May 9, 2011
Fishermen sail near a MobiFone sign on a lake in Hanoi. Like Vinaphone, MobiFone is a lucrative mobile phone operator owned by VNPT. A new regulation aiming to make the local tele-communication market more competitive will require state group VNPT to divest from one of Vietnam’s leading mobile phone operators, Vinaphone or MobiFone. Easier said [...]
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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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December 23, 2009
Workers at Southern Gas Joint Stock Company fill gas canisters. The Government has issued a new regulation stipulating that gas enterprises must be responsible for the quality, weight and selling price of their products.LookAtVietnam – The Government has issued a new regulation stipulating that gas enterprises must be responsible for the quality, weight and selling [...]
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December 21, 2009
Local exporters are worried a new EU regulation requiring certificate of origin will hurt shipments to the largest market for Vietnamese seafood. LookAtVietnam – Local exporters are worried a new EU regulation requiring certificate of origin will hurt shipments to the largest market for Vietnamese seafood. Starting January 1, exporters of fisheries products to the [...]
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December 19, 2009
Women dry anchovies in central Vietnam Local exporters are worried a new EU regulation requiring certificate of origin will hurt shipments to the largest market for Vietnamese seafood. Starting January 1, exporters of fisheries products to the EU will be required to have certification for the origin of their products, a rule aimed to prevent [...]
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December 18, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Seafood exporters can expect a response to their product certification applications within two days. Viet Nam currently has about 130,000 fishing vessels, only 15,500 of which have more than 90hp of power.The move is an effort by MARD to accelerate the process for seafood exporters to have their products accepted in the EU [...]
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December 3, 2009
From January 15th 2010, the charge for phone calls made between different mobile networks will fall by around 30%, hopefully allowing telecom service providers to further reduce charges. Under a new regulation from the Ministry of Information and Communications, charges that a telecom network has to pay for receiving the calls made by its subscribers [...]
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December 1, 2009
Seven naturalized foreign footballers are set to sue the Vietnam Football Federation following a new rule that restricts V-League clubs from fielding more than one naturalized player in a match. Goalkeeper Dinh Hoang La (photo: Thanh Nien)LookAtVietnam – Seven naturalized foreign footballers are set to sue the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) following a new rule that [...]
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November 23, 2009
LookAtVietnam – VASEP has warned that regulations on IUU would be the biggest hindrance for Vietnamese seafood companies when they try to export products. Under the IUU law, all seafood export consignments to the EU must clearly show the origin of the products, including the sea area where the fish are caught and the names [...]
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November 12, 2009
LookAtVietnam – National Assembly deputies have approved a draft resolution which limits the State budget deficit for next year at 6.2 per cent of GDP. Ethnic people in Chu Pa District of the Central Highland Province of Gia Lai read newspapers at the Post Office’s cultural house. The State budget for public postal services has [...]
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