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Governance
SCIC to reduce state capital in over 200 companies in H2
State Capital Investment Corp (SCIC) has reported gaining total revenue of over 1.039 trillion dong and 868.9 billion dong in pre-tax profit in the first half of 2009.
3 Jul, 2009 - 2:31:43 PM
Governance
US senators press Vietnam on jailed priest
A group of US senators urged Vietnam's president on Wednesday to free a Catholic priest as human rights groups said his imprisonment justified putting Hanoi on a US religious freedom blacklist.
3 Jul, 2009 - 7:04:00 AM
Governance
Vietnam asks for support against 'terrorism'
Vietnam on Thursday asked for international support in its struggle against "terrorism", stepping up its justification for the arrest of a human rights lawyer.
27 Jun, 2009 - 7:03:00 AM
Governance
Vietnam fishermen say trade hit by Chinese patrols
Vietnam's foreign ministry announced in early June that China had ordered a fishing ban in some areas of the South China Sea "including those under Vietnam's sovereignty".
27 Jun, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM
Governance
Vietnam expels detained lawyer from bar
Vietnam has expelled a prominent lawyer from the HCM City Bar after he was arrested for allegedly colluding with hostile forces to sabotage the country, the bar said Tuesday.
25 Jun, 2009 - 7:04:00 AM
Governance
Vietnam deplores EU interference in rights lawyer case
Vietnam Tuesday deplored "interference" by European countries which denounced the arrest of human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh.
25 Jun, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM
Governance
Vietnamese court rejects lawsuit against prime minister
A court in Hanoi has rejected a lawsuit against Vietnam's prime minister seeking to halt controversial bauxite mining projects, the government reported Tuesday. Hanoi People's Court decided that it had no legal framework for considering the suit against prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung. The decision was signed June 19 but first reported today on the Vietnamese government website (www.chinhphu.vn).
25 Jun, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM
Governance
Vietnam cuts list of death penalty crimes: official
Vietnam on Friday removed rape and several other offences from the list of crimes punishable by death, an official said, but deputies maintained capital punishment for drug trafficking.
23 Jun, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM
Governance
Global lawyers' group brands Vietnam arrest 'arbitrary'
A global association of lawyers says Vietnam's "arbitrary" arrest of a human rights lawyer contravenes international legal standards and the country's own constitution.
22 Jun, 2009 - 7:11:00 AM
Governance
Vietnam defends 'free speech' after lawyer, activists arrest
Communist Vietnam has defended its commitment to freedom of speech in the face of widening global opposition to the recent arrest of a prominent lawyer and writer.
20 Jun, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM
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