Politics

Vietnam actively cooperates with ASEM nations to boost education
14/05/2009 05:00
Vietnam is set to make comprehensive changes in the education sector so that the country will have an advanced education system by 2020 to keep pace with national industrialization and modernization in the context of international integration, said PM Nguyen...
NA deputies want delay in tuition fee hike
14/05/2009 05:00
A singing class in a Ho Chi Minh City elementary school. Members of the National Assemblyâs Standing Committee have asked that a draft proposal hiking national tuition fees be delayed, citing concerns of low-income...
Vietnam house to discuss bauxite, job loss and poverty
14/05/2009 05:00
Bauxite exploitation, poverty alleviation and unemployment this year as a result of the economic slow-down will top the agenda when the month-long National Assembly session starts next Wednesday....
Curb on state secrets planned to fight corruption
14/05/2009 05:00
The government will narrow the domain of state secrets in a bid to minimize opportunities and conditions for corruption, according to a resolution issued under the 2020 Anti-Corruption National Strategy. Signed by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Tuesday,...
NA to discuss bauxite, job loss and poverty
14/05/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The National Assembly’s (NA) 5th plenary session to begin on May 20 is expected to pass 12 new laws, NA Office Chairman Tran Dinh Dan said yesterday at the end of the National Assembly Standing Committee’s (NASC) 20th meeting. NA Chairman Nguyen...
President Triet welcomes Asean police chiefs
13/05/2009 05:00
Vietnam will participate fully with the Association of National Police Forces in the ASEAN region (ASEANAPOL), with the International Criminal Police Organization and Interpol. President Nguyen...
Vietnam continues to work closely with UN: PM
13/05/2009 05:00
Vietnam will continue to cooperate closely with the United Nations to achieve a variety of goals, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told visiting UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro in Hanoi Wednesday....