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Việt Nam’s tax system reviewed
The collection of indirect taxes in Việt Nam is forecast to increase in the future while direct taxes is predicted to account for a smaller proportion, according to a Fair Tax Monitor Index report released by Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) yesterday.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Vietnam refuses to ban the use of sedatives on pigs despite widespread abuse
Vietnamese authorities have decided not to prohibit the use of sedatives on pigs, despite there being no effective measures currently in place to prevent livestock farmers from engaging in a widespread practice of injecting pigs with tranquilliser before slaughter.Keep reading ...
Bao Anh
Open Development Vietnam publishes new sub-pages on land classification, communal land and state public land
Open Development Vietnam has published 3 new sub-pages in Vietnamese and English, focus on land classification, communal land and state public land. All is under land topic page.Please visit the new pages for more detail. ...
Challenges face Vietnam’s economy despite positive prospects
Vietnam’s economy had a good start in 2018 with a 7.38 percent GDP growth in the first quarter, but experts warn of challenges and risks ahead in the remaining months of the year as well as following years.Keep reading ...
Anh Hong
Chinese ships were 'invading' Vietnamese waters: top defense official
Vietnam’s maritime security has seen “complicated” developments in the first few months this year with the penetration of many Chinese ships in Vietnamese waters, a top defense official said on Tuesday.Keep reading ...
Bao Ha
Vietnam ranks 18th in index of women entrepreneurs
Vietnam gained 65.5 points in the MasterCard Index of Women Entreprenuers, ranking 18th. Women account for 31.3% of total entrepreneurs in the country, putting Vietnam at the 6th position among nations with the highest rates of women entrepreneurs. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
CSO Partnership for Implementing SDGs
Following the consent of the Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Vietnam Institute of Leadership and Public Policy (ViLEAP) and Research Center of Management and Sustainable Development (MSD) co-host a workshop on “CSO partnership for implementing SDGs”. It is a part of ...
Outdoor light pollution worsens in Vietnam
Vietnam is faced with increasing outdoor light pollution, which can be harmful to physical and mental health, according to local experts.Keep reading ...
VietnamNet Reporter
VN aims to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis
Children and pregnant women lack access to health services in remote, border and island areas, creating a major challenge for the national programme to eliminate the transmission of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis from mothers to children, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Viet Tien said ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Climate change affects farmers in northeast
Climate change is damaging production and livestock in the country’s northeast provinces, raising the risks that the poverty rate there could increase in the next few years, according to a new study by scientists of the Việt Nam Academy of Social Sciences.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
