Politics

City leaders slammed for weak response to food safety, pollution
08/07/2009 05:00
A lady buys noodles from a street-side eatery in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 1. Ho Chi Minh City residents have been eating dirty cooking and pesticide-tainted vegetables, but the cityâs health watchdog said itâs...
Prime Minister pushes for 5-percent GDP growth rate
07/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for the nation’s concerted efforts to combat the economic slowdown and fulfil the GDP growth target of 5 percent for this year. Cabinet members agreed that, despite facing various challenges in the...
City posts healthy growth
07/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The city achieved significant economic growth over the last six months despite the global downturn, HCM City leaders said at a three-day People’s Council meeting that began yesterday, July 7. HCM City achieved significant economic growth over...
PM wants united action on GDP target
07/07/2009 05:00
Workers at a construction site in Ho Chi Minh City. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for concerted efforts to combat the economic slowdown and fulfill the GDP growth target of 5 percent for this year....
Stop wasting public land, tap water: HCMC deputies
07/07/2009 05:00
HCMC Peopleâs Council deputy Nguyen Van Khoa said procedures for an infrastructure project can take between 15 and 20 months Inefficiency in public land use, large losses of tap water and sluggish infrastructure projects...
Vietnam partners with Swiss on HR training, FTA
06/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked Switzerland to provide assistance in human resource development, especially in vocational training and university faculty. PM Nguyen Tan Dung welcomed the visit by Gerber and a delegation of leading...
Solution for “disguised” golf courses: collecting tax arrears
06/07/2009 05:00
As many as 166 golf courses covering 52,000 hectares of land serve around 5000 golfers in Vietnam. Each golfer has over 10 hectares of land for entertainment. Meanwhile, each person in the northern delta has only 360 sq.m of land for planting rice on average....