• POLITICS IN BRIEF 13/8

    POLITICS IN BRIEF 13/8

    12/08/2009 05:00

    Vietnam, China cooperate in personnel management; ASEAN promotes cooperation in agriculture and forestry; PM approves agreements on international cooperation; Vietnamese, Belgian ministerial talks focus on economy Public security force asked to increase...

  • WB loans $190 million to enhance locality development fund

    12/08/2009 05:00

    The World Bank (WB) will offer a credit of US$190 million for Vietnam toward helping improve the operations of the Locality Development Fund. Under an agreement signed in Hanoi Wednesday between the WB and the State Bank of Vietnam, the money will be used...

  • US, Vietnam to hold annual Agent Orange/Dioxin dialogue

    12/08/2009 05:00

    The fourth annual meeting of the Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on Agent Orange/ Dioxin will be held in Hanoi September 8-10, the US Embassy and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment announced Wednesday. The JAC, a bilateral forum for...

  • HCM City proposes cutting 850 gov’t employees

    HCM City proposes cutting 850 gov’t employees

    12/08/2009 05:00

    The country’s largest city presently has 78,000 government staffs, 2000 more than the government-permitted level. Local departments have suggested cutting 851 employees. According to the HCM City Department of Home Affairs, nine of 43 departments and...

  • NA Standing Committee examines bills

    NA Standing Committee examines bills

    11/08/2009 05:00

    NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong. The 22nd session of the National Assembly Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on August 11, debating a number of draft laws, including those on telecommunications and radio frequencies. The draft law on telecommunications has 10...

  • China releases all Vietnamese fishermen and boats

    China releases all Vietnamese fishermen and boats

    11/08/2009 05:00

    The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Le Dung said on August 11th that China had released all Vietnamese fishermen and fishing boats. Captain Duong Van Tho (green) was set free in late June. “On August 11th, Chinese agencies informed the...

  • Hanoi announces plan to axe 10 golf courses

    Hanoi announces plan to axe 10 golf courses

    11/08/2009 05:00

    A golfer tees off at the Van Tri Golf Club in Hanoi. The Vietnamese government could revoke the licenses of 10 golf courses in Hanoi if it approves a recently announced plan by the city’s People’s Committee....

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