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The Vice Chairman of the NA’s Committee for Finance and Budget told VietNamNet that individual deputies should be allocated funds to investigate the Government’s spending.   Deputy Trinh Huy Quach, 56, was born in Hung Yen province and has been a Party member since 1986. Quach’s an economist and a PhD. Though...

NA’s Committee for Defence and Security Chairman Le Quang Binh is a strong advocate of reforms to make the legislature more effective. Interviewed by VietNamNet, Binh didn’t mince words.    Deputy Le Quang Binh, 62, represents his birthplace, Thanh Hoa province, in the National Assembly though he now lives...

Vietnamese fashion houses and their young designers were more professional than ever and scored high points for quality and creativity. The torch bearers of Viet Nam’s haute couture industry, its young designers, have their sights trained firmly on the local market. And the market is showing increasing appreciation for their talent...

A survey in Binh Duong province near HCM City shows that workers in the industrial zones there are poorly nourished. Workers buy xôi (steamed glutinous rice) before work begins. Companies budget eight to ten thousand dong per meal per worker, but after deducting the fee for contractors and other service costs, the true value of a...

“I don’t want to be just an average deputy,” permanent member of the Justice Committee Nguyen Van Luat told VietNamNet during another interview in its series, ‘Know Your Representative.’  VietNamNet: Your home is in Ha Dong district, far from your office in Ba Dinh district (downtown Hanoi). How do you get...

VnnNews – Travel firms offer a lot of low cost tours under tourism promotion programmes, but they come with strings attached. The director of a travel firm in the north told VietNamNet that at the Yen Tu and Huong Pagodas, he heard a lot of people speaking with a southern accent. Trip packages multiply Discounted air tickets...

Traditional mortician Nguyen Quyen, 48, is very famous in the central region for his techniques of making up and preserving dead bodies. Traditional mortician Nguyen Quyen. In Hue City, dead people are often kept at home for seven to ten days before they are buried. It’s Quyen’s job to keep them dry and smelling sweet. Elderly...

National Assembly member Nguyen Van Pha told VietNamNet reporters that it is difficult for deputies to carry out their responsibilities as legislators if they also hold down other positions.   VietNamNet: As one of the three deputies who are members of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, what are your advantages in comparison...

VnnNews would like to introduce a summary of economic cooperation between the US and Vietnam.   US and Vietnamese officials attend a workshop on Vietnam’s WTO admissionThe country issued the law on foreign investment in Vietnam in 1987, which reaffirmed the market opening policy that provided a higher legal framework to help the...

Field photo of the Huu Nghi border crossing.VnnNews - It was 7pm on the last day of 2008 when Vietnamese and Chinese negotiators announced the completion of the demarcation and marker planting for the Vietnamese-Chinese border, the official end of a marathon negotiation process spanning nearly 20 years. In fact, two issues remained unresolved. Vietnam,...