• GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 5/6

    04/06/2011 05:00

    Party official visits Japanese disaster victims Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and standing member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, on June 3 visited victims of earthquake and tsunami in Asahi city, Chiba prefecture of...

  • Fishermen vow to defend Vietnamese fishing grounds 

    Fishermen vow to defend Vietnamese fishing grounds 

    03/06/2011 05:00

    Vietnamese fishing boats anchor around the marine defense platform DK1 in the East Sea. Fishermen all along Vietnam’s central coast say they’re committed to protecting their fishing grounds from...

  • 500 people elected to Vietnamese parliament 

    03/06/2011 05:00

    The Central Election Council announced Friday 500 people had been voted deputies of the 13rd National Assembly at the national elections held on May 22. Of the 500 deputies, 42 are not members of the Communist Party...

  • World Bank grants $620 mln to Vietnam’s development efforts 

    03/06/2011 05:00

    The World Bank will give Vietnam loans totaling US$620 million to aid the country’s efforts to improve infrastructure and address development challenges, according to the bank’s press release issued Tuesday.   Of...

  • Chinese military ships bully Vietnam’s fishing boats

    Chinese military ships bully Vietnam’s fishing boats

    02/06/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – On the afternoon of May 31, three Chinese military ships opened fire to threaten four fishing boats from Vietnam’s Phu Yen province, in the sea of Vietnam. A fishing boat of Vietnam. The Border-guard forces of Phu Yen province...

  • Health experts call for better service in light of fee increase

    Health experts call for better service in light of fee increase

    02/06/2011 05:00

    Under a draft fee scheme that would increase the cost of 350 health services, 220 services will more than double in cost while another 70 will shoot up between seven to tenfold. People wait near the admission window at Ho Chi Minh City’s Children Hospital No....

  • EU praises effective aid use ahead of co-operation report

    EU praises effective aid use ahead of co-operation report

    02/06/2011 05:00

    The European Union yesterday, June 2, praised Viet Nam’s aid effectiveness, saying that future development assistance might well take different forms....

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