• Inflation hurts the poor

    Inflation hurts the poor

    09/06/2011 05:00

    The poor’s nominal income does not rise as rapidly as the consumer price index. As a result, low-income families are extremely vulnerable to price hikes. Soaring inflation has adversely affected low-income families, especially those who depend on wages...

  • World’s largest cave in Vietnam to be introduced in 60 countries

    World’s largest cave in Vietnam to be introduced in 60 countries

    09/06/2011 05:00

    The world’s first 3-dimension scientific reportage is about Vietnam’s Son Doong cave and it will be broadcast in 60 countries on June 25. The 3D reportage was produced by Japan’s Kyodo Film and will be broadcast on Japan’s NHK World TV in 60...

  • Billion-dollar projects become scarcer

    09/06/2011 05:00

    Billion-dollar FDI projects become quite scarce in the first five months of this year, while a number of mammoth ones licensed earlier have been revoked because of financial incapacity on the part of the investors, according to the Ministry of Planning and...

  • MOF plans to amend tax laws to fight against price transfer

    MOF plans to amend tax laws to fight against price transfer

    09/06/2011 05:00

    Besides a series of newly issued documents on defining the values of goods, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) says it is considering amending the law on tax management in an effort to combat with the behaviors of “price transfer”. “Price transfer” is...

  • Motorists object to vehicle fee proposal

    Motorists object to vehicle fee proposal

    09/06/2011 05:00

    Motorists have objected a plan by the Vietnam Association of Financial Investors (VAFI) to impose an ownership fee on car and motorbike owners. In the proposal sent to the ministries of Finance, Transport, and Industry and Trade on May 31, the...

  • Measures proposed to ensure Vietnamese fishermen”s safety

    09/06/2011 05:00

    A proposal has been submitted to the Government to establish control forces to protect fisheries in Viet Nam’s territorial waters, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat has announced. The forces would inspect...

  • East Sea: Fear doesn’t drive back danger

    East Sea: Fear doesn’t drive back danger

    09/06/2011 05:00

    There are circumstances that quietness doesn’t help us to avoid danger, but enhances the danger because the quietness misleads others as feebleness...

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