Vietnamese

Issue 22: Access to Land: Issues faced by Private Sector
English | Vietnamese

Issue 21: The State Capital Investment Corporation: How Will it Achieve its Mandate?
English | Vietnamese

Issue 20: Streamlining the business startup process: Further improvements to the Government Circular still needed
English | Vietnamese

Issue 19: Effective Implementation: the next step for the new Enterprise and Investment Laws
English | Vietnamese

Issue 18: Starting a business in Vietnam - How easy?
English | Vietnamese

Issue 17: Streamlining business licensing is a crucial step towards sustainable regulatory reform in Vietnam
English | Vietnamese

Issue 16: Targeted Policies that Support Women's Entrepreneurship Can Boost Vietnam's Economic Growth
English | Vietnamese

Issue 15: Private credit bureaus - Can Improve Access to Credit in Vietnam
English | Vietnamese

Issue 14: Despite Many Reforms, Doing Business is Still not Easy in Vietnam
English | Vietnamese

Issue 13: Good Corporate Governance - A Prerequisite for Sustainable Business
English | Vietnamese

Issue 12: The Common Investment Law - Still not Fully Supportive of Private Investment
English | Vietnamese

Issue 11: Private Sector Firms - Size matters
English | Vietnamese

Issue 10: The Unified Enterprise Law - Another Step Towards an Enabling Business Environment
English | Vietnamese

Issue 9: Investment Incentives in Vietnam - An Opportune Time to Change
English | Vietnamese

Issue 8: The Business Environment in Vietnam - An Overview of the Year 2004
English | Vietnamese

Isuue 7: Business Development Services - Key to the Growth and Functioning of Enterprises
English | Vietnamese

Issue 6: Good Local Governance - A Key to Economic Growth
English | Vietnamese

Issue 5: SOE Valuation - An Ongoing Challenge for Equitization
English | Vietnamese

Issue 4: Corporate Social Responsibility - The Business Case for Sustainable Development
English | Vietnamese

Issue 3: Trademark Protection - Crucial to compete
English | Vietnamese

Issue 2: The Stock Market in Vietnam - Development Challenges
English | Vietnamese

Issue 1: The Revised Draft Land Law – Implications for the Business Community
English | Vietnamese


CAMBODIA

Issue 17: Microfinance in Cambodia: Taking the Sector to the Next Level
English | Khmer

Issue 16: Strengthening the Financial Sector in Cambodia
English | Khmer

Issue 15: The Tourism Law in Cambodia: Balancing regulation and facilitation of the sector
English | Khmer

Issue 14: Commercial Disputes and the New National Arbitration Center
English | Khmer

Issue 13: Informal Charges Hinder Business Growth in Cambodia
English | Khmer

Issue 12: Provincial Business Environment Scorecard (PBES)
English | Khmer

Issue 11: Inappropriate Application of Breach of Trust and its Impact on the Cambodian Economy
English | Khmer

Issue 10: Cambodia’s WTO Agreements: a Review of Legislative Commitments
English | Khmer

Issue 9: Alternative Dispute Resolution:What it is, and why it is relevant to Cambodia
English | Khmer

Issue 8: Making Microfinance Work for the Poor: Key Principles
English | Khmer

Issue 7: Doing Business in 2005 - Comparing Cambodian Business Environment with the World
English | Khmer

Issue 6: A Summary of Cambodia's WTO Agreement
English | Khmer

Issue 5: The Garment Sector in Cambodia: Post - MFA Outlook
English | Khmer

Issue 4: The Case for Sustainable Business Practices
English | Khmer

Issue 3: Constraints to the Competitiveness of Cambodia's Private Sector
English | Khmer

Issue 2: Company Registration in Cambodia: Why Do Firms Stay Informal?
English | Khmer

Issue 1: A Review of Constraints to SME Financing
English | Khmer


LAO PDR

Issue 8: Streamlining Business Registration in Lao PDR
English | Lao

Issue 7: Toward a Unified Investment Promotion Law
English | Lao

Issue 6: Improving the Investment Climate for the Mining Sector in Lao PDR
English | Lao

Issue 5: Major Steps Towards Improving the Legal Infrastructure of the Financial Sector in Lao PDR
English | Lao

Issue 4: The New Enterprise Law : A Major Step Towards Improving Business Environment in LaoPDR
English | Lao

Issue 3: Streamlining Business Startup through Effective Implementation of the Enterprise Law
English | Lao

Issue 2: The Lao Business Forum - Creating a better Business Environment through Public-Private Dialogue
English | Lao

Issue 1: High import and export costs - A key constraint for the competitiveness of Lao industry
English | Lao