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NA deputies call for two children per couple limit

A majority of National Assembly deputies Wednesday called for an amendment to the ordinance on population which would limit the number of children to two per couple. “It’s time to have a clear attitude toward this issue,” said NA Finance and Budget Committee Chairman Phung Quoc Hien at a NA Standing Committee session Wednesday. “Otherwise,... Read more

Forum talks on ways to limit impacts of natural disasters

VietNamNet Bridge – Emergency management plans must be in place to reduce the impacts imposed by natural disasters on the environment and socio-economic development. Flooding and storms kill about 500 people in the country every year and cause losses of about 1 billion USD.This was the key message of the forum on “Measures to reduce the vulnerability... Read more

Health ministry sets limit to melamine in food

Melamine tests are conducted at a Hanoi-based laboratory. The Ministry of Health will appoint three agencies to act as arbitrators in case of controversial melamine test results. The maximum allowable amount of “unavoidable contamination” of industrial chemical melamine in food for human consumption will be 2.5 milligrams... Read more

Vietnam to propose two children limit per couple

The Vietnamese government, in an attempt to reduce the population increase rate, plans to propose an ordinance this December to limit married couples to having two children. The 13th most crowded country in the world, with a population of around 84 million people, was initially expected to lessen the population increase rate by 0.3 percent this year.However,... Read more

Vietnam defers melamine limit announcement in public interest

The permissible concentration of melamine, an industrial chemical, in dairy products would not be made public at the present in order to avoid public complacency, Deputy Health Minister Cao Minh Quang said Sunday. Melamine, a chemical used to make plastics, was found to have been illegally used in baby milk formulas... Read more

Toll hike proposed to limit traffic in HCMC

VietNamNet Bridge – Proposal of doubling registration fees and toll hike towards personal vehicles in Ho Chi Minh City by the city authority on Monday raised outcry from dwellers. Traffic jams in HCMC. (Photo: Tran Duy)Deputy Chairman of City Fartherland Front, Le Hieu Dang said that the toll hike makes the life of the poor more harsh. “They earn... Read more