December 2, 2011
A debate session at the unicameral Vietnamese National Assembly. International donors at a Tuesday conference asked the Vietnamese government to enhance efforts to fight corruption, which is getting more severe in the public’s eyes.  A report by Vietnam’s Corruption Prevention Steering Committee at the Hanoi conference said that “corruption has been contained in several fields [...]
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November 29, 2011
Petrolimex is the largest fuel trader in Vietnam with a market share of around 60 percent Vietnam’s fuel market needs to be restructured to ease the dominance of Petrolimex, the top oil products distributor, says Finance Minister Vuong Dinh Hue. “In the long term we need to think about reorganizing the market by giving opportunities [...]
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November 29, 2011
Vietnam needs US$15-16 billion a year for its infrastructure projects Vietnam can only meet half of the capital it needs for infrastructure development and will have to seek more invesment from the private sector, according to a report on the government’s website. The country needs US$15-16 billion a year for its infrastructure projects, but the [...]
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November 18, 2011
The government to strengthen surveillance on fuel prices, lawmakers said Vietnamese lawmakers said the government needs to step up efforts to stabilize prices of essential products to prevent monopolistic practices and speculation from hurting consumers. Discussing a new bill on prices on Friday, many members of the National Assembly said it is necessary to strengthen [...]
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November 8, 2011
Brick-making kilns in the northern province of Phu Tho Vietnam’s government needs to put more investment into trade villages where locals are facing critical environmental pollution threats, lawmakers said at the National Assembly’s session on Monday. Representative Tran Du Lich from Ho Chi Minh City said that Vietnam seems to pay more attention to projects worth [...]
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October 11, 2011
Workers of Taiwanese-owned footwear company Pou Yuen Vietnam Co., Ltd. in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City, on strike last year. A former official from the Ministry of Public Security says the right to strike needs to be protected by laws in Vietnam. The Law on Demonstration is being drafted by the Ministry [...]
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October 8, 2011
Anyone who cares about Vietnamese education must have been shocked by recent media reports about the quality and quantity of students who passed entrance exams at specialized universities that train future high school teachers. The number of students applying to these universities has decreased dramatically compared to previous years. Many universities are even at [...]
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September 11, 2011
Nation slips several notches on world competitiveness index Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, or Vietcombank, employees count dong bank notes in Hanoi. Experts have advised the government to continue reforming the banking sector. International development partners including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have urged the government to remain [...]
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September 1, 2011
Libyan rebels rest on the outskirts of the village of Umm Qandil east of Sirte. Russia on Thursday officially recognized Libya’s rebels as the governing authority in the country, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "The Russian Federation recognizes Libya’s National Transitional Council as the ruling authority and notes its reform program that includes [...]
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August 13, 2011
A vendor sells fruits and vegetables at a local market in Hanoi. As the government starts a new term in office, people are looking for more determined efforts from the government to curb inflation that has hit them hard for several months now. The highest positions in the nation’s governing hierarchy have been filled. The [...]
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