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The court began to question defendants about their specific roles in wrongdoings at the PVC's Thai Binh 2 thermal power project, at the trial that opened on January 8.

The national centralised bidding for 20 types of drugs covered by health insurance has helped save 251.13 billion VND (10.9 million USD) on drugs.

The Vietnam Social Security must enhance inspections and join hands with relevant agencies to ensure transparency and prevent health insurance fraud, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said.

The Government will spend 2.269 trillion VND (100 million USD) over the next two years on buying five active substances and 22 types of drugs for public hospitals and healthcare centres.

The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) collected 137 billion VND (6 million USD) after auctioning 5.35 million shares of the Viet Nam Construction and Import-Export Joint Stock Corporation (Vinaconex) on the Hanoi Stock Exchange on December 8.

The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) has confirmed it will continue its scheduled competitive share offerings in four companies in the latter half of this month.

Acting Head of State of Cambodia and President of the Senate Samdech Say Chhum hosted a reception in Phnom Penh on September 15 for Vietnamese Ambassador Thach Du who was bidding farewell at the end of his tenure.

Fifteen firms win sugar import quotas

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to hire foreign consultants to consider the expansion of the Tan Son Nhat international airport in Ho Chi Minh City without limitation in land use planning.

A training conference for the project “Strengthening capacity of cost estimation, contract management, quality and safety of construction works” opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 23.

The bidding grievance handling mechanism needs to be renovated to ensure transparency and keep pace with the country’s rapid international integration.

The Lao government has banned the construction of new offices from now to 2020 in a bid to implement the thrift practice policy.

The Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) raised 25.083 trillion VND (1.103 billion USD) worth of government bonds, down 23.9 percent from March during 18 bidding sessions last month.

The Thai Government has approved the sale of one million out of the 2.87 million tonnes of rice offered at this year’s first general auction of the state rice stock in February.

The Prime Minister allowed the HCM City administration to apply bidding selection forms in special cases under the Law on Bidding to select a contractor for a tidal flood control project for the city.

Vietnam exported 432,000 tonnes of rice for 191 million USD in August, bringing the total volume and value in the first eight months of this year to 3.37 million tonnes and 1.51 billion USD.

All government regular procurement transactions and bulk procurement will be done via the electronic national bidding system by 2025, according to a master plan and a road map for online procurement.

Thailand ’s Ministry of Commerce said on July 9 that it will open bidding on July 25 for 3.7 million tonnes of rice.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will establish a council to conduct pilot bidding on the import of 85,000 tonnes of sugar under a tariff rate quota (TRQ) this year.

Most domestic bidders continue to lack confidence in the transparent competition when bidding on projects.