Politics

Provincial chairs in National Assembly is reducing
08/03/2011 05:00
Seeing Hanoi’s constituents before the last session of the 12 th National Assembly (NA), Party Secretary General and NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong said that the number of chairs of provinces in the NA has reduced in recent terms. The upcoming session...
National Assembly leader listens to voters” concerns
07/03/2011 05:00
Inflation was paramount on voters’ minds when they met Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong in Ba Dinh and Cau Giay districts in Ha Noi yesterday, March 7....
GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 8/3
07/03/2011 05:00
S Korean farming group welcomed A...
More National Assembly seats proposed for non-party members
07/03/2011 05:00
A meeting held by the Vietnamese Father Front before the National Assembly elections on May 22 More non-party members should become National Assembly delegates while the number of parliamentarians from executive and judicial agencies should be...
The first self-nominated candidates to National Assembly
07/03/2011 05:00
On March 4, the first day of receiving applications from self-nominated candidates to the next National Assembly (NA) election (March 4), application forms were granted to eight people in HCM City and four in Hanoi. Mr....
Fishers bemoan smaller catches
06/03/2011 05:00
When catch sizes started to decrease last year, many fishermen on the southern island of Hon Nghe in the Gulf of Thailand made the switch to fish farming. The island that is about 30km off the coast is part of its namesake commune in southern Kien Giang...
GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 7/3
06/03/2011 05:00
A new model of rural development Party Politburo member Truong Tan Sang has visited Tan Thong Hoi commune in Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City, which is considered a bright example for other communes to follow. Mr Sang was accompanied on March 6...