July 12, 2011
A customer uses an automated teller machine (ATM) in Ho Chi Minh City. It can be said without exaggeration that delaying deadlines has become a chronic disease in Vietnam, especially at the administrative level. Whether it is an important thing like a new regulation or something less so like a new academic program, everything can [...]
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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 23, 2009
LookAtVietnam – In 10 days time the ban on smoking in public spaces, approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, will take effect, but many people still have no idea about the new regulation.Le Sang from Thanh Xuan District said that smoking was a habit that formed over many years, making it impossible to quit [...]
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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 20, 2009
Vietnamese studying abroad are angry that the Education Ministry wants to require them to return home within three years after graduation. What is MOET’s proposal? Civil servants and other students funded by Government grants must follow the conditions on field of study and length of study stipulated in their grants. Students abroad must every six months [...]
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December 20, 2009
LookAtVietnam – A National Assembly’s deputy said that the draft document on overseas student management is really unsuitable. Vietnamese students in the UKThuyet, in an interview given to Tuoi Tre newspaper, said that it is necessary to regulate Vietnamese students studying abroad. He observed that management remains inefficient in some countries and sometimes students cannot [...]
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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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