Posts Tagged ‘ Government Agencies ’

Vietnam to tighten digital information security after cyber attacks 

June 14, 2011
Vietnam to tighten digital information security after cyber attacks 

  The Vietnamese prime minister Friday asked all government agencies and local authorities to strengthen measures to protect digital information.   The order followed reports that hundreds of Vietnam websites, including the portals of many government agencies, have been hacked recently.   PM Nguyen Tan Dung required the agencies and local authorities to apply measures that [...]

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Both high economic growth rate and low inflation targeted for 2010

January 22, 2010
Both high economic growth rate and low inflation targeted for 2010

LookAtVietnam – To curb inflation and ensure high economic growth, Vietnam may be forced to accept changes in monetary and fiscal policies in 2010. Deputy Chairman of the National Finance Supervision Committee Ha Huy TuanVnExpress: The business community has paid special attention to a recent HSBC report predicting that Vietnam’s consumer price index would be [...]

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We must lead the way in buying Vietnamese goods

January 20, 2010
We must lead the way in buying Vietnamese goods

Deputy Chairwoman of the HCM City People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Hong said Vietnamese made products are always top priority for public spending. Deputy Chairwoman of the HCM City People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Hong In the recent interview with Tuoi tre newspaper, Hong said that since 2001, many legal documents have been released, stipulating that government [...]

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Vietnam aims for strong telecom industry

January 16, 2010
Vietnam aims for strong telecom industry

A plan to develop a strong telecommunication industry, set to be approved this year will boost the use of information technology in government agencies, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Friday. Addressing a conference in Hanoi, he said an efficient e-government in Vietnam would facilitate the administrative reform process and increase transparency within government agencies.He [...]

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Auto industry hindered by foreign capitalists

December 17, 2009
Auto industry hindered by foreign capitalists

VietNamNet Bridge – “We made a mistake when we decided to rely on capitalists to build our automobile industry,” asserted an expert. In building an automobile industry, technology, not policy, is decisive. We are now purchasing car parts for assembly in Vietnam. Therefore, we only have the assembly technology, not production technology. Tien Phong: Foreign [...]

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Auto local content strategy is a bust

December 10, 2009
Auto local content strategy is a bust

LookAtVietnam – Finance Ministry inspectors have found that the localization strategy on which Vietnam has put high hopes has fallen far short of its goals. Most major dailies carried stories December 10 reporting the findings of a Finance Ministry inspection of six foreign-controlled plants that assemble automobiles for the Vietnamese market.  The data in this [...]

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Central bank proposes two solutions for gold exchanges

December 3, 2009
Central bank proposes two solutions for gold exchanges

LookAtVietnam – SBV has submitted to the Government two solutions to deal with speculation on the commercial gold exchanges, or ‘trading floors.’ Option One is simply to prohibit the gold exchanges because they do not benefit the society. Option Two will permit them to continue operation but require participants to provide 100 percent collateral for [...]

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Gov’t agencies ask for Hanoi’s land to build houses for employees

December 1, 2009
Gov’t agencies ask for Hanoi’s land to build houses for employees

Hanoi’s Vice chairman Phi Thai Binh said the city suffers when many ministries and agencies ask for its land to build houses for staff. New apartment blocks in Hanoi. According to Binh, these agencies allege that their workers face difficulties in finding accommodation so they ask for the city to allocate land to build houses for [...]

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Students rely on pirates for education

December 1, 2009
Students rely on pirates for education

LookAtVietnam – Pirated books and illegally-copied documents still exist, in part because of high student demand. Government agencies have yet to find a proper solution. Cheap, ready – pirate books remain the choice Stroll by a photocopying shop near a big university in Hanoi and one will see shops full of students. They come to find [...]

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Steamy teen websites may lose their licenses

November 30, 2009
Steamy teen websites may lose their licenses

Director of the HCM City Information  and Communications Department Le Manh Ha.VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese officials call policing ‘cultural rubbish’ on teen-oriented websites not only an almost impossible task but also a duty they cannot shirk.  Webs for teens: a lot of rubbish In a previous article, Tuoi Tre daily tut-tutted about the flood of titillating photos and [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...