Politics

Fewer cabinet members in National Assembly proposed
23/02/2011 05:00
At the first consultation conference, many participants said that too many government officials are also members of the National Assembly. Tran Hoang Tham, Vice Chair of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, said that executive bodies should reduce...
Good news for FDI fortunes
21/02/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign direct investment disbursement is expected to rise sharply this year as many foreign investors push big projects in Vietnam. Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation, a subsidiary of Taiwanese Formosa Plastic Corporation, early this month...
GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 22/2
21/02/2011 05:00
VN, Laos boost security ties Minister of Public Security, General Le Hong Anh. ( Photo: VNA) A high-ranking delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security led by...
NA Standing Committee worries over inflation
21/02/2011 05:00
Vietnam achieved its most of its yearly targets for GDP growth, budget turnover and reducing budget overspending in 2010 but it failed to reach its goal on inflation (8 percent), which was 9.19 percent. Inflation was the big concern of the National Assembly...
Ordinances to govern judicial, trial processes
21/02/2011 05:00
The 12th National Assembly Standing Committee approved supplements and amendments to a number of articles in the Ordinance on the Procurators of the People’s Procuracies and the Ordinance on Judges and Jurors of the People’s Courts before closing its 38th...
Adm reforms pave way for transparency
20/02/2011 05:00
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has urged for stronger administrative reforms in order to realise the Government commitments to promoting democracy and transparency. Hung hailed the Prime Minister’s taskforce on administrative reforms at a meeting...
More evidences prove Paracel archipelago belongs to Vietnam
20/02/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Local government in the central province of Thua Thien Hue city has found a document on meteorological service on Paracel islands in 1955 and given it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Researcher Phan Thuan An (C) signs a pledge to...