New law to abolish business monopolies

Tue, 06/01/2004 - 09:58

HA NOI — The long-awaited Competition Law should purge the economy of monopolies while creating a level playing field for all businesses, trade minister Truong Dinh Tuyen has said.

Speaking on Sunday at the 5th National Assembly meeting, he said, "the law is aimed at limiting monopolies in the economy and protecting the legitimate rights of enterprises in competition."

Law to improve children’s lot receives NA approval

Tue, 06/01/2004 - 09:56



HA NOI — The National Assembly on Monday adopted the Law on Child Care, Protection and Education after reviewing a revised draft presented by the NA Standing Committee.

The law governs the basic rights and responsibilities of children and the duties of families, the State and society in protecting, caring and educating children.

Of the 400 delegates present, 394 voted in approval.

The revised law, which will take effect at the start of 2005, has five chapters and 60 articles, 34 more than the 1992 law.

First foetus-in-liver case tests doctors

Tue, 06/01/2004 - 09:55



THUA THIEN-HUE—Doctors in Thua Thien-Hue Province are giving emergency treatment to a woman diagnosed with a dead 11-week foetus in her liver, an unprecedented case in Viet Nam’s medical community.

"This is Viet Nam’s first case of a foetus found in the liver and the fourth in the world,"said Dr Bach Cam An, head of Hue Central Hospital’s Obstetrics Department.

"The three other cases were in Australia, Hong Kong and Switzerland."

PM clears up permit process for foreign contractors

Tue, 06/01/2004 - 09:55


HA NOI — In order to smooth the process of issuing permits for foreign contractors doing business in Viet Nam, the Prime Minister has issued a decision to streamline the procedures.

The decision is aimed at helping foreign contractors easily operate in Viet Nam by improving co-ordination between ministries of Public Security, Finance and banks, said Hoang Tho Vinh, deputy director of the Construction Ministry’s Construction Department.

Under the decision each ministry will be given a more clearly defined role in the approval process:

First VN securities fund opens

Tue, 05/25/2004 - 16:59


HCM CITY — The State Securities Commission (SSC) has given approval to the Vietnam Securities Investment Fund, the first of its kind in Viet Nam, to begin disbursing investments.

In late March, the fund, known as VF1, won a licence from the commission to set up business and offer certificates to the public.

The close-ended fund has already generated VND300 billion (US$19.1 million), its ceiling limit allowed by the SSC.

Vietnam demands TRP stop granting accreditation for Ksor Kok

Tue, 05/18/2004 - 17:44


Vietnam requests the so-called Transnational Radical Party (TRP), which is enjoying the consultative status with ECOSOC, to stop immediately granting accreditation for Ksor Kok and his Montagnard Foundation Inc. (MFI) to attend UN meetings and conferences to advance their terrorist campaign and their separatist agenda.

So said Le Luong Minh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN at the annual session of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)'s NGO Committee on the Special Report by the TRP in New York on May 14.

UN officials visit Central Highlands provinces

Sun, 05/16/2004 - 14:40


05/15/2004 -- 21:30(GMT+7)

Dac Lac, May 15 (VNA) - A group of officials from United Nations agencies in Viet Nam visited the central highlands provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, and Dac Lac from May 12-15 to study key socio-economic development indexes for the UN to develop its next five-year cooperation and development plan with Viet Nam.

The officials were from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the World Health Organisation, and the International Labour Organisation.

Foreign tourists to Viet Nam increase

Tue, 05/04/2004 - 18:57


05/04/2004 -- 19:05(GMT+7)

Ha Noi, May 4 (VNA) - The number of foreign tourists to Viet Nam in the first four months of this year reached 933,800, an annual increase of 7.6 percent, according to the Viet Nam Administration of Tourism (VAT).

In April, 219,000 foreign tourists visited the country, a year-on-year increase of 38.7 percent. The number of tourists from the Republic of Korea tripled, while those from the US increased 2.2 times, from France, 1.7 times, from Japan and Taiwan 1.5 times.

Dien Bien Phu: a victory for all oppressed peoples

Tue, 05/04/2004 - 17:47

By Thanh Ha, Viet Nam News

Half a century after the victory at Dien Bien Phu, the commander of the campaign, General Vo Nguyen Giap, talks about the legacy of the battle.

Q: General, could you explain the historical significance of the Dien Bien Phu victory?

A: With the victory at Dien Bien Phu and other battlefields throughout the winter and spring of 1953-54, our army and people inflicted heavy losses on the French Expeditionary Corps.

Vatican envoy visits Dac Lac in aftermath of troubles

Tue, 05/04/2004 - 17:39



HA NOI — Monsignor Pietro Parolin, Vatican under-secretary for foreign affairs, said foreign media reports about the April 10 incident in Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) were untrue and had misled many, especially religious people, in Italy.

Parolin and his entourage visited Dac Lac Province in Tay Nguyen last Friday and met with chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, Nguyen Van Lang.

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