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National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (fifth from right, front row) and delegates. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended a ceremony in Hanoi on March 28 to mark the 20th founding anniversary of the NA Standing Committee’s Board for People's Aspiration and award it with a second-lass Labour Order. NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue visits a display of photos on the people's aspiration work (Photo: VNA) NA Standing Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man underlined the Party and State’s special attention to the people's aspiration work. He asked the board to work closely with the Government and its organs, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front to fulfill the assigned tasks and send monthly reports on emerging, complex and prolonged issues to competent agencies. It was assigned to continue improving the quality of its reports; effectively review and monitor the settlement of complaints and denunciations when requested by the NA Standing Committee. The … [Read more...] about Ceremony marks 20th anniversary of NA Standing Committee’s Board for People’s Aspiration

A police officer reads a decision to detain former Vice Chairman of Ha Nam provincial People's Committee Truong Minh Hien (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a meeting of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on March 28 to consider disciplinary measures against incumbent and former officials of Hoa Binh and Ha Nam provinces and Hai Phong city. The Secretariat looked into wrongdoings of four members. They include Nguyen Dong, member of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board and head of the provincial Party Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, who used to lead the provincial Party Committee's Commission for Internal Affairs and serve as the standing deputy head of the province's steering committee for corruption and negative phenomena prevention and control. Two other members under the analysis were former officials of Ha Nam province, who are Truong Minh Hien, former member of the provincial … [Read more...] about Secretariat expels provincial officials from Party

In 2022, two-way trade between Yunnan (China) and the bordering provinces of Vietnam is expected to reach US$3.25 billion. The provincial authorities of Vietnam's Lao Cai and China's Yunnan agreed on March 28 to take necessary measures to lift their comprehensive ties, especially trade. A truck that links Lao Cai and Yunnan Province passes the Kim Thanh II International Border Gate. Photo: The Hanoi Times "The comprehensive partnership between Lao Cai and Yunnan has improved tremendously in recent years, but it has not reached its full potential," said Hoang Quoc Khanh, permanent vice chairman of the Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee. Khanh suggested that Yunnan authorities further relax regulations and facilitate cross-border trade and travel between the two nations to improve bilateral relations. The Lao Cai official said Chinese authorities should restore trade and travel activities to pre-pandemic levels. He also urged the Chinese government to … [Read more...] about Lao Cai and Yunnan provinces agree to strengthen bilateral ties

Vietnam’s stock market system has been improved in recent times through more transparent management, Photo: Le Toan At a seminar in March on the strategy for development of Vietnam’s securities market for this decade, Shimizu Akira, chief representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Vietnam said it is urgent to improve the fairness and transparency of the domestic market for Vietnam’s stock sector to become a more attractive and efficient capital mobilisation channel. “The Vietnamese government has made strides and implemented swift remedies to the issue, including on the revised Law on Securities and launching the Vietnam Stock Exchange,” Akira said. Based on the proposal of the Vietnamese government, JICA has implemented a technical cooperation project to strengthen the capacity of the State Securities Commission (SSC) and the three stock exchanges through providing practical knowledge and know-how on the regulatory activities in Japan and other … [Read more...] about Hurdles still to climb for stock market gain

Around 68 per cent of listed public companies are complying with minimum legal requirements on independent directors, in which the lowest rate is 30 per cent in the automobile sector, and the highest rate is 100 per cent in banking. Compliance rate rise bodes well for listed companies, illustration photo/ Source: Shutterstock The information was provided in the ‘Independent Directors Survey of Public Companies in Vietnam’ report, compiled by FiinGroup and the Vietnam Independent Directors Association (VNIDA). The survey and the report have been carried out with the primary technical support from the International Finance Corporation through the SECO-funded Vietnam Integrated ESG Programme, and covered 544 companies that have disclosures on independent directors out of 769 companies listed on the Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi stock exchanges. Under 2020 legislation guiding the implementation of the Law on Securities, a listed company’s board is required to have at least … [Read more...] about Compliance rate rise bodes well for listed companies