Posts Tagged ‘ representative ’

Read him his rights 

December 31, 2011
Read him his rights 

  New circular sets out in detail rights of arrestees to demand legal assistance, and for defense lawyers to ask for change of principal investigator A trial in Ho Chi Minh City. A new circular sets out detailed procedures to ensure an arrestee’s rights when criminal cases are being investigated. The Da Lat People’s Court [...]

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Vietnam trade villages need more gov’t support: lawmakers 

November 8, 2011
Vietnam trade villages need more gov’t support: lawmakers 

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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Vietnam metro leader greets Vatican representative 

April 28, 2011
Vietnam metro leader greets Vatican representative 

Le Hoang Quan, Chairman of the HCMC People's Committee (R) receives Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, non-resident representative of the Holy See to Vietnam, on Apr. 25. The visit by Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, non-resident representative of the Holy See to Vietnam, showed a developing relationship between Vietnam and the Vatican, the mayor of Ho Chi Minh City [...]

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Pope’s diplomatic representative visits Vietnam 

April 25, 2011
Pope’s diplomatic representative visits Vietnam 

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, non-resident pontifical representative to Vietnam, paid a courtesy visit to leaders of the Foreign Ministry in Hanoi on Thursday. At the meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son affirmed the consistent policy of the Party and State of Vietnam of respecting the right to freedom of belief of people [...]

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Tour companies slowly wake up to Cambodian potential 

March 31, 2011
Tour companies slowly wake up to Cambodian potential 

Visitors at an international tourism exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City last year Cambodians who can afford to travel are finding more and more reasons to visit Vietnam, especially for medical purposes. However, despite the figures showing significant jumps in the number of visitors from the neighboring nation, most local travel agencies are showing a [...]

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‘Radicalization’ hearings reignite US Muslim debate 

March 10, 2011
‘Radicalization’ hearings reignite US Muslim debate 

Men pray on the street before the start of the American Muslim Day Parade in New York. A US lawmaker on Thursday was to hold provocative hearings on the alleged radicalization of US Muslims, in a move critics say fans anti-Islam sentiment nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks. Representative Peter King, the Republican who [...]

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House passes bill to avert government shutdown 

March 2, 2011
House passes bill to avert government shutdown 

President Barack Obama responds to a question during a news conference at the White House in Washington February 15, 2011. The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to extend government funding for two more weeks, a move that would avert a federal shutdown but do nothing to resolve a bitter debate over the federal budget. [...]

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Promised right to home ownership still eludes many overseas Vietnamese

February 5, 2010
Promised right to home ownership still eludes many overseas Vietnamese

Eighty percent of the four million overseas Vietnamese would like to buy a house in Vietnam, says the head of the HCM Committee for Liaison with Vietnamese Abroad. So why don’t they?  A meeting between HCM City’s officials and overseas Vietnamese. A few days ago, the media reported that since 2005, only 140 Viet Kieu (VK, or overseas [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 28/1

January 28, 2010
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 28/1

Foreign tourists to Vietnam up 20 percent in January; Vietnam Airlines opens first European rep. office; Vietnam to grow by 6.5 pct: EuroCham director  Phu Quoc islandThe number of overseas arrivals to Vietnam in January reached about 416,000, an increase of 20.4 percent over the same period last year and 10 percent compared with December, [...]

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Vietnam has to pay over $200mil/year in development debts to Japan

January 27, 2010
Vietnam has to pay over $200mil/year in development debts to Japan

Annually Vietnam may have to pay between JPY20-25 billion of ODA debts to Japan according to  the chief representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency at a press conference.   JICA’s chief representative Motonori Tsuno.LookAtVietnam – Annually Vietnam may have to pay between JPY20-25 billion ($222-277 million) of official development assistance (ODA) debts to Japan according [...]

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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...