January 18, 2012
After decades spent on reclaiming wasteland, farmers reacted violently to authorities seeking to revoke land Police officials and soldiers checking for mine at on the farmland of Doan Van Vuon in Hai Phong City’s Tien Lang District. Vuon’s relatives reportedly set mines and shot at police officials and soldiers revoking their farmland under a [...]
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December 1, 2011
A National Assembly session in progress Vietnam’s parliament Saturday agreed to begin drafting a law on demonstration during its office term from now until 2016, the VnExpress newswire reported Saturday. According to the unicameral National Assembly’s Standing Committee, the law needs to be drafted to create a legal tool for Vietnamese people to enjoy their rights and for [...]
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November 22, 2011
Vietnam’s lawmakers said Friday they did not agree that the heavier cash fines proposed by a draft law will be able to deter administrative violations. Ngo Van Minh, a lawmaker from the central province of Quang Nam, said while people keep complaining that current fines aren’t heavy enough to deter violations, they have ignored another [...]
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November 19, 2011
Workers on strike at a Ho Chi Minh City-based company. A bill on demonstration has sparked controversy at the Vietnam National Assembly’s sitting on Thursday, as some lawmakers find the law unnecessary, while others disagree. Hoang Huu Phuoc, a member of the legislature from Ho Chi Minh City, proposed the National Assembly not introduce the Law on [...]
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November 18, 2011
The government to strengthen surveillance on fuel prices, lawmakers said Vietnamese lawmakers said the government needs to step up efforts to stabilize prices of essential products to prevent monopolistic practices and speculation from hurting consumers. Discussing a new bill on prices on Friday, many members of the National Assembly said it is necessary to strengthen [...]
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November 18, 2011
While laws on money laundering prevention are necessary in Vietnam, a bill drafted by the State Bank of Vietnam failed to clearly define laundering activities, lawmakers said at the National Assembly on Tuesday. Do Van Duong from Ho Chi Minh City said the bill needs to clarify the types of money laundering, which range from investment into hotels [...]
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November 16, 2011
Bill on Denunciation would discredit the press as tattle-tales German Chancellor Angela Merkel (center, R) and Ho Chi Minh City Mayor Le Hoang Quan (center, L) surrounded by the press in front of city hall during her visit to HCMC on October 12. An article in the draft Law on Denunciation has come under [...]
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November 14, 2011
Vietnam’s parliament outlawed anonymous denunciations such as those via e-mail, fax and telephone in a session on Friday. Lawmakers approved the Law on Complaints and Denunciations, which says citizens who report to competent authorities about illegal acts of any agencies, organizations or individuals must state their identity. According to the National Assembly Standing Committee, denunciations via [...]
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November 5, 2011
Five times since 2003 the Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Citigroup Inc.’s main broker-dealer subsidiary of securities fraud. On each occasion the company’s SEC settlements have followed a familiar pattern. Citigroup neither admitted nor denied the SEC’s claims. And the company consented to the entry of either a court injunction or an SEC [...]
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October 30, 2011
Lawyer Pham Thanh Binh, deputy head of Hong Ha Law Firm in Hanoi. A series of loan insolvencies totaling hundreds of billion Vietnamese dong have been detected in Hanoi. This is partly due to the impacts of the economic slowdown, which has savers shying away from legal investment channels because of low profits. They instead [...]
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