Politics

Vietnam joins crusade against illegal fishing
04/09/2009 05:00
Vietnam and 90 other countries reached agreement in Rome on Tuesday on a new treaty to fight illegal fishing, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says on its website. Under the...
POLITICS IN BRIEF 5/9
04/09/2009 05:00
Party leader welcomes new school year in Hanoi; New Zealand, Norwegian ambassadors welcomed; Vietnam, Libya boost bilateral ties Photo: VNA Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh joined teachers and pupils from the Son Tay Senior Secondary School in the...
Central Highlands growth needs firmer foundations
04/09/2009 05:00
Vehicles cross a newly repaired bridge in the Central Highlands after the bridge collapsed in June. Poor infrastructure, a weak human resource base and complicated procedures have kept investors at bay....
More economic partnership to come from Down Under
04/09/2009 05:00
Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Allaster Cox talks to a disabled resident of Kon Tum Thanh Nien Weekly speaks to Australian Ambassador to Vietnam, Allaster Cox, about his views on the two countriesâ bilateral relations....
Hanoi’s Chairman heads river protection committee
03/09/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Committee for Protecting the Nhue-Day Rivers has been set up under a decision released on August 31 by Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai. Wastewater flows from a craft village in Hanoi to the Nhue River. The Committee for Protecting...
Party inspectors propose coal and minerals group chairman be sacked
03/09/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Central Inspection Committee has issed a formal warning to Doan Van Kien, the Vietnam Coal and Minerals Group’s Chairman and has proposed his dismissal. Quang Ninh province officials early this year reported that around 10 million tons of...
Justice Ministry “whistles” at HCM City’s ban
03/09/2009 05:00
The Justice Ministry’s Legal Document Inspection Department protested HCM City’s controversial decision on agricultural and cooking business on August 31. In HCM City, fruits and vegetable must be sold in “civilised and convenient” markets, supermarkets,...