Foreign investors wanting to set up a business or expand operations in Vietnam will be able to access the necessary information through a new website detailing investment procedures. The site, http://vietnam.e-regulations.org, launched on Tuesday, is in both English and Vietnamese and was made available by the Ministry of Planning and Investment, with technical assistance from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). "The website is believed to make administrative procedures transparent, swift, and efficient," Frank Grozel, coordinator of the e-regulations program at UNCTAD announced at the launching ceremony. … [Read more...] about Vietnam launches website for foreign investors
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MoET, British Council launch website for teachers
MoET, British Council launch website for teachers By Tuong Vi in HCMC The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) in cooperation with the UK’s international educational organization British Council has launched a website with resources for local high school teachers. The website www.teachingenglish.edu.vn links to a large selection of reference resources and English textbooks approved by MoET for grades 10, 11 and 12. “The site is a very useful source of materials for both teachers and learners of English in Vietnam… implementing the strategy ‘Foreign languages teaching and learning in the national education system – period 2008-2020,’” Nguyen Vinh Hien, vice minister of MoET, said at the launch in HCMC last week. The website provides teachers with useful teaching resources, techniques and methodologies, which have been consulted by Vietnamese and British specialists. By logging on teachers can select an interactive activity to supplement … [Read more...] about MoET, British Council launch website for teachers
Man accused of launching website to extort company
VietNamNet Bridge - Ha Noi Police are investigating an individual who allegedly created a website to slander a company and its director in order to make a profit. Lieutenant colonel Ngo Minh An, head of the city's investigation team for high-tech crimes, announced last Thursday that the investigation began as soon as Hapulico Real Estate Investment Company reported seeing false information posted about the said company at hapulicocomplex.com last Monday. An investigation revealed the website was run by Nguyen Sy Tien, 29, from central Thanh Hoa Province, although he currently resides in Ha Noi's Cau Giay District. … [Read more...] about Man accused of launching website to extort company
Jetstar set to launch Hanoi-Vinh service at month-end
Jetstar set to launch Hanoi-Vinh service at month-end Le Anh By Le Anh - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Jetstar Pacific Airlines will open a new air route connecting Hanoi and Vinh City in the central province of Nghe An with one round-trip flight a day from the 27th of this month. The joint-stock carrier said in a statement that its daily service on the Hanoi-Vinh run is scheduled to take off at 9:25 a.m. at Vinh Airport and 10:45 a.m. at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi. The low-cost carrier will use Airbus A320 aircraft configured with 180 economic-class seats for the new service. Airfares are available at www.jetstar.com and ticketing offices nationwide from yesterday. The new service of the carrier will offer passengers more choices to travel between the two cities as the route is now operated by the national carrier Vietnam Airlines. On the occasion of opening the new air route, Jetstar Pacific launches a promotion program from 0:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. yesterday. … [Read more...] about Jetstar set to launch Hanoi-Vinh service at month-end
Website providing database on martyrs debuts this month
Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – A websiteproviding a database on war martyrs and their graves will be launched onDecember 22, the 73rd founding day of the Vietnam People’s Army, a unitof the Ministry of Information and Communications announced on December 12.The Vietnam National Institute of Softwareand Digital Content Industry has deployed supercomputers to collate informationon martyrs from the database of the Ministry of National Defence’s policydepartment, significantly reducing time taken to locate documents about martyrsand identify remains. The institute has coordinated with otherbodies of the Ministry of Information and Communications, such as the Authorityof Information Technology Application, the Department of Information Technologyand the Information Centre to build an information network and a nationaldatabase on the issue.It has also unified the database of theMinistries of National Defence, and Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs todevelop … [Read more...] about Website providing database on martyrs debuts this month