Vietnam parliament approves $8 billion rail link to China
Vietnam's parliament on Wednesday approved plans for an $8 billion rail link from its largest northern port city to the border with China, boosting links between the two communist-ruled countries and making trade easier.
Vietnam parliament approves radical govt cost-cutting drive
Vietnam will cut one in five public sector jobs and slash billions of dollars from government budgets, after the country's rubber-stamp parliament gave the go-ahead to a radical streamlining drive on Tuesday.
Vietnam parliament approves plan for leaner government
Vietnam's National Assembly on Tuesday approved a bold bureaucratic reform plan that will slash up to a fifth of government bodies, as the country tries to cut costs and improve administrative efficiency.
Vietnam parliament approves radical govt cost-cutting
Vietnam will cut one in five public sector jobs and slash billions of dollars from government budgets, after the country's rubber-stamp parliament gave the go-ahead to a radical streamlining drive on Feb. 18.
Vietnam’s US$8 billion railway to China gets the go ahead
It is one of two railway lines to China that Vietnam plans as part of its ‘Two Corridors, One Belt’ initiative.
Vietnam raises GDP growth target to at least 8%, approves China rail link
Vietnam's National Assembly on Wednesday approved raising the economic growth target for this year and also voted in favour of major infrastructure projects, including the country's first nuclear power plants and a rail link to China.
Vietnam's "Decree 147" crackdown on social media slammed as "icy stranglehold on free speech" by rights group
A rights group calls Vietnam's new "Decree 147" social media crackdown a bid by the Communist Party to put an "icy ...
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China prioritizes Vietnam in its neighborhood diplomacy: official
Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Thanh Binh on February 18 paid a courtesy visit to Liu Jianchao, head of the ...
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‘Revolution’: Communist Vietnam seeks to cut 1 in 5 government jobs
Vietnam’s top leader To Lam said state agencies should not be “safe havens for weak officials”. Read more at straitstimes.com ...
Subject of iconic photo from Vietnam War will speak at veteran dinner in Ashland.
Kim Phuc Phan Thi, known as “The Napalm Girl” in the famous 1972 Associated Press Vietnam photograph, will be the featured ...
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Communist Party of Vietnam’s founding anniversary celebrated in Cuba
A ceremony was held in Havana on February 12 to mark the 95th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam ...
Vietnam paves way for Musk's Starlink, seen as "olive branch" amid US tariff threats
Vietnam plans to adopt rules that would allow Elon Musk's Starlink to provide satellite internet services in the country ...
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Vietnam parliament approves US$8 billion rail link to China
HANOI: Vietnam's parliament on Wednesday (Feb 19) approved plans for an US$8 billion rail link from its largest northern port ...