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More agreements needed to avert East Sea’s conflicts: experts 

November 11, 2011
More agreements needed to avert East Sea’s conflicts: experts 

  More agreements between related parities are needed to prevent conflicts in the East Sea, experts said at an international conference recently organized in Hanoi. According to a report published in Saigon Tiep Thi early this week, at the third international conference on the East Sea, Professor Leszek Buszynski from Australian National University said ASEAN [...]

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Rhino’s gone. Who’s next? 

October 31, 2011
Rhino’s gone. Who’s next? 

  If the current state of zero accountability for wildlife protection continues, other species will follow the rhino to extinction Participants watch projected images including of smuggled rhino horns (R) seized during a press conference on the launch of a rhino population survey report in Vietnam in Hanoi on October 25. A critically endangered species [...]

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A legal shot in the arm 

June 3, 2011
A legal shot in the arm 

  New consumer protection law will lack teeth without several amendments, say experts A woman walks past an advertisement at a shopping center in downtown Hanoi. Vietnam’s first-ever Consumer Protection Law will take effect this July. The Consumer Protection Law that will take effect this July is a good first step, but one that needs [...]

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Foreign studies call for land policy reforms 

January 22, 2011
Foreign studies call for land policy reforms 

  International experts have called on Vietnam to fight land management corruption by increasing transparency Farmer Nguyen Van Tran works on a rice field adjacent to an industrial park on the outskirts of Hanoi. Experts have called for policy reforms and transparency to reduce the risk of corruption in land management. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong [...]

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Changing cards a source of trouble for bank customers

January 12, 2010
Changing cards a source of trouble for bank customers

LookAtVietnam – Bank debt card holders are complaining they’ve been experiencing problems changing cards as requested by their banks. After hearing that his bank had begun issuing new Connect24 card with new bank identification number (BIN), Nguyen Xuan Toan, a customer of Vietcombank hurried along to change his card.Toan was concerned when he was told [...]

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Prosperity and challenges on the horizon in 2010

January 3, 2010
Prosperity and challenges on the horizon in 2010

Two workers at a bridge construction site in Ho Chi Minh City. Bouncing off an emerging global recovery, Vietnam expects positive economic changes in 2010, specifically export and foreign direct investment (FDI) growth. Policy makers, however, are still weary of the many challenges the developing country faces, not the least of which is the threat [...]

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Vietnam needs 300 years to be free from unexploded bombs, mines

November 23, 2009
Vietnam needs 300 years to be free from unexploded bombs, mines

International and domestic delegates gathered on November 19 in Quang Tri to find ways of minimising accidents caused by post-war bombs and landmines in central provinces. LookAtVietnam – International and domestic delegates gathered on November 19 in central Quang Tri Province to find ways of minimising accidents caused by post-war bombs and landmines and boosting [...]

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Minister grilled on hydropower

November 19, 2009
Minister grilled on hydropower

LookAtVietnam – Several ministers faced deputies on November 18, as the National Assembly questioned top Government officials for a second day on many issues. Workers toil at the site of the Son La Hydro-electric Plant. The proliferation of hydro-power projects was one of the concerns raised by deputies at yesterday’s National Assembly meeting.Subjects addressed yesterday [...]

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Knowledge tree is not bearing fruit

November 10, 2009
Knowledge tree is not bearing fruit

Local educators need to go back to the drawing board and chalk-up a more innovative approach.LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s socio-economic development has resulted in booming demand for university and college places. However, poor education standards are handicapping the nation’s economic outlook. Vietnam’s tertiary education has provided strong evidence that more is not always necessarily the merrier. [...]

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Legislators call for tighter hydro plant controls to curb floods

November 9, 2009
Legislators call for tighter hydro plant controls to curb floods

National Assembly members demanded the government tighten control over hydro power plant projects on Friday after discharge by a plant in the central region worsened flooding during typhoon Mirinae. Nguyen Dinh Xuan, a member of the National Assembly’s Science, Technology and Environment Committee, said inspections needed to be carried out to see if reservoirs at [...]

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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...