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Vietnam, China agree to boost ties 

December 25, 2011
Vietnam, China agree to boost ties 

China’s Vice President Xi Jinping (L) is greeted by Vietnam’s Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan (R) and Party’s Senior Politburo member Le Hong Anh (C) upon his arrival at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi December 21. Vietnam and China agreed to comprehensively boost strategic cooperation during Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Hanoi [...]

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Vietnamese football turns over a new leaf 

December 19, 2011
Vietnamese football turns over a new leaf 

VPF chairman Vo Quoc Thang (L) talks to his deputy Nguyen Duc Kien at the first general meeting of the company in Hanoi on Wednesday. The first meeting of Vietnam Professional Football JS Company (VPF) was held in Hanoi on Wednesday to choose its managing staff. Vo Quoc Thang, owner of the top-tier club Dong [...]

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Monsanto: a shameful legacy 

December 12, 2011

  As you prepare to study the various resolutions for the coming annual general meeting of your company, being held in St. Louis 24th January, 2012, I ask you to take into consideration the history of your company and the policies you have supported at various annual general meetings. It is a record that very [...]

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Lawmakers worried about Vietnam’s public debt 

November 5, 2011
Lawmakers worried about Vietnam’s public debt 

  Vietnam’s public debt will probably be higher than estimated, as the Ministry of Finance has missed including in its calculations several kinds of debt related to the government, lawmakers said at the National Assembly’s meeting on Friday. According to the National Assembly’s Finance and Budget Committee, their review showed that the country’s public debt will [...]

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Law firm documents add to heat on James Murdoch 

November 2, 2011
Law firm documents add to heat on James Murdoch 

  A law firm which represented Rupert Murdoch’s London tabloids has turned over to the British parliament documents which could embarrass his son James when he returns to testify before a committee investigating a phone-hacking scandal. Parliamentary and company sources told Reuters that Farrer & Co, a London law firm which until recently represented Murdoch’s [...]

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Murdoch faces stormy AGM after hacking scandal 

October 21, 2011
Murdoch faces stormy AGM after hacking scandal 

  Rupert Murdoch faces a firestorm Friday at his News Corporation’s annual shareholders’ meeting, amid calls for him and his sons to be ousted after the phone hacking scandal in Britain. But given that his family control about 40 percent of the shares, and that Murdoch-backing billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal owns an additional [...]

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Vietnam metro firms complain about red tape, 'lubricant' fees 

October 13, 2011
Vietnam metro firms complain about red tape, 'lubricant' fees 

A business owner speaks at a meeting with the HCMC government about red tape problems Saturday. Expensive and time-costing red tape, especially in customs procedures, are causing a lot of trouble to businesses, young entrereneurs told the Ho Chi Minh City administration at a meeting Saturday. Do Phuoc Tong, director of Duy Khanh mechanic company, [...]

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Vietnam plans to increase maternity leave to six months 

September 20, 2011
Vietnam plans to increase maternity leave to six months 

  Maternity leave in Vietnam may be extended from the current four months to six months to ensure better care for mother and child, according to a proposal by drafters of the amended Labor Code. Ha Dinh Bon, deputy director of the Legal Department under the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, said [...]

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Vietnam, China agree to strengthen defense cooperation 

September 1, 2011
Vietnam, China agree to strengthen defense cooperation 

Vietnam and China's deputy defense ministers discussed defense cooperation in Beijing last Sunday. Vietnam and China agreed on various measures to strengthen their defense cooperation at a dialogue between the countries’ deputy defense ministers in Beijing, Vietnam News Agency reported Tuesday. At the meeting on Sunday, Vietnam’s deputy defense minister Nguyen Chi Vinh and his [...]

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Hanoi officials call for probes into extra fees at schools 

August 30, 2011
Hanoi officials call for probes into extra fees at schools 

Deputy head of Hanoi Department of Education and Training Pham Thi Hong Nga speaks at a Tuesday meeting on illegal collection of extra fees at local schools. Hanoi education officials on Tuesday said many schools in the city have been charging students illegal fees, many of which are disguised as "voluntary" money.   Some fees [...]

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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...