The world’s leading independent branded business valuation and strategy consultancy kept Việt Nam’s brand strength index at A+. Factors taken into account in the report include the value of product brands, brands of large companies, improvement of the government’s business investment environment and Vietnam’s forecasts of GDP growth and import-export growth. Hoang Minh Chien, deputy director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Trade Promotion Agency, said: “The Ministry of Industry and Trade will cooperate with ministries and provinces to make regulatory supplements to ensure the development of brands for better competitiveness in international integration.”