The Ministry of Information and Communications on March 6 signed with
the Microsoft Corporation a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will
help raise Vietnam’s Internet security.
Vietnam remains among the countries most vulnerable to internet
attacks, with 40 percent of websites containing security loopholes,
according to the country's top internet security firm, BKAV.
Transactions on foreign exchange (forex) trading floors are illegal in
Vietnam and violators can face administrative fines of up to 100 million
VND, or 4,760 USD.
Gold loans at commercial banks in Ho Chi Minh City at the end of
February stood at 100,000 taels, down 28,000 taels, or 21.87 percent,
against the end of 2013, the central bank's City branch Deputy Director
Nguyen Hoang Minh told the Thoi Bao Ngan Hang (Banking Times).
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested localities to check
the quality of all suspension bridges, especially in mountainous areas,
at a teleconference on February 25.
Sustainable development has emerged as a top concern of mankind. The
issue is echoed at various international forums, in public documents, as
well as in national policies and plans of action. In Vietnam,
sustainable development is one of the fundamental elements of economic
growth model reform and a primary goal of the national economy.
Communist Review features an article by Prof. Dr. Vu Van Hien, Vice
Chairman of the Central Theory Council, on the issue.
Several scenarios for Vietnam’s economy have been put forth at a
recent seminar organised by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Report by Vietnam Business Forum.
At a recent seminar entitled "Prospects for Vietnam's Economy in 2014:
Resonance Policy Effect" organised by the Ministry of Planning and
Investment, participants put forth several scenarios for Vietnam's
economy. Report byVietnam Business Forum.
Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate is forecast to reach
5.67 percent next year, while its consumer price index (CPI) will be 7
percent. Experts predicted the financial climate next year would bring
in winds of change.
The Vietnamese Government has always attached importance to building and
developing policies and programmes to promote gender equality and
ensure women’s rights.
Deputy Director of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social
Affairs' Labour Safety Department Nguyen Anh Tho spoke with VietnamPlus
about the recent series of fires and explosions caused by welders
The 11th Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) identified
uniform and comprehensive implementation of external activities,
proactive and active international integration, maintenance of a
peaceful and stable environment, and creation of favourable conditions
for national sustainable development as steps to turn Vietnam into an
industrialised and modernised country by 2020.
The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a document on the
implementation of the Prime Minister’s decision on dealing with credit
institutions’ bad debts and the establishment of the Vietnam Asset
Management Company.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan rounded out the first day of
his working visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK), holding working
sessions with three government ministries in Seoul on August 26.
Years after the war, the US Army continued to use the cargo planes that
once sprayed Agent Orange (AO) in Vietnam to transport their
soldiers, without notifying them of the risks associated with the toxic
defoliant.
A project worth around 8 million USD will help better the management of
medical waste in Vietnam towards reducing emissions of organic compounds
and mercury that are resistant to environmental degradation.
