Hanoi, March 27 -- Ministries, sectors and localities need to drastically improve the business environment, including bettering the efficiency in implementing reform.

That was the message from Nguyen Thi Minh Thao, head of the Business Environment and Competitiveness Research Department at the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).

In addition, improving the business environment should be associated with responsibility of the leaders of organisations, she said.

Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Duy Dong said this year had already seen a number of difficulties for businesses. In January alone, the number of businesses withdrawing from the market nearly doubled compared to those entering.

On January 5, the Gover...