Posts Tagged ‘ The Draft Document ’

Overseas students bombard MOET with objections to proposed rules

December 20, 2009
Overseas students bombard MOET with objections to proposed rules

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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Opponents call overseas students regulations “unsuitable”

December 20, 2009
Opponents call overseas students regulations “unsuitable”

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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State bank stops banks’ network expansion

November 26, 2009
State bank stops banks’ network expansion

LookAtVietnam – While commercial banks rush to set up more branches, the central bank is attempting to slow the expansion plan. The central bank has recently sent a draft document to commercial banks outlining how to manage the development of branch networks. It says there will be caps on the numbers of branches commercial banks can open [...]

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Draft decree restricts the press: experts

October 17, 2009
Draft decree restricts the press: experts

Reporters interview Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Pham Khoi Nguyen last May. A draft decree on administrative measures covering media and publishing activities has been roundly criticized for contradicting to its stated claim of protecting the fourth estate. A wide cross-section of professionals including lawyers, chief editors and even government officials have expressed particular [...]

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Houses worth over 600 million dong to be taxed

July 31, 2009
Houses worth over 600 million dong to be taxed

Houses worth over 600 million dong will be taxed 0.03 percent per annum on the value in excess of the 600 million threshold instead of 0.05 percent as previously planned, the latest draft of the housing tax law stipulates. The Ministry of Finance, which is drafting the housing tax law, said that the draft document [...]

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Ministries to loosen control of petrol prices

July 10, 2009
Ministries to loosen control of petrol prices

Petrol distributors will have the power of raising or lowering retail petrol prices in accordance with the world’s prices without having to ask for permission from concerned ministries. This is the major change in the draft document being compiled by the Ministries of Finance and Industry and Trade which amends Decree 55 on petroleum price [...]

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New paperwork for property trading superfluous: investors

May 13, 2009
New paperwork for property trading superfluous: investors

Investors in commercial apartment projects may have to obtain written approval from property exchanges for every deal with a buyer under a proposal made by the city’s Construction Department A proposed move to require property exchanges to give written approval for all deals between apartment investors and buyers has been criticized as a needless complication. [...]

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Tourist firms anxious about electricity price increases

April 10, 2009
Tourist firms anxious about electricity price increases

Enterprises in the tourism industry have been trying to slash tour fees. However, the input costs have been increasing, making the efforts become insignificant. Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Tran Chien ThangOn April 9, Thang said at a workshop on tourism that the ministry has called on enterprises in the tourism sector to [...]

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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...