Mobile phone promotions under scrutiny

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VietNam News English 1 week(s) ago

The Ministry of Information and Communications will inspect mobile phone companies to verify if they follow procedures related to promotions, registering prepaid subscribers, and selling SIM cards.

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Traffic safety campaign funded through 2020

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VietNam News English 1 week(s) ago

The Directorate for Roads has submitted a national strategy proposal to ensure road-traffic safety through 2020 to the Ministry of Transport. With a total capital of VND 16 trillion (US$761.9 million), the strategy will aim to reduce the number of accidents and fatalities to eight per 100,000 people by 2020. It also targets upgrading 80 per cent of highways so they meet international standards on road-traffic safety.

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Funds sought for satellite hospitals

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VietNam News English 2 week(s) ago

The Ministry of Health is seeking Official Development Assistance (ODA) and other legal capital to develop 45 satellite hospitals, with the aim of relieving overcrowded conditions in 14 major hospitals across the country.

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Crackdown on low-quality toys

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VietNam News English 2 week(s) ago

Nationwide investigations into the production of poor quality toys will be held in August and September, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology.

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Viet Nam greets 1.8 million foreign tourists

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

Viet Nam welcomed 1.8 million foreign tourists and 12.3 million domestic tourists during the first quarter, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism. Most tourists were from China, South Korea and Japan. Turnover in the first quarter reached VND53.5 trillion (US$2.5 billion).

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Fewer food poisoning cases reported

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

Eighteen food poisoning cases in the country were reported in the first quarter of the year, with 427 people hospitalised.

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Confusion hinders high-tech industry

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VietNam News English 3 month(s) ago

Confusion hinders high-tech industry

What makes a firm a high-tech enterprise? Answering this question clearly would encourage more foreign companies to invest in Viet Nam, Minister of Planning and Investment Bi Quang Vinh told Dau Tu (Investment) newspaper.

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Can Tho industries lack investors

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VietNam News English 4 month(s) ago

Can Tho industries lack investors

High land prices and frequent changes in compensation and resettlement policies have kept investors away from industrial parks in the southern city of Can Tho, the Dau Tu (Viet Nam Investment Review) newspaper has reported.

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Delta set for major waterway upgrade

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VietNam News English 5 month(s) ago

WB5, the project for traffic infrastructure development in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, will get World Bank assistance of US$223.6 million to upgrade 356km of waterways in the region. The project, which will get a three-year extension, will also upgrade national roads 53, 54 and 91.

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Banks forced to revise targets

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VietNam News English 5 month(s) ago

Banks forced to revise targets

A number of commercial banks have revised their business targets for the year due to declining profits and rising bad debt levels, according to a report carried by the publication Dau Tu (Viet Nam Investment Review).

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Traffic accidents decline 19.8%

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago

According to the National Traffic Safety Committee, 9,727 traffic accidents were recorded nationwide as of November, a decrease of 19.8 per cent compared with the same period last year.

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Ninh Thuan provides free health insurance

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago

Ninh Thuan provided nearly 45,000 free health insurance cards three months ago at a cost of more than VND6 billion (US$285,700) to people just above the poverty line, according to the province's Social Insurance Agency. The cards were issued under a four-year programme that began this year.

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Ministry controls illegal chicken sales

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has succeeded in controlling the illegal import of chicken from China that contains high levels of sulfadizain, a substance harmful to human health.

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Banks struggle for capital in wake of new law

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VietNam News English 7 month(s) ago 1 related news

A crackdown on inter-bank trading has reduced their access to capital, prompting banks to raise deposit interest rates, often above the Government's cap, said Le Tham Duong of the HCM Banking University.

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Da Nang attracts $152m in FDI

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VietNam News English 7 month(s) ago

Since the beginning of the year, the central city of Da Nang has attracted more than US$152 million in foreign direct investment (FDI).

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