NA General Secretary Nguyễn Hạnh Phúc said at a meeting of the NA’s Standing Committee about preparation for the coming NA plenary session that out of its working days, the NA would spend 11 days on law making, seven on key issues and one and a half days for the opening and closing ceremonies. … [Read more...] about NA’s plenary session opens in May
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Japan businessman paid US$8.2 million by Tokyo Olympics bid lobbied figure
A 2016 investigation into the payments made by the Tokyo bid committee, which was conducted by a third-party panel convened by the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), found no evidence of wrongdoing. The JOC probe was criticized by an outside group of legal and compliance experts for not being thorough enough. The report that resulted from the JOC probe did not examine payments to Takahashi or the Jigoro Kano Memorial International Sport Institute, the non-profit sports institute run by Mori. … [Read more...] about Japan businessman paid US$8.2 million by Tokyo Olympics bid lobbied figure
Hanoi tightens crackdown on ‘pyramid schemes’
The Hanoi People’s Committee has instructed relevant departments, agencies, sectors, and district people’s committees to work closely in multi-level marketing management and send biannual and yearly reports to the Department of Industry and Trade for submission to the city people’s committee. … [Read more...] about Hanoi tightens crackdown on ‘pyramid schemes’
Solutions needed to support COVID-19-affected labourers
The second group is labourers who are working in Foreign Direct Investment enterprises, returned to their hometowns (affected areas) during the Tết (Lunar) New Year holidays and then came back to their enterprises right at the time of the outbreak of COVID-19 and were forced to be quarantined. In this case, enterprises should not only use current labourers but also have strategies to attract local labourers as well as labourers in non-affected areas to fix the situation. … [Read more...] about Solutions needed to support COVID-19-affected labourers
Vietnam confirms 204 COVID-19 cases, a 10-year-old boy as the latest
Meanwhile, Germany’s Deutsche Welle recently ran an article on Vietnams "war" on coronavirus, analysing factors that have helped the Southeast Asian country successfully curb the outbreak so far such as applying a widespread system of public surveillance and mobilising the military to the effort. … [Read more...] about Vietnam confirms 204 COVID-19 cases, a 10-year-old boy as the latest
