Nguyễn Thanh Hải, chairwoman of the National Assembly's Ombudsman Committee speaks to VOV.VN about the role of ministers in handling people’s complaints.

Phan Đức Hiếu, deputy director of the Central Institute for Economic Management talks to the Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic & Urban Affairs) newspaper about private enterprises’ recent meeting with Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc in Hà Nội

State agencies that fail to help enterprises overcome difficulties will be named and publicly shamed. That is one of the decisions emanating from the May 17 meeting between Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and leading business enterprises, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Đặng Huy Đông tells Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper.

Trần Hoàng Ngân, director of Hồ Chí Minh City Cadre Academy, talks to the newspaper Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) about the need to focus more investment in agricultural development – the country’s primary industry

Việt Nam’s total sand resources are an estimated 2.3 billion cubic metres. With the current pace of construction, experts warn that the sand supply will likely be exhausted in less than 15 years. Dr Lê Ái Thụ, chairman of Việt Nam Asociation of Economic Geology, and Dr Thái Duy Sâm, vice chairman of Việt Nam Building Material Association, spoke to the Vietnam News Agency about the necessity of finding alternative materials to replace natural sand.

Mai Hà, Associate Professor and Chairman of Việt Nam Association of Intellectual Property Rights, speaks to Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper about Vietnamese enterprises’ poor vision in acquiring trade marks for their products.

Việt Nam has 20 thermal power plants now and plans to have more than double that by 2050.

Nguyễn Xuân Sang, director general of the Việt Nam Maritime Administration tells the Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) that it is the right time for enterprises to invest in the development of inland container depots

The Office Chief of the National Traffic Safety Committee, Nguyễn Trọng Thái, talks to Hải quan (Customs) newspaper about measures to reduce speeding, one of the key traffic accident causes.