VIETNAM PRIVATE SECTOR SPURS HANOI'S GROWTH IN PAST 3 YEARS.

(From Asia Pulse)

HANOI, Oct 13 Asia Pulse - The private economic sector has quickly become an increasingly important factor of Hanoi's economy and it is playing an active role in increasing the capital's social and economic development, Secretary of Hanoi Party Committee Nguyen Phu Trong said.

In a speech at the 17th Executive Conference of the City Committee Party, held earlier this month, Trong said government agencies need to help businesses operate more effectively by continuing to perfect policies that are designed to assist private businesses with capital, technology and markets.

Hanoi's People's Committee reported that there are currently nearly 25,000 non-State …