Gay Marriage Debate Takes a Step Forward in Vietnam By Vu Trong Khanh and Nguyen Anh Thu HANOI – Gay and lesbian couples in Vietnam may soon be allowed to hold relationship ceremonies, as the country’s lawmakers begin a debate that gay-rights advocates and their allies hope could one day lead the country to permit [Read on …]
1 September 2013 A controversial law banning Vietnamese online users from discussing current affairs has come into effect. The decree, known as Decree 72, says blogs and social websites should not be used to share news articles, but only personal information. The law also requires foreign internet companies to keep their local servers inside Vietnam. [Read on …]
HCMC hotels to provide free condoms Published: 8 Mar 2013 Free condoms in all guest rooms will be provided by every hotel in Ho Chi Minh City in an attempt to reduce the spread of HIV in Vietnam’s largest city. The “100% condom programme”, recommended by the Ho Chi Minh City Aids Prevention Committee, will be [Read on …]
A Vision of Vietnam’s Internet Future? By Anh-Minh Do | Tech in Asia December 7, 2012 In dusty, cramped rooms across Vietnam, kids and adults log on to the web in internet shops. It’s a common sight on every other street in Vietnam, from major urban areas to the farthest-flung rural regions. Family businesses clear [Read on …]
Painful property correction Real estate market in Vietnam at a standstill after three years of over exuberance. Prices are at rock-bottom but so is buyers’ confidence. Published: 11/12/2012 No area in Vietnam feels economic pain more acutely than the real estate sector, where housing prices have declined to “dream” levels but buyers still shake [Read on …]
Vietnam’s Sang Says Low Growth a Must While Restructuring By Bloomberg News – Jan 22, 2013 3:48 PM GMT+0700 Vietnam must accept “low” economic growth while it restructures its economy and should aim for annual expansion of at least 5 percent, according to President Truong Tan Sang. Growth less than 5 percent would be “dangerous,” [Read on …]
Vietnam inflation hits six-month high: government Business Foreign 2012-11-24 16:35 HANOI, Nov 24, 2012 (AFP) — Vietnamese inflation picked up to the fastest pace in six months in November, official data showed Saturday, adding to the economic challenges facing the country’s Communist rulers. Consumer prices gained an estimated 7.08 percent this month from a year [Read on …]
Lawmakers want to revise law, as Vietnam faces execution dilemma As hundreds of executions have been pending since last year due to the absence of lethal injection drugs, lawmakers suggested Vietnam reinstate the firing squad. Speaking on Friday, National Assembly Vice Chairman Huynh Ngoc Son proposed the adjustment to the Law for Enforcement of Criminal Verdicts, [Read on …]