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Tax break proposal aims at practical inflation relief 

July 9, 2011
Tax break proposal aims at practical inflation relief 

  Factory workers change shifts at the Thang Long Industrial Park outside of Hanoi. The government is seeking approval from the National Assembly to suspend tax collection from those with a monthly income of less than VND9 million (US$440). The Ministry of Finance has submitted a proposal on tax breaks that will last through the [...]

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Vietnam finance ministry seeks to ease tax pressures 

June 19, 2011
Vietnam finance ministry seeks to ease tax pressures 

The finance ministry plans to propose a tax exemption for taxpayers with a monthly income of VND5 million Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance is expected to propose a series of new polices to ease tax burdens in July, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Thursday. A personal income tax exemption for taxpayers with a monthly income of VND5 [...]

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Vietnam's general elections: turnout higher than 97 percent 

May 28, 2011
Vietnam's general elections: turnout higher than 97 percent 

Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, puts his vote into a ballot box Sunday in Hanoi. Over 97 percent of voters across the country cast their votes in the elections to national and local legislative bodies on Sunday, according to the National Assembly’s office.   The Ministry of Home Affairs [...]

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Draft rules push energy efficiency, new execution method

November 9, 2009
Draft rules push energy efficiency, new execution method

Vietnam will ban the import and sale of equipment with low energy efficiency and support energy-saving projects under a draft law submitted to the National Assembly’s sixth session on Saturday. The production of energy-saving projects will also benefit from preferential tax and land use policies.The draft, prepared by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, requires [...]

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Financial management yet to come up to scratch

November 9, 2009
Financial management yet to come up to scratch

Stories of lax financial discipline last week heated up the National Assembly hall. Do Manh Hung, a delegate from Thai Nguyen, said Vietnam’s financial discipline had remained problematic for years. Development budget blow-outs litter the landscape. LookAtVietnam – Stories of lax financial discipline last week heated up the National Assembly hall. Do Manh Hung, a [...]

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Municipal, provincial leaders to decide on child adoption

November 3, 2009
Municipal, provincial leaders to decide on child adoption

A foreign visitor talks with children at the Que Huong Charity Center in Binh Duong Province Chairpersons of people’s committees in provinces and cities will have the authority to decide on child adoptions, including those by foreigners, according to a bill submitted to the National Assembly on Monday. The decision, however, will be made in [...]

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Safety will be paramount at Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant

November 2, 2009
Safety will be paramount at Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant

The Chairman of the NA’s Science-Technology and Environment Committee said he’s sure Vietnam will have trained personnel needed to run the first nuclear power plants in 2020. LookAtVietnam – Deputy Dang Vu Minh, Chairman of the National Assembly’s Science-Technology and Environment Committee, told VNExpress he’s sure Vietnam will have the trained personnel needed to run [...]

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Deputy minister blames reservoirs for worsening floods

October 10, 2009
Deputy minister blames reservoirs for worsening floods

Water is released at the reservoir of the A Vuong hydro power plant Hydroelectric reservoirs were responsible for worsening flooding in the lowlands when they released water during typhoon Ketsana, a ministerial official said in an interview with Tuoi Tre on Friday. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dao Xuan Hoc made the statement [...]

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Ketsana death toll rises to 38 in Vietnam

September 30, 2009
Ketsana death toll rises to 38 in Vietnam

At least 38 people have died and 10 people are missing in central Vietnam after typhoon Ketsana hit the region Tuesday afternoon, according to the national flood and storm control committee. Another 73 people have been injured, and over 100,000 houses with at least 90 boats were damaged or submerged, the committee said on Tuesday [...]

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Ministry of Finance and businesses disagree on natural resources

September 14, 2009
Ministry of Finance and businesses disagree on natural resources

LookAtVietnam – Enterprises have warned that the high tax on natural resources will have a negative impact on Vietnam’s investment sphere. The Ministry of Finance is compiling the draft law on natural resources taxation, which will be submitted to the National Assembly for ratification and enactment in 2009. The draft law only focuses on making some [...]

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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...