The Mekong Delta provinces need to apply advanced technology in agriculture, human resources training, e-government and climate-change adaptation, experts said yesterday at a conference held in Vinh Long Province.
Moody’s Investors Service on Friday upgraded the Government of Viet Nam’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to Ba3 from B1 and changed the outlook to stable from positive.
The Government would like to increase the use of information technology
in every aspect, especially public administration, delegates heard at a
symposium on e-governance in HCM City yesterday.
A new set of indices will be d for Government bonds, officials
announced at a meeting last week organised by the Ha Noi Stock Exchange,
the State Treasury and the Viet Nam Bond Market Association.
The Government Inspectorate on Friday announced that the Viet Nam Posts
and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) had made significant investment
mistakes that had wasted a lot of money.
The National Assembly''s Finance and Budget Committee has ratified a
Government proposal to make the planned Viet Nam Asset Management
Company (VAMC) exempt from value added tax (VAT) and corporate income
tax (CIT).