January 8, 2012
Experts say more should be done to eliminate scam taxis after inspections led to the suspension of eleven firms in HCMC and Hanoi An imitation taxi passes foreign tourists near HCMC’s Ben ThanhâMarket. Experts say Vietnam must do more to eliminate illegal taxis that tarnish the image of major cities. Nguyen Chi Hieu hailed [...]
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December 28, 2011
The Ministry of Transport on Thursday suspended another taxi company from operating at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City for various violations, online newspaper VnExpress reported. Happy Taxi is the third company to be banned from the airport, after Petrolimex Taxi and Festival Taxi. The decisions were made following an [...]
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December 2, 2011
A former Vietnam Airlines pilot who is under investigation for using fake license actually has licenses for three countries, Vietnam aviation authorities have found. Â The South Korean pilot Kim Tae Hun owns three licenses issued by the United States, South Korea and Indonesia aviation authorities. Â In April 2011, Hun was a co-pilot [...]
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August 14, 2011
Newly elected President Truong Tan Sang on Wednesday asked Vietnamese authorities and employers must better manage the country’s foreign workforce. Sang made the statement during a meeting with voters in Ho Chi Minh City after constituents in HCMC’s districts 1 and 3 voiced concerns over the increasing number of unlicensed Chinese workers in several [...]
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July 22, 2011
Fake driver licenses seized from a ring in southern Vietnam. Police in the Mekong Delta’s Can Tho Province have proposed that criminal charges be filed against six people for running a racket that sold more than 1,000 fake driver licenses.  The operation was discovered in October last year when a resident exposed 44-year-old Ngo Van Ho. [...]
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June 1, 2011
A panel of foreign and local experts have called for improved transparency and accountability in Vietnam’s gas and mining sector A copper mine run by the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Group in the north-western province of Lao Cai. An anti-corruption dialogue on May 25 called for improved transparency and accountability in Vietnam’s gas [...]
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June 1, 2011
Forty-year-old Chinese Guo Liangcai lost his wife, children, two siblings and friends in a boat accident last Friday in the southern province of Binh Duong. Guo Liangcai’s voice never stopped quavering. “I don’t know how I will handle the truth,” he told Thanh Nien Weekly over the phone last Tuesday. The 40-year-old Chinese businessman spoke [...]
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March 11, 2011
Vietnam is halting the issue of licenses for gold bullion trading and production Vietnam is halting the issue of licenses for gold bullion trading and production, the central bank said on its website, without giving a timeframe. The State Bank of Vietnam will eventually eliminate deposits in gold at banks, which currently total about VND112 [...]
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January 23, 2011
A new law requiring xe om drivers to wear official name badges remains unknown and confusing A xe om (motorbike taxi) driver waits for passengers outside a shopping mall in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. A new regulation that took effect on January 1 requires all xe om drivers to carry a registered name [...]
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November 21, 2010
A market management officer seizes products of a direct sales company in Ho Chi Minh City at the end of last year. Yagho Vietnam was found to engage in false advertising related to the health benefits of its jewelry and clothing products. Local authorities say direct sales firms have violated local laws despite fairly recent [...]
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