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Vietnam’s crackdown on high level corruption has led to the arrest of dozens of officials from state oil firm PetroVietnam and the banking sector. As well as shedding light on graft, mismanagement and nepotism within state firms at a time privatisation is accelerating, the arrests ...

While the Vietnamese government is making great efforts to improve the country’s business and investment climate, unclear tax- and fee-related regulations are tormenting local firms planning to expand.Keep reading ...

Asia and Europe need to forge stronger ties in key areas like education and sustainable development to improve connectivity and foster inclusive growth, senior officials said on December 1.[]The two-day, 37th BoG meeting also agreed on two projects proposed by Vietnam: one on Asia-Europe Lifelong ...

Following the publication of the “Paradise Papers,” a trove of leaked documents detailing offshore investments, Vietnam’s tax authority plans to begin its review of implicated Vietnamese entities and individuals to identify those with any tax responsibilities at home.Keep reading ...

The Government Office has asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to consider recent reports that local sugar industry could be hit hard by  commitments of the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) which is set to take effect in early 2018. Statistics from ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has met leaders in Asia’s most powerful countries, plus a whole lot more, since starting a marathon trip November 3 to the region of 4.5 billion people. He met Chinese President Xi Jinping and they treated each other like old friends ...

President Trump shook up the world economic order this year by pulling the United States out of a major international trade pact and raising fundamental questions about its global role. Today, the world is moving on without it. A group of 11 countries announced on Saturday ...

The Government has recently issued Resolution No. 112/NQ-CP on simplifying administrative procedures and civil papers related to population management within the scope of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS)’s State management functions. Accordingly, the government approves the plan on replacing population management via household registration ...

The removal of 675 business and investment conditions by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is considered as a demonstration of the strong determination of the industry and trade sector to create the maximum favourable conditions for enterprises, contributing to building a government of ...

To curb the public debt, Vietnam needs to cut public spending, including the downsizing of civil servant staff.Keep reading ...