January 15, 2012
A woman fans coals to heat up a cooker on the railway track in downtown Hanoi. When investment decisions are made based on corruption, it is not only the honest firms that suffer, but also the public through lower quality and higher cost works. As Vietnam sits on the cusp of becoming a middle income [...]
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January 9, 2012
A man (L) stands in front of an ATM while a homeless man sleeps in front of an advertisement on a street in Hanoi January 3. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has acknowledged the surging influence interest groups have on the policymaking process, calling for increased transparency to tackle the issue. Prime Minister Nguyen [...]
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June 1, 2011
A panel of foreign and local experts have called for improved transparency and accountability in Vietnam’s gas and mining sector A copper mine run by the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Group in the north-western province of Lao Cai. An anti-corruption dialogue on May 25 called for improved transparency and accountability in Vietnam’s gas [...]
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January 22, 2011
International experts have called on Vietnam to fight land management corruption by increasing transparency Farmer Nguyen Van Tran works on a rice field adjacent to an industrial park on the outskirts of Hanoi. Experts have called for policy reforms and transparency to reduce the risk of corruption in land management. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong [...]
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December 8, 2010
Environmental activists from Bolivia march toward the Pitaya Cancun Messe, where climate talks are taking place in Cancun, December 7, 2010. China’s most recent stance on bringing its emissions-reduction goals into a United Nations deal marks “business as usual” and doesn’t advance fractured climate negotiations in Mexico, US envoy Todd Stern said. China’s delegation chief [...]
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December 9, 2009
LookAtVietnam – A proposal could make it easier for real estate developers to mobilize capital but, some warn, it could also reduce transparency in property markets. A Ministry of Construction (MOC) proposal now out for public comment would allow real estate developers to sell twenty percent of the units they develop directly to investors, according [...]
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October 3, 2009
Danish Ambassador Peter Lysholt Hansen Vietnam has clearly signaled its intentions by signing the UN Convention Against Corruption, but success depends on how well the countryâs laws are executed, say Danish and Swedish envoys. What is the significance of Vietnam joining the convention and the role of the international community in the fight against corruption?Swedish [...]
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August 24, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Real estate valuation institutions are still playing a minimal role in the real estate market. Five institutions give ten different prices According to Truong Thai Son, a member of the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Valuation Association, there are 200 member property valuation firms, including three foreign-owned ones, namely CB Richard Ellis Vietnam (CBRE), [...]
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July 23, 2009
Office staff work at Rio Tinto Group’s Shanghai office in Shanghai, China Chinaâs detention of Rio Tinto Group executives amid allegations of espionage and bribery should serve as a reminder to foreign companies that they may also risk prosecution by US enforcement agencies, lawyers said. âItâs not just domestic law that may be involved,â said [...]
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July 8, 2009
Leaders from the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized countries and emerging economies are expected to make a new push for reform of the global financial system when they meet for a summit as from Wednesday. A helicopter is seen flying above the makeshift media village for 2009 G8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy, July 7, 2009. [...]
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Rio spy claim case shows SEC probe risk, lawyers say
Office staff work at Rio Tinto Group’s Shanghai office in Shanghai, China Chinaâs detention of Rio Tinto Group executives amid allegations of espionage and bribery should serve as a reminder to foreign companies that they may also risk prosecution by US enforcement agencies, lawyers said. âItâs not just domestic law that may be involved,â said [...]
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