January 10, 2012
Vietnam's cities and provinces have been ordered to utilize their resources to solve the housing problem for their citizens. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered the Ministry of Construction to focus on the development of low-cost housing projects as many workers are struggling to find a home. All cities and provinces need to [...]
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January 8, 2012
Tran Thi Thanh Truc (R), 19, was crowned the winner of the fifth Vietnam Jewelry Queen The Vietnam Jewelry Queen contest has been rocked by scandal again after one of its contestants said they were forced to serve wine to unknown men. Tran Thi Hoa said that before the final round on December 30, the [...]
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January 8, 2012
A Transport Ministry’s proposal to impose personal vehicle fees draws mostly negative reaction Traffic congestion on Ho Chi Minh City’s Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street. A Transport Ministry’s proposal to impose personal vehicle fees has drawn skepticism about its feasibility to reduce traffic congestion in major cities. Experts have expressed doubts over the feasibility [...]
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January 2, 2012
Tran Hoang Huy, Director of Huy Phat Company A senior customs officer has been suspended after a businessman complained about customs services in a letter to Vietnam’s finance minister earlier this month. But there’s no sign that the suspension will be followed by a punishment as the first investigation by the ministry concluded the official innocent, news website VnExpress [...]
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January 2, 2012
Vietnam will find it difficult to sustain into the new year the trade deficit reduction that it managed in 2011, given that it plans to reduce import tariffs on many products and that the ongoing global recession could hurt its exports, experts say. Vietnam’s trade deficit narrowed to US$9.5 billion from $12.4 billion in [...]
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December 31, 2011
A motorbike on fire in Hanoi on October 12 Tests on gasoline samples suspected of being related to recent vehicular fires in Vietnam revealed no excessive additives which might have caused the blazes, Tuoi Tre reported Saturday. The newspaper quoted Tran Van Vinh, deputy chief of the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality, as saying [...]
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December 31, 2011
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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December 30, 2011
A suicide bomber attacked a funeral in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday killing at least 19 people including an MP and wounding dozens of others, officials said. The attacker detonated his vest after mourners gathered for the funeral of a government official in Taluqan city, the capital of Takhar province. "We have 19 dead including [...]
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December 30, 2011
A motorbike taxi driver sits waiting for clients on a street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The latest adjustment of fuel prices has been disappointing for consumers. The Ministry of Finance recently asked local businesses to cut retail fuel prices by VND500, or 2.4 cents, per liter. Some experts said the unremarkable reduction would [...]
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December 29, 2011
Vietnam’s transport minister has asked the Ministry of Public Security to adjust several by-law documents to force future car owners to prove they have a proper place to park. Minister Dinh La Thang said that one of the factors causing severe traffic congestion in large cities in Vietnam, typically Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh [...]
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