Posted on May 26, 2008 by tinquehuong
May 22nd 2008 | BANGKOK
From The Economist print edition
The press fights back as two graft-busting reporters are arrested
THE leaders of Vietnam’s Communist Party say they are conducting a “no holds barred” crackdown on corruption in public life. They implore the country’s newspapers to sniff out and expose the fiddles of officials. In February the party [...]
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Posted on May 26, 2008 by tinquehuong
25 May 2008
Martha Ann Overland writes from Hanoi:
Vietnam’s National Assembly has voted to allow foreigners to buy property but when it goes into effect next year there will be limits on who is affected and what they can buy.
The resolution passed May 22 limits ownership to foreigners who meet specific residence and professional criteria, according [...]
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