VN plans US $34 million to address pollution
VGP – The Vietnamese Government will spend US $34 million (VND 700 billion) on controlling pollution caused by transportation activities from now to 2015.
Gov’t promises more incentives for SMEs
VGP – The Government has asked the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to consider tax exemption options for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in June.
PM agrees Swiss-financed public service projects
VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has approved the portfolio of technical assistance projects for northern Hòa Bình and Cao Bằng provinces to help them improve public services in agriculture.
Observation of industrial property rights required
VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng recently ordered ministries, sectors and localities to expand inspection and timely handle infringements of industrial property rights.
Overall solutions needed for bio-diversity preservation
VGP – The Government has recently assigned the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) to draft a master planning on bio-diversity preservation until 2020.
VN joins R-CDTA on bio-energy
VGP –Việt Nam will join in implementing the ADB-funded Regional Capacity Development Technical Assistance (R-CDTA) project on environmentally friendly bio-energy and food security in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).
Foreign-funded forest projects need stricter verification
VGP – Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has assigned the Ministry of Planning and Investment to put forth the amendments to the Decree No. 108/2006/NĐ-CP on the detailed implementation of the 2005 Law on Investment.
Preferential interest rate for re-borrowings of ODA
VGP – The PM has recently named four fields that will enjoy preferential rates of interest when re-borrowing ODA.
Over € 212 million for HCM metro line 2
VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng on June 1 agreed on a draft agreement on the construction of Hồ Chí Minh’s metro line No. 2 with € 212.75 million credit funded by the German Reconstruction Credit Institute (KfW) bank.
Key tasks to raise farm, forest, aquatic product quality
VGP – Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has approved a Project on improving management capacity over the quality of agricultural, forest and aquatic products in the 2011-2015 period.
