Politics

Donors want media to battle corruption
04/12/2009 05:00
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (L) and World Bank country director Victoria Kwakwa Aid donors urged the government to encourage the press to help fight corruption, which they said at a meeting Thursday was one of...
Donor pledges top $8 billion
04/12/2009 05:00
International donors on Dec. 4 pledged a record aid of more than US$8 billion to Vietnam for the next year, a rise of more than $3 billion compared to last year. Within the package, $1.4 billion will be in the form of grants while the rest, $6.6 billion,...
President Triet to visit three European countries and meet Pope
04/12/2009 05:00
The Foreign Ministry on December 3 announced that President Nguyen Minh Triet will visit Italy, Spain and Slovakia between December 9-19. President Nguyen Minh Triet. The President will discuss each country’s economic development, their efforts to...
Joint-exploration could help ease East Sea disputes
04/12/2009 05:00
Vietnamese soldiers in a flag-saluting ceremony on the Truong Sa Archipelago Escalating tensions over the oil-rich East Sea could be eased temporarily by a joint-exploitation agreement and then resolved permanently under...
Audit Agency says HCMC wrong to advance $9 million to contractor
03/12/2009 05:00
The State Audit Agency has instructed HCM City authorities to punish the agencies and individuals who decided to pay $9 million in advance to the firm that developed Da Phuoc dump project. The Da Phuoc dumping ground. HCM City to turn rubbish dump into...
Appropriate measures to be applied to websites violating the law
03/12/2009 05:00
The Foreign Ministry has confirmed that in response to public concern, official agencies are evaluating the contents of certain social websites. The Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga. At a press briefing on December 3, the Foreign...
Japan and UK commit nearly $1.7 billion development assistance to Vietnam
03/12/2009 05:00
Japan and the UK are the two first countries to pledge assistance to Vietnam in 2010 at the Consultative Group (CG) Meeting. PM Nguyen Tan Dung and the two co-chair people, the Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and the WB’s Director in Vietnam...