• Congress to consider tax increase for some metal resources

    Congress to consider tax increase for some metal resources

    20/11/2008 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Starting this morning, the 14 th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee will consider and ratify the amended ordinance on taxes on exploitation of natural resources. Some NA deputies warned of overexploitation of metal...

  • Call for reduction of red tape

    20/11/2008 05:00

    Licensing requirements and business conditions should be overhauled to help local enterprises conduct their business more easily, government bodies told a conference in Hanoi Thursday. A government working group set up to review the implementation of...

  • Department, district heads to step up media interaction

    20/11/2008 05:00

    The heads of various departments and districts in Ho Chi Minh City will be required to act as spokespersons and be responsible for providing information to the media, according to a recent regulation. The administrative authorities have to supply the...

  • Hanoi’s two cities want to become district and town

    Hanoi’s two cities want to become district and town

    20/11/2008 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Dong city and Son Tay city have petitioned to become Ha Dong district and Son Tay town under Hanoi, said Le Quang Nhue, Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Council. Ha Dong City may become Ha Dong District in the near future....

  • Rhino horn smuggling, diplomat in South Africa recalled

    Rhino horn smuggling, diplomat in South Africa recalled

    19/11/2008 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said Vu Moc Anh, a Vietnamese diplomat in South Africa, was called back because of allegations that she was caught red-handed on film in an illegal rhinoceros horn transaction . Moc...

  • Vietnam supports UN Security Council reform

    19/11/2008 05:00

    Vietnam supports efforts to reform the UN Security Council towards higher transparency, democracy and efficiency, avoiding the overlapping of activities among UN bodies, a senior Vietnamese diplomat, said on Tuesday. Ambassador Hoang Chi Trung, deputy...

  • Vietnam to propose two children limit per couple

    19/11/2008 05:00

    The Vietnamese government, in an attempt to reduce the population increase rate, plans to propose an ordinance this December to limit married couples to having two children. The 13th most crowded country in the world, with a population of around 84...

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