November 16, 2011
Bill on Denunciation would discredit the press as tattle-tales German Chancellor Angela Merkel (center, R) and Ho Chi Minh City Mayor Le Hoang Quan (center, L) surrounded by the press in front of city hall during her visit to HCMC on October 12. An article in the draft Law on Denunciation has come under [...]
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November 14, 2011
President Barack Obama arrives during the first plenary meeting at the APEC Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii November 13, 2011. The head of Boeing chose his words carefully as he explained to President Barack Obama the “dilemma” that Corporate America faces in trying to do business in China. “We see a world where our interests lay [...]
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August 9, 2011
Farmers in Tan An Commune submit complaints about the Sonadezi Corporation at the commune People's Committee office. Eleven households in the southern province of Dong Nai lodged complaints on Monday against the state-owned Sonadezi Corporation for damaging their seafood farms by discharging sewage into a local river. The farmers in Tam An Commune, Long Thanh [...]
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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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June 27, 2011
“Sometimes I feel very lonely, because I have nothing except the truth,” said Le Van Tach, on receiving the Trach Nhiem (Responsibility) award from the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Association two months ago. Tach grabbed national headlines earlier this year when he exposed technical flaws that led his employer, Toyota Vietnam, to [...]
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May 15, 2011
Poor signage has added to the frustration of Ho Chi Minh City’s hellacious traffic conditions A total of 13 signs had been posted in a dense cluster at a section near Sai Gon Bridge that links Binh Thanh District and District 2 in Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Huu Long was really upset when [...]
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April 1, 2011
Construction on the Tan Son Nhat – Binh Loi – Outer Ring Road project in Ho Chi Minh City. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for strict punishment of any misconduct relating to the roadway’s construction. The central government has ordered officials in Ho Chi Minh City to quickly resolve the irregularities discovered during [...]
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March 12, 2011
A necklace studded with “artificial diamonds” claimed to be wrought from something called “nano gold” – a special metal that had been discovered following three years of research A Thanh Nien investigation finds unscrupulous entrepreneurs peddling fake junk over the airwaves while government regulators twiddle their thumbs Minh, a Ho Chi Minh City housewife, purchased [...]
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February 18, 2011
Construction site of the Tan Son Nhat – Binh Loi beltway in Ho Chi Minh City Violations by Ho Chi Minh City authorities in building a major beltway has caused losses of over US$44.3 million to the state budget, according to the latest report by the government inspectorate. Â The report says that in 2007, [...]
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January 21, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese consumers prefer not to make complaints according to a new report from the Sothern Standards and Consumers’ Rights Protection Association. It’s said that Vietnamse people like to avoid confrontation but experts also believe that its down to an ignorance of their own rights. In many cases, Vietnamese consumers do not make claims [...]
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