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Vietnam ratifies CPTPP By Vu Dung Voting result of 96.70% passes the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership at the sixth sitting of the 14th National Assembly today, November 12 - PHOTO: THUY DUNG HANOI – All 469 National Assembly (NA) deputies present at the plenary session today, November 12, reached a consensus to pass the resolution ratifying the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and associated regulations. Under the resolution, the Government, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People's Procuracy and the relevant agencies are responsible for reviewing law drafts and other legal policies to propose the competent authorities amend and supplement or issue these drafts early to ensure the unification of the system and follow the right track of meeting the commitments of the CPTPP. Besides this, the Prime Minister will be in charge of endorsing plans and directing the relevant agencies … [Read more...] about Vietnam ratifies CPTPP

NA deputies approve CPTPP By Vu Dung Voting result of 96.70% passes the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership at the sixth sitting of the 14th National Assembly today, November 12 - PHOTO: THUY DUNG HANOI – All 469 National Assembly (NA) deputies present at the plenary session today, November 12, reached a consensus to pass the resolution ratifying the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and associated regulations. Under the resolution, the Government, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People's Procuracy and the relevant agencies are responsible for reviewing law drafts and other legal policies to propose the competent authorities amend and supplement or issue these drafts early to ensure the unification of the system and follow the right track of meeting the commitments of the CPTPP. Besides this, the Prime Minister will be in charge of endorsing plans and directing the relevant … [Read more...] about NA deputies approve CPTPP

Punishment should be relative to violation severityThe Saigon Times Daily Punishment, needless to say, is a deterrent to enhance the rule of law, with the primary goals including incapacitation and rehabilitation of the violator on one hand, and prevention of similar violations from recurring and restoration of justice in the society on the other. To realize such goals, punishment should be designed to match the severity of the violation. However, such principles in many recent cases are not well adhered to in the country, and thus need remedies. As recently as last Saturday, a container truck moving on Hanoi-Haiphong Expressway was caught making a U-turn on the road to return to an exit to National Highway 10 after the driver had moved past the intended exit. Such careless, ignorant driving posed fatal threats to many other vehicles on the expressway, although a court case in Thai Nguyen Province days earlier was still fresh in the mind of many people over the fatal accident that … [Read more...] about Punishment should be relative to violation severity

President gets tough on major corruption cases Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong at the regular meeting of the Steering Committee on November 10 - PHOTO: VGP HCMC – Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong, presiding over a meeting of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption in Hanoi today, November 10, demanded that relevant agencies take quicker actions against major cases of irregularities that have captured widespread public attention. Trong, who is also head of the Central Steering Committee, gave a list of prominent cases that need to be fast-tracked, including an acquisition deal between MobileFone and a cable TV operator, violations by a senior military official named Dinh Ngoc He alias Bald Ut, and the online gambling ring sponsored by several former senior officials at the Ministry of Public Security among others, Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper reported. Addressing the meeting, President Nguyen Phu Trong heaped … [Read more...] about President gets tough on major corruption cases

Insured people get reassurance from VSS after arrests of ex-leadersThe Saigon Times Daily A staff member of a VSS office is seen working with a socially insured client - PHOTO: VNA HCMC – Following the arrests of two former general directors and two other former executives of Vietnam Social Security (VSS), the national social insurance agency today issued a statement reassuring that the interests of all socially and medically insured people will be protected as per law. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced yesterday that its investigators had charged the two VSS ex-bosses, Nguyen Huy Ban and Le Bach Hong with infringing State regulations on economic management causing serious consequences under Article 165 of the 1999 Penal Code. The ministry said in a statement posted on its website (bocongan.gov.vn) yesterday that the arrests were ordered by the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption, the MPS and the ministry’s Investigation Agency (C03). The … [Read more...] about Insured people get reassurance from VSS after arrests of ex-leaders