VietNamNet Bridge - Instead of ‘sitting and waiting for the worst to come’, experts say Vietnam should think of growing other crops instead of relying on rice.

VietNamNet Bridge - Economists have warned that the foreign-invested economic sector may become dominant in the national economy.

 Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh has called for political reform to prop up the nation’s development.

VietNamNet Bridge - Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh has disagreed with the opinion that Coca-Cola has been conducting transfer pricing in Vietnam, affirming that the soft drink manufacturer is innocent until proven guilty.

VietNamNet Bridge - In February 1994, Coca Cola began doing business in Vietnam after the US lifted the trade embargo against Vietnam, with initial investment capital of $163 million. Since then, the soft drink manufacturer has never made a profit.

 Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh looks back over Vietnam - US economic relations in the 20 years since normalization.

 The Vietnamese economy is facing three major challenges, including a slump in agricultural growth, the Minister of Planning and Investment, Bui Quang Vinh, said after a meeting with the Interministerial Steering Committee on June 25.

 Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh has urged the National Assembly not to criminalise economic and civil relations as the legislature discussed changes to the Penal Code on June 16.

 Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh is paying a working visit to Singapore from November 3-5 with the goal to remove obstacles in bilateral cooperation thus furthering the economic connectivity between Vietnam and Singapore.

VietNamNet Bridge – On Thursday afternoon, Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh issued a message addressing the recent demonstrations by workers against China’s illegal deployment of an oil rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.

At the guidance of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Planning and Investment checked all golf course projects throughout the country. The Ministry rejected 76 projects and revoked over 15,600 hectares of land from these projects.