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The MoC is considering the implementation of property insurance contracts so customers would be compensated if investors go bankrupt.

A report from the NA's Economic Committee on public debt has raised grave concerns over state-owned enterprises showing poor business performance.

In the first five months of 2013, 16 more state-own enterprises have been re-organised under a project to re-arrange and renovate SOEs for the 2011-2015 period.

Cheap, poor quality travel companies are affecting the country’s tourism image.

The Angolan Ambassador to Vietnam said that his country is willing to sign a labour co-operation agreement with Vietnam.

Using the social insurance fund to buy bonds is the safest investment, said Deputy PM Vu Van Ninh at an NA discussion.

The largest complex of sugarcane, ethanol and thermal power plants in Cambodia was inaugurated in Okrieng commune, Sombour district, Kratie province on May 26.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group, accused by Global Witness of illegal land grabbing in Laos and Cambodia, has turned to the media to win their case in the court of public opinion.

Vietnam will attempt to take measures to accelerate energy efficiency so as to save 15% in energy use per square metre of new buildings in the next years.

The government will issue a new circular to prevent FDI companies from buying agricultural products directly from farmers.

Chinese solar panel makers are shunning their overcrowded home market in favor of lucrative exports, a switch that has helped to arrest a two-year slump in margins and push shares to 12-month peaks.

The Government of Vietnam always backs collaboration between the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport and Indian Ministry of Shipping, especially in maritime and inland waterways, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said.

While the government said Vietnam’s public debts are still at manageable levels, a NA deputy proposed the the assessment standards are clarified.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has confirmed that the bauxite project in the Central Highlands region will bear fruit in the long run.

The National Assembly on May 24 approved the government’s nomination of Dinh Tien Dung as Finance Minister of Vietnam with 71.28% of votes in favour.

The State Audit of Vietnam disclosed various wrongdoings of the banking system last year, including the SBV's lax management over the interbank market.

The State Bank of Vietnam on May 23 signed with the Asian Development Bank two agreements on loans and non-refundable aid worth a total 249 million USD to help Vietnam improve water supply services and upgrade roads.

Many NA deputies proposed removing the cap on corporate advertising funding instead of increasing it to 15% of corporate expenses.

Foreign individuals and organisations may be allowed to buy villas and detached houses in Vietnam, not only apartments as at present.