Top politicians to face landmark National Assembly confidence vote

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A vote of confidence on the nation's 49 top official positions will be conducted during the upcoming meeting of National Assembly – the first time since the measure was introduced – and those who poll less than 50 per cent will face a no-confidence vote or be called to resign.

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Top politicians to face landmark National Assembly confidence vote

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VietNam News English 2 day(s) ago 2 related news

A vote of confidence on the nation's 49 top official positions will be conducted during the upcoming meeting of National Assembly – the first time since the measure was introduced – and those who poll less than 50 per cent will face a no-confidence vote or be called to resign.

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Gold loses its appeal as VN bucks Asia trend

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VietNam News English 2 day(s) ago

Demand for gold jewellery in Viet Nam is falling sharply, despite significant increases recorded in other Asian countries, according to the latest report of the World Gold Council (WGC).

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Teaching careers draw new crowd

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Teaching careers draw new crowd

For years, ambitious university students balked at a teaching career, primarily because of low pay and less than desirable working conditions.

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Yen depreciation deals blow to Vietnam exports

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SaigonTimes English 3 day(s) ago

HCMC – The yen depreciation has caused many problems for local companies shipping products to Japan as local goods have become more expensive and less competitive.

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Easy access to capital makes for ineffective state-owned firms in Vietnam

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Báo Thanh Niên English 5 day(s) ago

Preferential policies provide state-owned groups with easier access to capital than private companies, but they perform less effectively.

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Deposit interest rates go down, where the money goes to then?

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Deposit interest rates go down, where the money goes to then?

VietNamNet Bridge – Since commercial banks have lowered the interest rates, depositing has become less attractive in the eyes of investors. They may withdraw money from banks to put into production and business projects, or invest in securities as the stock index is on the rise.

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HCM City returns land from delayed projects

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HCM City returns land from delayed projects

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 1,700 hectares of land in HCM City that had been locked up in delayed and scrapped projects have been returned to their owners, according to the city Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

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Life below the line, with a dollar a day

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Life below the line, with a dollar a day

With Vietnam’s poverty standard line ruled as earning just VND500,000 (US$24) per capita a month, meaning less than one US dollar a day, it is certainly hard to live ‘below the line’, but you can’t imagine how it is in reality.

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SBV cuts key policy rates, deposit rate unchanged

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SaigonTimes English 6 day(s) ago 1 related news

HCMC – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has reduced key interest rates by one percentage point while deposit rates for tenors less than 12 months remain at 7.5% per annum.

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Vietnam’s football still tops South East Asia

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VietnamNet English 7 day(s) ago

Vietnam’s football still tops South East Asia

VietNamNet Bridge – The men’s national football team of Vietnam did not play a single international game in April and lost in all for recent matches, but it still ranked 1st in the region in FIFA’s May rankings.

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Big, small banks breaks rate cap to lure depositors

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 7 month(s) ago

Big, small banks breaks rate cap to lure depositors

Local lenders have breached the rate cap for time deposits which mature in less than one year to attract depositors.

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Vietnam hikes import tariffs on used cars

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Báo Thanh Niên English 2 week(s) ago

The government has hiked import tariffs on used cars with nine seats or less by up to a fifth with effect from June 20.

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Angela Merkel makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

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Angela Merkel makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise visit Friday to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, a military spokesman said.

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45% of users not satisfied with 3G quality: survey

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45% of users not satisfied with 3G quality: survey

Users were less satisfied by the quality of the 3G connection they used in 2012 compared to a year earlier, according to a survey released Thursday.

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