On the morning of June 11, the National Assembly discussed in groups the Draft Resolution of the National Assembly on the International Financial Center in Vietnam.
Commenting on the draft, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan - National Assembly Delegation of Hanoi City, Director of the Vietnam Academy of Agriculture, was interested in the issue of human resources for financial centers.
Delegate Nguyen Thi Lan acknowledged that the Government has a clear plan and a strategy to prepare human resources for financial centers through: Assigning Viet Duc University along with inviting international experts to train human resources for the center; Planning to send staff to study at strong international financial centers around the world...
Delegate Nguyen Thi Lan agreed with the need for outstanding policies to attract high-quality human resources to the International Financial Center in Vietnam and said that there should be policies for expert families, planning high-end housing areas, schools, and healthcare in the financial center, building very modern, convenient infrastructure institutions that meet international standards to attract investors.
In addition, Vietnam should have a scholarship program to support domestic human resource training, support excellent students studying finance and accounting; at the same time, support financial staff to study advanced programs, study and take international financial certificates.
On the other hand, Ms. Lan suggested that there should be a policy to send Vietnamese students who are good at international financial studies to do an internship for about 6-12 months at international financial centers to increase Vietnam's human resources working at international financial centers. Along with that, there is a special preferential policy for Vietnamese people studying and working in the financial sector abroad to work in financial centers.
Regarding policies on labor, employment and social security, delegate Nguyen Thi Lan said that the draft resolution should add other incentives for businesses in the Financial Center that employ many Vietnamese workers (which can be determined by the number of people or the proportion of Vietnamese workers in the total number of workers used), especially for young workers, who are well-trained both domestically and internationally to serve the goal of developing high-quality human resources.
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan agreed with the drafting agency on the necessity of establishing an international financial center in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang to attract investment resources, as well as create new growth momentum, helping Vietnam to deeply integrate with the international community and enhance Vietnam's position in the international financial network; agreed that the formation of a financial center in Vietnam must have some outstanding policies, much better than other financial centers. Thereby, creating attraction to attract investors.
To bring the resolution into life and attract real investors, delegate Nguyen Thi Lan added:
"Government specialized agencies need to regulate and clarify the list of prohibitions, specialized inspection processes, and specific incentive policies. In addition, there is an inter-sectoral management coordination mechanism to create transparency and attract investors; at the same time, adding the principle of priority in applying international law and international practices in import-export activities at international financial centers".
