Posts Tagged ‘ procedures ’

Vietnam a model for efficient public services 

November 17, 2011
Vietnam a model for efficient public services 

  Politicians and managers should consider Vietnam and others in southeast Asia as a role model for a country with small but effective public services, according to a new report comparing global public sector performance.   The report by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, a large professional body of management accountants, said Vietnam is a less obvious candidate for a [...]

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Vietnam metro firms complain about red tape, 'lubricant' fees 

October 13, 2011
Vietnam metro firms complain about red tape, 'lubricant' fees 

A business owner speaks at a meeting with the HCMC government about red tape problems Saturday. Expensive and time-costing red tape, especially in customs procedures, are causing a lot of trouble to businesses, young entrereneurs told the Ho Chi Minh City administration at a meeting Saturday. Do Phuoc Tong, director of Duy Khanh mechanic company, [...]

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Lost children 

February 6, 2011
Lost children 

  After nearly five years of searching, a village in Quang Binh is finally getting answers about the fate of 13 children A Ruc mother in Quang Binh Province holds up photos of her two children. She claims a local center sent them out of the country without her consent. The Italian International Adoption Commission [...]

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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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Landslide 

November 27, 2010
Landslide 

A scavenger of recyclable items wanders through an industrial zone in central Vietnam. A recent foreign-backed study of Vietnam’s land system found what the people already know: it’s a disaster. A recent study has found that land management corruption has become a “source of social instability” in Vietnam. Experts warn that corruption within Vietnam’s land [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 1/2

February 1, 2010
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 1/2

HCM City rakes in over 1.3 bln USD from exports in January; E-customs procedures to be applied for exports; Construction of An Khanh Thermo-electric Power Plant starts  Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s largest commercial hub, grossed over 1.3 billion USD from exports in January, up 8.8 percent from a year ago. Of the amount, [...]

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Land, housing sectors fail to keep up with admin reforms

February 1, 2010
Land, housing sectors fail to keep up with admin reforms

Most Vietnamese people feel administrative reforms have improved public services but those relating to land and housing still lag behind, according a World Bank report released recently. Seventy-five percent of 9,189 citizens surveyed said that the procedures for granting land ownership certificates was slower than other sectors, World Bank representative James Anderson quoted the “Vietnam [...]

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Problems plague labour export plan for disadvantaged workers

December 7, 2009
Problems plague labour export plan for disadvantaged workers

Poor promotion and communication, lack of co-operation by local authorities, and excessive red tape have been blamed for problems in expanding the national labour export scheme . . . Young people seek labour export opportunities at a career fair in the central province of Nghe An.The problem is seen as so serious that Prime Minister [...]

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133 administrative procedures to be simplified: official

November 22, 2009
133 administrative procedures to be simplified: official

The Advisory Council for Administrative Formality Reforms has petitioned for 133 administrative procedures to be simplified. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.LookAtVietnam – The Advisory Council for Administrative Formality Reforms has petitioned for 133 administrative procedures in the areas of land, construction, tariffs, customs, import-export, labor, banking and education to be simplified.  The council held a [...]

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PM reports on Govt’s work, questioned on anti-corruption effort

November 20, 2009
PM reports on Govt’s work, questioned on anti-corruption effort

A lively Q&A session developed as the PM replied to queries by deputies on November 19 after he read a 90-minute report on the Government’s work. Initial questions focused on anti-corruption work. PM Nguyen Tan Dung in the Q&A session on November 19. The PM’s report responded, he said, to many of the 254 written questions [...]

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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...