After land prices, and, along with them, instances of violation of land laws, surged in certain places, the provinces involved have temporarily banned land transactions pending the approval of new regulations, helping cool off the market.
Following a Ministry of Transport directive asking Grab Viet Nam to stop providing car hailing services in certain provinces, the company said its services did not violate laws.
The rocketing number of Chinese tourists coming to Viet Nam in the first
half of the year was putting pressure on the tourism industry, said the
authority in charge yesterday, days after several Chinese tour guides
were found working illegally in the country.
Over the past five months, 47 gold jewellery traders here have been
fined VND1 billion (more than US$44,000) for violating gold trademarks
and selling jewellery with gold content inaccurately labeled.
The Government Inspectorate has found many wrongdoings in the 2009 to
2012 business performance at Viet Nam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for
Industry and Trade (VietinBank).
Former Deputy General Director of Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank
Nguyen Van Hoan was prosecuted and arrested on December 22, for
allegedly violating State regulations on credit institutions'' lending
operations.
The Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) allegedly violated State regulations on capital management and lending in 2009-2012, according to the Government Inspectorate''s conclusions.
The maximum fine of VND2billion (US$95,200), as much as 20 times higher than the previous penalty, will be issued as of December 15 to those who mine minerals without a license.