PM sets up economic advisory group
(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has established an economic advisory group led by Vu Viet Ngoan, former head of the National Financial Supervisory Commission.
 Former Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh is a member of the Prime Minister's new economic advisory group (Photo: VNA) |
The 14-member team will advise the Prime Minister on mid-term and long-term economic policies and strategies as well as annual socio-economic development plans. The advisors will also suggest revisions to current policies and regulations and measures to cope with new domestic and global developments. The group includes some economists who are working and teaching in France, Japan, Singapore and the US. Vietnam targets an ambitious economic growth of 6.7% this year.