Politics

Intâl donors pledge $8.06 bln for Vietnam
03/12/2009 05:00
Foreign donors guaranteed Vietnam official development assistance of more than US$8 billion at a meeting Friday, a sharp increase from the figure pledged a year ago. The annual pledge was announced...
Vietnam to withdraw stimulus earlier than expected
02/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s Government said on Tuesday it would stop stimulus in the year-end, three months earlier than expected, citing rapid credit growth as a key reason. The Government keeps subsidizing loans extended to farmers and rural areas as well as...
Vietnam to have 89 golf courses by 2020
01/12/2009 05:00
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung approved Vietnam’s golf course construction plan to 2020, which scheduled 89 golf courses for the country by 2020. Of this number, 19 golf courses are operating already. Twenty-nine others will locate in the northern part...
Int’l experts study, reject China’s sea claim at Hanoi seminar
01/12/2009 05:00
Though time ran out before all could be said, scholars from many nations who convened in Hanoi on 27-28 November had a penetrating discussion of possibilities for cooperation in the East Sea. International experts at the seminar in Hanoi on November 27-28....
POLITICS IN BRIEF 1/12
30/11/2009 05:00
NA Chairman receives AIPA delegates; Polish Agriculture Minister visits Vietnam; PM pledges contributions to climate change conference; Politics academy opens Chinese-funded dormitory NA Chairman receives AIPA delegates National Assembly Chairman Nguyen...
US policymaker receives honourable doctor certificate
30/11/2009 05:00
The Vietnam National University (VNU) presented the Certificate of Honourable Doctor to US trade policymaker, Prof. Susan Schwab, in Hanoi on November 30. Prof. Susan Schwab The Vietnam National University (VNU) presented the Certificate of Honourable...
President comments on Labour Hero case
30/11/2009 05:00
In a meeting with people of District 3, HCM City on December 1, President Nguyen Minh Triet answered questions about the case of labour hero Tran Ngoc Suong. President Triet and the people of District 3, HCM City. Responding to Ms. Vu Thi Minh Khai’s...