HANOI — A Vietnamese appeal court Wednesday doubled the prison term of a former transport official jailed in a corruption scandal that led key donor Japan to suspend aid.
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jeudi 18 mars 2010
Vietnam court doubles jail term for official
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 18 mars 2010, 08:41
mardi 16 mars 2010
Vietnam's corruption fight to focus on seven areas in 2010
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 16 mars 2010, 08:34
Provinces and cities in Vietnam should take drastic measures to further the fight against corruption, focusing on seven major fields in 2010, according to Vietnam news agency.
lundi 15 mars 2010
Outsourcing to Vietnam
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 15 mars 2010, 20:54
Rising labor costs and tensions with China have sent companies looking for labor in Vietnam, but Hanoi has its own set of serious problems.
Vietnam releases leading dissident from prison
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 15 mars 2010, 20:45
HANOI — Vietnam released one of its leading democracy activists from prison Monday after the dissident Catholic priest spent three years and suffered two strokes in solitary confinement, his lawyer and sister said.
Vietnam asks National Geographic to fix mapping error
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 15 mars 2010, 08:43
Vietnam on Saturday said the US National Geographic Society was wrong in publishing a world map that shows the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands as belonging to China.
Striking Vietnam workers trickle back as company gives in
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 15 mars 2010, 08:35
Four hundred striking workers at a South Korean-owned garment factory returned to their jobs Friday in Vietnam after the company accepted most of their demands, but another 400 continued to hold out for back pay.
29 on trial in Vietnam for drug trafficking and police corruption
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 15 mars 2010, 08:33
A trial of 29 people who include former police officers and judges accused of being involved in a massive heroin trafficking and corruption case began in northern Vietnam, a court official said Friday. Nguyen Van Hoa, an official at the People's Court in Thai Nguyen province, said the trial, which started Wednesday, was the largest drug-trafficking case ever seen in the province and was expected to last more than two weeks.
Vietnam Airlines opposes VietJet Air's share sale
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 15 mars 2010, 08:26
Vietnam Airlines (VNA) has recently sent a petition to prime minister opposing the investment cooperation (under any ways) between cheap air carrier-Air Asia (Malaysia) and VietJet Air Aviation Joint Stock Co (VJA) to establish VietJet AirAsia-a cheap aviation carrier.
vendredi 12 mars 2010
Vietnam, foreign firms to build $1 bln gas pipeline
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 12 mars 2010, 08:46
HANOI, - Petrovietnam Gas has signed a deal with Chevron Corp , Japan's Mitsui Oil Exploration Co and Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production PTTE.BK to build a $1 billion gas pipeline in southern Vietnam.
For Vietnam man on death row even donating body may be illegal
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 12 mars 2010, 08:42
A murderer awaiting execution in Vietnam has applied to donate his body to science, but authorities said Wednesday they may not be able to fulfil his wish due to legal uncertainties. Fisherman Nguyen Van Hai, 30, pleaded guilty to killing a man and stealing his boat in August 2008.
Vietnam officially allows some couples to have third child
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 12 mars 2010, 08:39
Vietnam has officially allowed exceptions to its longstanding two-child policy under certain circumstances, a government official confirmed Wednesday.
Work to start on Vietnam section of transnational road
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 12 mars 2010, 08:32
Construction of the 220km Vietnamese segment of a transnational highway linking the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) will begin in the second quarter of the year, says Duong Tuan Minh, general director of the My Thuan Project Management Unit.
jeudi 11 mars 2010
Vietnam dissident vows to carry on struggle after prison
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 11 mars 2010, 08:43
HANOI — A Vietnamese lawyer and dissident vowed on Wednesday to carry on her struggle for democracy days after leaving jail, where she spent three years for challenging the Communist authorities.
Nuclear energy in Vietnam's power generation in future
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 11 mars 2010, 08:41
PARIS - Nuclear energy is expected to account for a remarkable proportion in Vietnam's power generation in the future, Vietnam news agency reported, citing to Minister of Science and Technology Hoang Van Phong, as saying.
Sexism rampant in Viet Nam
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 11 mars 2010, 08:34
HA NOI - Viet Nam has made great strides in terms of economic performance, but at the same time, there are signs of rising economic inequality and disparity in the country.
Many overseas Vietnamese want to buy apartments, property
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 11 mars 2010, 08:33
Some 400 Vietnamese living abroad, or Viet Kieu, gathered at the Sunrise City complex project in HCM City's District 7 last week for a meeting, with many of them showing keen interest to buy houses or invest in the property sector in Vietnam.
mercredi 10 mars 2010
Vietnam to publish book on sovereignty over Spratly and Paracel archipelagos
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 10 mars 2010, 08:51
HANOI - Vietnam is about to publish a geographic anthology offering data and important historical evidence to illustrate the nation's sovereignty over the Spratly and Paracel archipelagos, according to Vietnam news agency on Tuesday.
Vietnam's farmers go bananas over lucrative export crop
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 10 mars 2010, 08:50
HCM CITY - A number of provinces around the country plan to concentrate on growing bananas for export, due to increasing world demand.
mardi 9 mars 2010
Hanoi archbishop hospitalised in Rome
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 9 mars 2010, 08:40
ROME — Hanoi's controversial Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet has been admitted to hospital in Rome for "chronic insomnia and stress", the Asianews religious news agency said Monday
Vietnam to consider mining coal in Red River delta rice basket
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 9 mars 2010, 08:29
Vietnam's largest mining company wants to begin mining huge coal deposits in the Red River delta, one of the country's most-populated agricultural areas, officials said Monday.
lundi 8 mars 2010
Vietnam plans visa fee exemption this year
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 8 mars 2010, 20:41
The Vietnam National Tourism Administration said it will seek approval from the government to have foreign visitors exempted from visa fees later this year to boost the country’s tourism.
Vietnam human rights lawyer freed after serving 3 years in prison
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 8 mars 2010, 08:37
HANOI — A Vietnamese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for spreading propaganda against the state.
Vietnam’s first-quarter rice exports may drop 25%
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 8 mars 2010, 08:36
Vietnam’s rice exports may drop 25 percent to 1.2 million metric tons in the first quarter as foreign buyers reduce orders on expectations that prices will decline, an official said today.
samedi 6 mars 2010
Low fines for work safety infringements blamed for Vietnam deaths
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 6 mars 2010, 07:49
Occupational accidents and deaths are on the rise in Vietnam because the fines for safety violations are inadequate, a Vietnamese official said Thursday.
Vietnam tourism to launch new marketing campaign
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 6 mars 2010, 07:44
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will launch a national marketing campaign called Vietnam - Your Destination, to woo both local and foreign travellers, after the success of last year's Impressive Vietnam project, an official said.
Vietnam feels the heat of a 100-year drought
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 6 mars 2010, 07:37
HANOI - Every year, even at the peak of Vietnam's dry season, when the Red River is at its lowest, Hanoi's skilled captains manage to negotiate their flat-bottomed boats through its shallow waters.
vendredi 5 mars 2010
N Korea teaches Vietnam how to party
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 5 mars 2010, 08:57
North Korean experts were in Vietnam this week to advise the government on - no, not uranium enrichment - choreography for an extravaganza celebrating Hanoi's 1,000th anniversary, state media said.
jeudi 4 mars 2010
Vietnam reform proposals irk investors
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 4 mars 2010, 08:41
HANOI - More than two decades after doi moi – the “renovation” that opened Vietnam to the outside world – some conservative elements in the Communist party are rattling foreign investors by trying to put the brakes on reform.
Vietnam welcomes Buddha relics
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 4 mars 2010, 08:41
HANOI — Several hundred Buddhists Wednesday welcomed the arrival in Vietnam of relics of the Buddha from India.
Vietnam needs to improve rights
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 4 mars 2010, 08:39
WASHINGTON — Vietnam needs to improve its human rights record if it wants to build a close relationship with the United States, a senior US envoy said Wednesday ahead of a visit to the region.
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