Ministry of Planning and Investment
Mr. Vo Hong Phuc holds the post of Minister of the MPI
MPI History timeline
October 1955, The Committee of National Planning was set up, under Decree No, 603. TTg.
January 1993, The Committee of National Planning merged The National Committee of Cooperation and Investment and so The Ministry of Planning and Investment was formed.
August 2000, Management board of industrial projects was under the management of the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment is an agency of the Government, performing the State management over planning and investment. Particularly, the MPI is responsible for giving advices as well as plans on fields related to national socio-economic development, domestic and foreign investment, and management of official development assistance source (ODA). The MPI itself is the government agency that takes charge of the management of business registration in Vietnam. The state management over public services in the fields is also the responsibility of the Ministry. Functions, tasks, powers and organization structure of the MPI is more clearly illustrated in the Decree of the Government No. 116/2008/ND-CP.
Further information about the MPI is available on the official website:
http://www.mpi.gov.vn/portal/page/portal/mpi_en/3094
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