Posts Tagged ‘ Minh Phong ’

Clarity needed to offset discontent on gas prices 

October 8, 2011
Clarity needed to offset discontent on gas prices 

A man sells petrol at a station outside Hanoi on September 22. The Finance Ministry has sent out inspection teams to look into oil product prices of Petrolimex, PV Oil and two other distributors. The losses or profits fuel importers make are not clearly accounted for and people are unhappy about this. If the accounting [...]

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The Robin Hood tax model 

January 15, 2011
The Robin Hood tax model 

  An economist argues that Vietnam needs to start taxing the rich and easing off the poor A cyclo driver reads a newspaper outside an electronics store in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Dr. Nguyen Minh Phong of the Hanoi Socioeconomic Research Institute says that taxes should be adjusted to meet the current economic reality. [...]

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National economy keeps up momentum in second quarter

May 9, 2009
National economy keeps up momentum in second quarter

LookAtVietnam – Domestic and foreign analysts say that the Vietnamese economy is showing ’green shoots’ of recovery and that the government should carry on with its current stimulus packages and prevent inflation from rising in the post-crisis period.Positive signs The national economy is picking up, driven by a surge in the value of industrial production in [...]

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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...