• World Bank gives $350 million for local infrastructure

    03/07/2009 05:00

    Vietnam will receive US$350 million in loans from the World Bank to help spur economic development and improve municipal infrastructure projects, the Washington-based lender said in a statement Friday. Vietnam will receive $190 million to operate a credit...

  • Vietnam ratifies anti-corruption pact: UN

    03/07/2009 05:00

    Vietnam has ratified the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, the UN said Friday. President Nguyen Minh Triet ratified the convention, a UN statement said, following a report Friday in the Phap Luat Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh (Ho Chi Minh City Law)...

  • President announces eight new laws

    President announces eight new laws

    03/07/2009 05:00

    A piece of the Red River City artificial model. The Hong River City project has been a matter of controversy between plan makers and scientists. Among eight new laws, the legal position, responsibilities and authority of overseas Vietnamese embassies...

  • Prime Minister receives London’s Lord Mayor

    Prime Minister receives London’s Lord Mayor

    02/07/2009 05:00

    Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi on July 2 received the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Ian Luder, who is accompanied by a delegation from the UK’s leading banking and finance firms for a week-long Vietnam working visit which began on July 1. Prime...

  • Vietnam PM receives London’s Lord Mayor

    Vietnam PM receives London’s Lord Mayor

    02/07/2009 05:00

    Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said the trip to Vietnam by Ian Luder, Lord Mayor of London, will help boost cooperation between the two countries, especially in banking and financial services....

  • ADB supports quality produce, clean energy in VN

    ADB supports quality produce, clean energy in VN

    02/07/2009 05:00

    The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged US$95 million to improve the safety and quality of Vietnam’s commercial cooking crops and provide an alternative, clean energy supply to households through biogas development. ADB Country Director for Vietnam...

  • Development plan for Cambodia border provinces approved

    Development plan for Cambodia border provinces approved

    02/07/2009 05:00

    Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has recently approved building plans for provinces that border Cambodia. The plans aim to develop the area into a nationally important economic region by 2020, and the world by 2030. The area bordering Cambodia includes...

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