Last updated: Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Gold bar producers are required to have a minimum market share of 25 percent under a new draft decree
Economists warned that a plan to reduce the number of gold producers can lead to a supply shortage and the emergence of a black market, news website VnExpress reported Monday.
The warnings came after the central bank introduced...
Last updated: Monday, November 7, 2011
A traffic policeman writes a violation report in a street of Hanoi
A draft law submitted to Vietnam National Assembly Thursday punishes administrative violations with cash fines of up to US$95,200 and proposes to save prostitutes from rehabs.
The draft law on administrative violation punishment raises the minimum penalty...
Last updated: Friday, September 9, 2011
Experts argue that the plan is not feasible and ignores broader initiatives needed to eliminate the gap between haves and have nots
A homeless man sleeps on Nguyen Tri Phuong Bridge connecting districts 5 and 8 in Ho Chi Minh City. The municipal authorities are considering a plan...
Last updated: Saturday, July 23, 2011
As China and ASEAN inch closer to a goodwill declaration on the East Sea, experts doubt that it will ease tensions
Vietnamese fishermen in the East Sea. Experts have called a recent agreement to implement a regional declaration of goodwill a step toward resolving growing tensions...
Last updated: Friday, June 3, 2011
New consumer protection law will lack teeth without several amendments, say experts
A woman walks past an advertisement at a shopping center in downtown Hanoi. Vietnam’s first-ever Consumer Protection Law will take effect this July.
The Consumer Protection Law that will take...
Last updated: Sunday, September 19, 2010
Lawmakers have been debating over the last two days human trafficking, the role of procuracy in civil proceedings, independent auditing and the securities market.
VnnNews – Lawmakers have been debating over the last two days human trafficking, the role of procuracy in civil proceedings, independent auditing and the securities market.
Lawmakers...
Last updated: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Foreign financial institutions active in Vietnam have called ‘unreasonable’ a tentative requirement that they increase their chartered capital to five trillion dong by 2012, and ten trillion dong by 2015.
VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign financial institutions active in Vietnam have called ‘unreasonable’ a tentative...
Last updated: Sunday, May 16, 2010
Online game companies will not be allowed to let gamers play between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., according to a draft regulation aiming to curb youth addiction to the new phenomenon.
VnnNews – Online game companies will not be allowed to let gamers play between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., according to a draft regulation by the Vietnamese government...
Last updated: Friday, May 7, 2010
High on the agenda of the meeting of the NA Standing Committee yesterday was the discussion of changes to a resolution on national projects that must be approved by the plenary meeting.
VnnNews – High on the agenda of the meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday was the discussion of changes to National Assembly...
Last updated: Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Hanoi People’s Council on April 20 considered the city’s construction plans to 2030 and vision to 2050.
VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi People’s Council on April 20 considered the city’s construction plans to 2030 and vision to 2050.
Senior architect suspects Hanoi plan’s feasibility
Hanoi super-city plan...
