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Vietnam moves to simplify entry-exit procedures

VietNamNet Bridge – Citizens holding Vietnamese passports are now exempted from entry and exit declaration procedures at international airports following a recent government decision. VietNamNet Bridge – Citizens holding Vietnamese passports are now exempted from entry and exit declaration procedures at international airports following a recent government... Read more

Canon unit cleared to build $63 million plant in Hung Yen

A unit of Canon Inc., the world’s largest camera maker, may spend as much as US$130 million to develop a parts factory in the northern province of Hung Yen to supply its operations in Asia. In November, the provincial industrial zone management board granted Canon Electronics Inc. a license to build the $63.4 million factory, with construction scheduled... Read more

New valuation system to bring tax torment for some

Future residents of this street in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7 will be paying higher land use taxes under a city government proposal to increase land valuations next year Ho Chi Minh City residents will be burdened with higher land tax bills next year after the government decided to charge more for the city’s improved... Read more

Decision issued to regulate OTC transactions

The Ministry of Finance issued Decision No 108/2008/QD-BTC on November 20, regulating the trading of unlisted securities at the Ha Noi Securities Trading Centre (HASTC), otherwise known as the “over-the-counter” (OTC) market. Investors will be offered special incentives to develop accommodations for workers in industrial parks.Investors will be offered... Read more

174 int’l scholars to join Vietnamese studies workshop

VietNamNet Bridge – A three-day international workshop on Vietnamese studies to be held at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi from December 5-7 will gather 513 scholars, including 174 researchers from 23 countries. The press conference about the upcoming workshop.VietNamNet Bridge – A three-day international workshop on Vietnamese studies... Read more

Obama vows to work with governors to tackle financial crisis

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday that he would work with governors from both parties to tackle the current financial crisis. U.S. President-elect Barack Obama shakes hands with Governor Ted Kulongoski of Oregon during a bipartisan meeting with members of the National Governors Association at Congress Hall in Independence Park in Philadelphia,... Read more

NATO decides to conditionally re-engage with Russia

NATO foreign ministers decided on Tuesday to re-engage with Russia in a “conditional and graduated” manner, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said. NATO foreign ministers pose for a group photo at the end of a meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 2, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)“Allies agreed on what I would qualify... Read more

Vietnam: $1 billion to encourage investment and consumption

VietNamNet Bridge – The monthly cabinet meeting on December 1-2 concentrated on ways to prevent economic recession in the face of the global financial crisis and economic slowdown. Chairman of the Government Office Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the government’s press conference.VietNamNet Bridge – The monthly cabinet meeting on December 1-2 concentrated... Read more

When teachers have to market their schools

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of state-owned schools operating under the self-balancing finance scheme complain that they have been meeting a lot of difficulties since the scheme was applied. A lesson at Kien Thiet Secondary SchoolThe schools’ teachers complain that their incomes have decreased significantly, and they have to market the schools themselves... Read more

Vietnamese hip-hop artists to perform overseas

VietNamNet Bridge – Three Vietnamese hip-hop dance troupes, Big Toe, Milky Way and Sacred Crew, will gather to tell a story entitled “Many-sided”, directed by French artist Sebastien Ramirez and German artist Raphael Hillebrand.   VietNamNet Bridge – Three Vietnamese hip-hop dance troupes, Big Toe, Milky Way and Sacred Crew, will... Read more

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