National Council on Sustainable Development has new vice chairman

The PM also decided to create the Committee on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) as a professional body of the National Council on Sustainable Development and Competitiveness Improvement.

The Committee on PPP will be chaired by the Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry. A representative of the Vietnam Association of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises will serve as vice chairman of the committee.

National Council on Sustainable Development and Competitiveness Improvement is headed by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

The council is tasked with advising the Government and the PM in building and implementing strategies, policies, plans, programmes, tasks and measures for the effective implementation of the National Plan of Actions to carry out the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The council also plays a consultative role in helping the Government and PM in improving the investment and business environment, and raising productivity and the national competitiveness./.