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Party chief Nong Duc Manh and General Vo Nguyen Giap. VietNamNet Bridge – On the occasion of the 99th birthday of General Vo Nguyen Giap (August 25, 1911 – August 25, 2009), top party, state and government officials visited and well wished General Vo Nguyen Giap on August 24. Among them were Party General Secretary [...]
Vietnam will open its second general consulate in Houston city, Texas this year. VietNamNet Bridge – Le Dung, former head of the Information and Press Department and former spokesman of the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry, has been appointed as the head of Vietnam’s new consulate general in Houston, Texas, USA. Dung has come to Texas with [...]
Ministries and local administrations have been told to reduce paperwork by at least 30 percent. Project 30 will cut down unnecessary administrative formalities. Cutting down on ’baby permits’ to facilitate business Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged government offices to strictly implement Project 30, a Government program to simplify official paperwork between 2007 and [...]
In an announcement released today, August 17, the US Embassy in Vietnam said that Democrat Senator Jim Webb will pay a visit to Vietnam as part of a two-week trip to five Southeast Asian countries. The four other countries on this visit are Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. The senator from Virginia, who serves as [...]
Twenty five fishermen, from Quang Ngai Province, who were taken by the Chinese safely returned home August 14, the province’s Coastguard Headquarters said. A fisherman from Quang Ngai Province is happy to return after being held by the Chinese. (Photo: Tuoi Tre) Twelve fishermen from the province’s Ly Son Island were seized by the Chinese [...]
The country’s largest city presently has 78,000 government staffs, 2000 more than the government-permitted level. Local departments have suggested cutting 851 employees. According to the HCM City Department of Home Affairs, nine of 43 departments and 13 districts have finalised their lists of government employees who would be fired, including 58 people from departments and [...]
Minister of Information and Communications Le Doan Hop. The Minister of Home Affairs, the Minister of Transportation and the Minister of Information and Communications will be asked a series of questions by the permanent National Assembly deputies on August the 14th. The three cabinet members will have to answer questions about the hottest issues in [...]
Vietnam has officially assumed the role of President of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) and will host the 31st General Assembly of this regional parliamentary organisation in 2010. Chai Chidchob, President of the Thai National Assembly, handed the AIPA Gavel to Tong Thi Phong, Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly, at the closing session [...]
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) will continue to grant loans to banks in Asia, including Vietnam, to help local businesses overcome difficult times and maintain production, said visiting JBIC President and CEO Hiroshi Watanabe in a meeting with Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung on July 31. He said the bank will give priority [...]
Japan has announced it will grant urgent loans worth around $3 billion for Asian economies to deal with economic crisis, including $150-200 million for Vietnam. The Japanese government plans to lend Vietnam between $150 and 200 million to support its economic stimulus package. Nguyen Xuan Tien, vice chief of the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s [...]