VietNamNet Bridge – Delays in issuing land titles (red books) and land-use right certificates is a problem that needs urgent attention, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Manh Hien said last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDC) is collecting comments provided by businesses and customs officials on its three draft circulars guiding the implementation of the Law on Customs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A court hearing in which apartment buyers were set to sue Keangnam Vina – the investor of the Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower was delayed last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said the streamlining of administrative procedures at ministries and local governments has remained slow, affecting the business environment and lives of people in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A project set up by the Ministry of Home Affairs to measure the satisfaction of citizens and organisations with the services rendered by State administration agencies will be launched in 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's export turnover rose sharply last year and in the first half of 2014, but challenges in legal and administrative procedures and other risks remain for enterprises.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi on August 1 will conduct a survey to assess the satisfaction of the public and organizations with services offered by administrative agencies.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly's National Defence and Security Committee has proposed that the draft law on Citizen Identification includes a chapter with regulations on developing, managing and using the national citizens' database.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Online business registration has saved time and money for enterprises and regulators, Tran Thi Hong Minh, director general of the Business Registration Management Department told Viet Nam Investment Review.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In 2013, the capital tackled unnecessary bureaucracy and ‘sluggishness', Pham Quang Nghi, Party General Secretary of the Ha Noi Party Committee, tells Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The model Phan Hoang Thu was fined VND15 million (USD714) on January 22 for competing in the Miss World Tourism 2013 pageant without permission from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – "There's no better place to celebrate Tet (Lunar New Year) than in our homeland," an overseas Vietnamese who travels frequently between the US and Viet Nam said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The total newly-registered and additional FDI capital poured into Vietnam in the first 10 months of this year hit 19.2 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 65.5 percent, outdistancing this year’s target of 13-14 billion USD.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly (NA) deputies on Friday (Oct 25), discussed the use of the State budget in 2013 and plans for budget allocation in 2014.

 Contents of the project to simplify administrative procedures, citizenship papers and databases related to population management during 2013-2020 was announced at a press conference in Hanoi on June 13.

The complicated administrative procedures, the harassments by the local officials to businesses’ operation and the under-the-table fees have been cited as the biggest barriers leading to the grade falls in the provincial competitiveness index (PCI).

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government discussed the draft project on streamlining administrative procedures, citizenship papers and database relevant to population management in the 2013-2020,

Barely 26 per cent of surveyed people in Ha Noi were satisfied with the attitude of administrative staff, indicating that efforts to cut red tape in the city face huge hurdles.

 VietNamNet Bridge – About VND3 trillion (US$144 million) will be allocated to speed up the issuance of land use right certificates nationwide this year.