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As many as 27 zones in Vietnam’s territorial waters are reported to have a very huge gas hydrates potential, especially at the continental slope to the southwest of the East Sea, said latest researches.

Russian Group Rosatom will provide Vietnam with safest nuclear power reactors, said Petr G. Shchedrovitsky, advisor of the Russian group’s general director.

The Mekong Delta region of Vietnam has been rated ninth out of the top 10 destinations in 2012 by the world’s renowned travel guide by the Lonely Planet.

VinaCapital, one of the largest foreign-invested fund managers in Vietnam, plans to establish a new fund investing in supporting industries in the Southeast Asian country this year.

The government of the Netherlands has invested in a new cruise fleet, “Life Heritage Resort Ha Long”, aiming to create stable jobs in the Vietnamese tourism.

 Before 1999, Vietnamese laws on tax still provided discriminination among state owned economic entities with other economic entities. However, current trends of highly developed economy require the state to respect and implement anti-discrimination policies. Current laws and policies on tax provide equality among economic entities as well as among domestic and foreign investors. Especially many tax policies demonstrate preferences in order to attract more investment by the government of Vietnam.

 Currently, legislative system on intellectual property of Vietnam (Civil Law and Intellectual Property Law) is quite comprehensive, gradually moving towards principles and regulations of WTO and WIPO etc. Regarding international commitments, Vietnam is a member ratified to important declarations such as Paris convention

 The 2005 law on environmental protection requires adjustments to activities relating to environment. The Government passes the national environmental standards and adjusts it every 5 years or sooner. The national environmental standards include standards on quality of surrounding environments and standards of wastes applied to all individuals or enterprises.