Politics

NA deputies discuss state-owned groups’ business
08/11/2009 05:00
State-owned corporations and groups race against each other to invest in the fields that are not their function and incur losses, according to the NA Standing Committee’s supervisory report. According to the report, 47 State-owned corporations...
National Assembly to question PM Nguyen Tan Dung
08/11/2009 05:00
Some 105 National Assembly (NA) deputies sent 236 questions to cabinet members, the NA Office’s Chairman Tran Dinh Dan said on November 7. PM Nguyen Tan Dung. Some 105 National Assembly (NA) deputies sent 236 questions to cabinet members, the NA Office’s...
NA deputies again fail to decide on new tax laws
05/11/2009 05:00
National Assembly deputies again disagreed on the feasibility of the amendments to the laws on Value Added Tax and Corporate Income Tax in discussions yesterday. Photo: VNA Some recommended the revised bills, which were expected to create favourable tax...
Lawmakers tie GDP growth to govât reforms
05/11/2009 05:00
Vietnamâs legislators have set an economic growth target of 6.5 percent for next year, asking the government to reform the economy for sustainable growth. In a resolution passed Friday morning,...
Security minister says officials dodge graft punishment easily
05/11/2009 05:00
Officials under investigation for graft and corruption are evading penalties all too easily, the minister of Public Security told a National Assembly meeting on Thursday. Minister Le Hong Anh said many people under corruption investigations are state...
American leading expert on political media to visit Vietnam
05/11/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Professor Thomas Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, arrives in Hanoi on November 6. Professor Thomas Patterson in an online interview with VietNamNet in August 2008....
Vietnamese congressmen get laptop lessons
03/11/2009 05:00
On October 25, National Assembly deputies in Hanoi for the autumn session, attended lessons on how best to use their laptops. In the last two years, the chiefs and vice chiefs of provincial NA delegations were provided with free laptops. The NA Office...