• Lawmakers disagree over allowing more no-bid contracts

    29/05/2009 05:00

    The National Assembly debated fiercely a proposal that would allow more project investors to award no-bid contracts Friday. Current regulations allow investors to assign no-bid contracts on projects with investment of less than VND1 billion (US$56,275)....

  • Vietnam, RoK aim for strategic partnership

    Vietnam, RoK aim for strategic partnership

    29/05/2009 05:00

    Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) need to work to lift their comprehensive relationship to a “Strategic Cooperative Partnership” for the prosperity of both countries, the two countries’ leaders agreed Friday....

  • PM begins official visit to Republic of Korea

    PM begins official visit to Republic of Korea

    28/05/2009 05:00

    Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung was received at a military base in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK), on May 28 with the attendance of a deputy foreign minister and many other senior officials of the RoK Government. VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese...

  • Construction investment procedures synchronised

    Construction investment procedures synchronised

    28/05/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The Minister of Planning and Investment, Vo Hong Phuc, yesterday, May 28, presented to the National Assembly a bill revising six laws relating to capital construction investment. Most of the deputies asked to regulate television stations to...

  • Visa extension requests to get closer scrutiny

    Visa extension requests to get closer scrutiny

    28/05/2009 05:00

    Foreign workers who don’t meet conditions to work in Vietnam will not have their visas extended, Labor, War Invalids and Social Affaris (MoLISA) Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan told VietNamNet on May 28. Chinese workers in the Central Highlands. Foreign...

  • Human rights, religious freedom protected in Vietnam: seminar

    28/05/2009 05:00

    People in Vietnam live and work in an environment that fully guarantees human rights, delegates said at a seminar in Hue city Town in Thua ThienHue Province Thursday. Speaking at the seminar on human rights and religious issues in Vietnam, scholars,...

  • Lawmakers want 30 pct cap on foreign TV, film content enforced

    28/05/2009 05:00

    National Assembly deputies have asked the government to keep the ratio of foreign films shown on television and in theaters at the current 30 percent to protect the fledgling local cinema industry. Deputy Bui Thi Le Phi said some channels show more...

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