• PM urges Thai Nguyen to become major economic centre

    PM urges Thai Nguyen to become major economic centre

    13/01/2009 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked Thai Nguyen province to make full use of its advantages in industry and human resources to promote socio-economic development in the region and to transform the province into one of Vietnam’s major economic,...

  • Asia-Pacific region unites for peace and development

    Asia-Pacific region unites for peace and development

    12/01/2009 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – The 17th Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) opened in Vientiane, Laos, on January 12. The Chairman of the Vietnam National Assembly, Nguyen Phu Trong, delivered a speech at the first plenary session, calling for stronger cooperation between...

  • Overwork a silent killer in Japan

    Overwork a silent killer in Japan

    12/01/2009 05:00

    Japanese lawyer Hiroshi Kawahito speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on October 17, 2008, while a portrait of Japanese nurse Ai Takahashi, a victim of “karoshi” or death by overwork is displayed Pushed to their limits,...

  • PM Dung orders action against ‘taxing’ of fuel subsidies

    12/01/2009 05:00

    Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the central Binh Dinh Province to investigate a media report about authorities “taxing” fuel subsidies for local fishermen and report to him on action taken by January 23. A report last Wednesday by the Nong...

  • UK, Vietnam to ink shared vision pact

    12/01/2009 05:00

    Top UK and Vietnamese diplomats will sign a document today setting out a shared vision of the UK -Vietnam priorities until 2013, the British Embassy in Hanoi said in a statement. Sir Peter Ricketts, Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign and...

  • Ministry proposes deferment of personal income tax until June

    12/01/2009 05:00

    The Finance Ministry is preparing fresh proposals to exempt, defer or reduce personal income tax in certain instances, Deputy Finance Minister Do Hoang Anh Tuan said Monday. He also said that the proposals will include deferment of the new Personal Income...

  • NA Chairman meets Lao leaders on bilateral ties

    NA Chairman meets Lao leaders on bilateral ties

    11/01/2009 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong met with General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and State President Choumaly Sayasone and Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh right upon his arrival in Vientiane...

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