The Ministry of Transport (MoT) is developing a plan to reduce and simplify eleven regulations relating to business activities in registration and inland waterways, with some regulations and compliance costs removed completely. The ministry plans to reduce and simplify 54 regulations this year.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has declined to adopt a proposal from the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) in which it called for the purchase of domestic fabric for export production to be subject to a value-added tax (VAT) rate of 0 per cent. The industry is being weighed down by difficulties due to labor shortages and rising costs, making the 2021 target of exporting $39 billion worth of goods problematic.