Curbing corruption in public procurement

In 2018, a Hanoi court handed down an 18-year sentence to Thang – formerly a Politburo member, Minister of Transport and Party Secretary of the HCMC People’s Committee – and ordered him to pay VND600 billion for his central role in PVN’s loss of a VND800 billion investment in Ocean Commercial Bank. … [Read more...] about Ex-PetroVietnam chairman to be prosecuted for violations at ethanol plant

A bird eye’s view of the Ethanol Phu Tho project in the northern province of Phu Tho, Vietnam. Photo: Nam Tran / Tuoi Tre Despite knowing this, Thang gave multiple directive orders that PVC/Alfta Laval/Delta-T be made a contractor, while his subordinates eventually signed deals with the joint venture for the implementation of the project. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese ex-Politburo member faces indictment for violations at state-run bio-fuel firm

Many of Vietnam's key commodities will be allowed to make inroads into the EU market more easily as the EU is poised to reduce 85 per cent of tariff lines for Vietnamese goods from the first year, with 99 per cent of tariff lines to be abolished seven years after the deal takes effect. … [Read more...] about EVFTA set to allow Vietnamese goods to access market with GDP of US$18 trillion

Hong Kong Express apologised and said the practice had been suspended. (File photo: AFP/Anthony Wallace) Midori Nishida, 25, was escorted to a public toilet at Hong Kong airport and told to urinate on a strip in November before being granted permission to board her Hong Kong Express flight to the US territory of Saipan. … [Read more...] about Hong Kong airline apologises after forcing woman to take pregnancy test