Tag: Red

City offices bogged down with red tape

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City administrative agencies are still up to their ears in paperwork, despite a directive issued two years ago that encouraged offices to enter data on computers. The People’s Committee’s directive asked administrative agencies at all levels to reduce printed documents, simplify procedures and increase information technology... Read more

Pheasant farmer strives to remove bird from red book

Nguyen Dinh Tien holds one of his blood pheasants. The breeder has been trying to save the bird from extinction in Vietnam, managing to raise 100 pheasants in a five-year span. Neighbors tend to mistake Nguyen Dinh Tien’s 30-square-meter house in Hanoi for a small farm as the area reeks of poultry and pheasant cages are... Read more

PM sees red over ‘toxic fruit’ media scare

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Friday ordered the Ministry of Information and Communications to throw the book at those responsible for a newspaper article that said a quarter of imported fruits have toxic residues. The story first appeared in Dat Viet newspaper on November 11, quoting “a report” released by the World Health Organization (WHO).But... Read more

Call for reduction of red tape

Licensing requirements and business conditions should be overhauled to help local enterprises conduct their business more easily, government bodies told a conference in Hanoi Thursday. A government working group set up to review the implementation of Vietnam’s enterprise and investment laws said many business requirements and conditions needed to be... Read more

Taxes push lumber producers into the red

VietNamNet Bridge – Floor board producers have asked the Government to remove the 10 per cent export tax on their products, saying that the recent duty was pushing them into the red. Two months since the law came into effect, floor board producers complained that they could not continue exporting as they were suffering losses.In September 2009, the Ministry... Read more

Russia observes 67th anniversary of legendary Red Square parade

Russian soldiers in World War II Soviet uniform paraded across Red Square here Friday to mark the 67th anniversary of the legendary military parade of 1941. Russian soldiers with replica of World War II uniforms and weapons participate in a military parade on Red Square in Moscow, capital of Russia, on Nov. 7, 2008. Moscow marked the 67th anniversary of a historical... Read more

Locals see red over black ‘mountains’

One of the coal “mountains” in Binh Thang Commune in Binh Duong Province’s Di An District (Photo: SGGP) A southern community does not know where to turn to resolve a pollution problem that is affecting more than just their businesses Si Tan Xuan, the owner of a recreational fishing site, has just... Read more

Red Cross official accused of torturing employee

Linh’s back is scarred with wounds inflicted by her boss with chopsticks, she says The vice chairwoman of the local Red Cross chapter in the coastal town of Vung Tau has allegedly been torturing a female employee for a year without pay. Pham Thi Linh, 31, has multiple scars on her back and on her head, some... Read more

Red River Delta wetlands recognized as world bio-sphere reserve

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) awarded a World Bio-Sphere Reserve certificate to a coastal wetland zone in the Red River Delta Monday. The zone, which covers Xuan Thuy-Ramsar National Park in Nam Dinh Province, Tien Hai Wetland Natural Reserve in Thai Binh Province,... Read more

Four more Vietnamese animals on red list

VietNamNet Bridge – Four more Vietnamese animals have been added to the 4th IUCN’s Red List (International Union for Conservation of Nature), which was announced yesterday afternoon at the first meeting of the 10-day 4th World Conservation Congress. Lophura hatinhensisThe four are Carduelis monguilloti, Lophura hatinhensis, found only in Vietnam,... Read more