Though, on the list of the top 500 companies in Vietnam in 2015 and the white book about the country’s economy released on Tuesday, state-run Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) remained at the top.

Other enterprises in the top rank of the list include Samsung Electronics Vietnam Co, Ltd, Vietnam National Petroleum Group, Electricity of Vietnam, and Viettel Group.

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Minh Hong said the honoured firms were those that have strived to surpass challenges and difficulties over the past year to develop in both production and business.

“These enterprises will contribute to accelerating the country’s integration process,” he said.

The “White book on Vietnam economy in 2016: on path to integration” was launched on the occasion.

The Vietnamese-English bilingual book focuses on the country’s economic achievements in 2015, forecasts for 2016 and the TPP’s impacts on the country’s development and integration.

The report also shows that 57.1 per cent of enterprises had positive changes in production and business in the first 10 months of last year. The other 32.1 per cent had stable operations in comparison to the same period last year.

More than 48.1 per cent of the enterprises pinned high hopes on the production and business situation this year. However, enterprises were more prudent in assessing the long-term with 44 per cent expecting that their business will be “basically better” in the next five years.

The report points out that simplified administrative procedures is the priority to raise the country’s competitiveness after the TPP goes into effect.

Enterprises also express their hope that the government will increase efficiency and transparency during the implementation of regulations, and stabilise the macro-economy.