October 21, 2009
A worker at Thai Tuan textile factory. Only 20 percent of businesses have benefited from the loan subsidy program, a parliamental report said. The Vietnamese governmentâs interest rate subsidy program should end this year as planned to prevent an imbalance of payments, said the National Assembly Finance and Budget Committee. The committee said in its [...]
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September 4, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Finance plans to raise the minimum wage from the present VND650,000 to VND730,000 (US$40.50) a month in May next year, The Ministry of Finance plans to raise the minimum wage from the present VND650,000 to VND730,000 a month in May next year.The Deputy PM called on the Ministry of Labour, [...]
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August 6, 2009
A bus in Ho Chi Minh City with a hoarding that promotes helmet wearing on its side Vietnamâs advertising regulator said a ban on advertisements on public buses in Ho Chi Minh City, which came into effect in mid June, does not comply with state regulations. Ninh Thi Thu Huong, head of the advertising management [...]
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July 8, 2009
Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) and Group of Five (G5) are expected to agree here at their summit to conclude the eight-year Doha round of trade talks next year, according to a draft communique obtained by Xinhua. “Leaders commit to reaching an ambitious and balanced conclusion to the Doha round in 2010, consistent [...]
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June 24, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The US Department of Commerce’s upcoming decision on plastic bag imports will significantly impact Vietnam’s exports to the US. Miller & Chevalier law firm senior lawyers Jay Eizenstat and John Magnus talked about this case. Mr Jay Eizenstat & Mr John Magnus VietNamNet Bridge – A pending US Department of Commerce (DoC) decision on [...]
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June 24, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The US Department of Commerce’s upcoming decision on plastic bag imports will significantly impact Vietnam’s exports to the US. Miller & Chevalier law firm senior lawyers Jay Eizenstat and John Magnus talked about this case. Mr Jay Eizenstat & Mr John Magnus LookAtVietnam – The US Department of Commerce’s (DoC) upcoming decision on plastic [...]
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May 20, 2009
LookAtVietnam – In the late afternoon on a rainy day, 52 year-old Le Van Thien struggled to load a large cupboard from a furniture workshop onto his self-modified, three-wheeled vehicle. He then delivered it to a customer for the workshop. Subsidises are not enough to ensure three-wheeled vehicles owners’ future livelihoods. It would be much [...]
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April 14, 2009
Fishing boat owners of Hamlet 6 in Song Doc discuss how more than 300 vessels in the hamlet received a fuel subsidy when only 60 were eligible Fishermen in Ca Mau Province at Vietnamâs southern tip are complaining that much of the public money meant to subsidize their fuel costs last year wound up in [...]
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April 13, 2009
In discussing effects of the interest rate subsidy stimulus package, some economic experts suggested that the National Assembly should supervise the flow of money and the reform and improvement of the monetary control ability of the State Bank of Vietnam in the long run. Dr. Dinh Van An, Director of the Central Economic Management Institute The [...]
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April 11, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Rising trade protectionist measures will have adverse impacts on Vietnam’s exports and domestic production. Many Vietnamese sectors are reliant on hard-fought access to foreign markets.LookAtVietnam – Rising trade protectionist measures will have adverse impacts on Vietnam’s exports and domestic production. The World Bank, in a study released last month, said that since the [...]
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