January 15, 2012
A woman fans coals to heat up a cooker on the railway track in downtown Hanoi. When investment decisions are made based on corruption, it is not only the honest firms that suffer, but also the public through lower quality and higher cost works. As Vietnam sits on the cusp of becoming a middle income [...]
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January 6, 2012
Warns the lack of rectitude among Party members threatens political system Pedestrians and traffic pass down a street which is decorated with national flags and banners celebrating the Party Congress in Hanoi last January. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has admitted that morality is eroding among Party members. Vietnam’s top leader has admitted [...]
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December 30, 2011
Earthquake damage to Christchurch Cathedral in the New Zealand South Island city is seen in September 2011. If Asians got together to name a person of the year, someone who brought surprise, intrigue and economic impact to the region, the choice would be obvious: Mother Nature. From earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand to floods [...]
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December 23, 2011
Earthquake damage to Christchurch Cathedral in the New Zealand South Island city is seen in September 2011. If Asians got together to name a person of the year, someone who brought surprise, intrigue and economic impact to the region, the choice would be obvious: Mother Nature. From earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand to floods [...]
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December 2, 2011
The State Bank of Vietnam will sign a joint-circular with the Ministry of Public Security to improve anti-crime efforts in banking and lending activities, according to a banking conference in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday. Central bank governor Nguyen Van Binh made the announcement at the conference, where officials pointed out that the [...]
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December 2, 2011
A debate session at the unicameral Vietnamese National Assembly. International donors at a Tuesday conference asked the Vietnamese government to enhance efforts to fight corruption, which is getting more severe in the public’s eyes.  A report by Vietnam’s Corruption Prevention Steering Committee at the Hanoi conference said that “corruption has been contained in several fields [...]
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November 25, 2011
A protester holds an image of former president Gloria Arroyo during a protest in front of the Supreme Court in Manila on November 22, 2011. The arrest of former Philippine leader Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for vote rigging has put President Benigno Aquino’s campaign to tackle corruption where he wants it, in the headlines as he [...]
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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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October 29, 2011
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung wants to monitor case progress in Australia Bundles of polymer dong banknotes in Hanoi. The central government has reported to lawmakers that police have found no evidence of bribery in a high-profile international currency-printing scandal. The Ministry of Public Security has yet to find evidence that an Australian currency-printing [...]
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October 16, 2011
Over VND11.4 trillion (US$545.7 million) in state funds was found misappropriated between last October and this July, the Government Inspectorate reported at a Friday sitting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee. The Inspectorate said 171 cases of misappropriation involving 409 people have been tried, adding that over VND300 billion ($14.4 million), or 2.6 percent [...]
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