December 19, 2011
Vietnam’s shipbuilding giant Vinashin is weighing penalties for those responsible for its losses, the Prime Minister said, answering questions at a recent National Assembly session over the giant’s debts. Nguyen Tan Dung said the state-owned group has finished identifying people responsible for driving it to the edge of bankruptcy last year and is working [...]
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December 1, 2011
A National Assembly session in progress Vietnam’s parliament Saturday agreed to begin drafting a law on demonstration during its office term from now until 2016, the VnExpress newswire reported Saturday. According to the unicameral National Assembly’s Standing Committee, the law needs to be drafted to create a legal tool for Vietnamese people to enjoy their rights and for [...]
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November 19, 2011
Workers on strike at a Ho Chi Minh City-based company. A bill on demonstration has sparked controversy at the Vietnam National Assembly’s sitting on Thursday, as some lawmakers find the law unnecessary, while others disagree. Hoang Huu Phuoc, a member of the legislature from Ho Chi Minh City, proposed the National Assembly not introduce the Law on [...]
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November 15, 2011
 Several economists are saying the government should not commit itself to any gross domestic product target, adding economic growth cannot be a forced process. Vietnam should just follow other countries and release regular economic forecasts instead, they suggest. Vu Quang Viet, who has worked with the United Nations Statistical Division, said GDP growth [...]
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November 9, 2011
Vietnamese lawmakers backed a plan that aims for annual economic growth of as much as 7 percent through 2015 and seeks to quell Asia’s highest inflation. The National Assembly approved an objective of 6.5 percent to 7 percent annual economic expansion from 2011 to 2015 and a goal of reducing inflation to 5 percent [...]
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November 5, 2011
Vietnam’s public debt will probably be higher than estimated, as the Ministry of Finance has missed including in its calculations several kinds of debt related to the government, lawmakers said at the National Assembly’s meeting on Friday. According to the National Assembly’s Finance and Budget Committee, their review showed that the country’s public debt will [...]
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August 13, 2011
Government would do well to keep people informed about its actions on the East Sea conflict, prominent lawmaker asserts  The government stands to gain a lot, and lose nothing, if people know about the actions it is taking on the East Sea conflict, an outspoken legislator has said. An informed public would help [...]
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August 8, 2011
Nguyen Sinh Hung, chairman of the 13th National Assembly. speaks at a press briefing Saturday Measures will be taken to reform Vietnam’s legislature, including giving its delegates more power to supervise provincial and central issues, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung said. It’s not enough if the assembly only performs its supervisory function at its [...]
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July 31, 2011
Anti-corruption advocates and international experts hope a new president and National Assembly will get tough on graft and economic problems A boy walks with water buffaloes in Lao Cai Province’s Sapa District in northwest Vietnam. Anti-corruption advocates and international analysts hope that Vietnam’s new leadership will get tough on graft and economic problems. Le [...]
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July 26, 2011
Truong Tan Sang was Monday voted ninth State President by the 13rd National Assembly. Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and permanent member of the Secretariat of the Party’s Central Committee, was Monday elected State President by the 13rd National Assembly, winning 97.4 percent of votes from NA deputies. Sang, 62, who was nominated by the [...]
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