Investing in renewable energy is an emerging trend in Việt Nam in response to worsening environmental destruction and the gradual disappearance of essential livelihoods.
Trần Duy Đông, director general for the Department for Economic Zones Management under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, talks to Kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giơí (Việt Nam and the World Economy) magazine on Việt Nam’s plan to enact a new law on Industrial Parks and Economic Processing Zones.
Nguyễn Đại Trí, deputy director of the Việt Nam Taxation Office talks to Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper about efforts to avoid losses in tax collection and to recover bad debts.
Từ Thị Tuyết Nhung, director of the Việt Nam Participatory Guarantee System, a member of the Việt Nam Organic Agriculture Association, talks to the newspaper Kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới on the need to have a new concept on organic agriculture
The sinking situation of the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta in the south of Việt Nam—seen in the rising tides and worsening floods affecting the region—is obviously caused by climate change. But the mindset of planners that fostered the building of embankment systems around the delta decades ago has worsened today’s situation.
National Assembly Deputy Bùi Thị An speaks to Hải Quan online (Customs) newspaper about a confidence vote that will be held in late October for high-ranking officials in the National Assembly and People’s Council.
Doãn Mậu Diệp, deputy minister of Labour Invalids and Social Affairs, talks to the newspaper Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) about what Việt Nam should do to prepare its labour force for the age of Industrial Revolution 4.0
Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ talks to Nhà báo & Công Luận (Journalist and Public Opinion) newspaper on the creation of a new management committee for State-owned enterprises
Lưu Bình Nhưỡng, deputy director of the National Assembly Commission for People’s Aspiration, speaks to the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about efforts to encourage voluntary resignations by officials who behave badly and betray the public trust
Professor Dr Trần Thành Nam of the Hà Nội National University's School of Education talks to Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper on the draft decree to issue heavy fines for administrative violations in schools.
Former Minister of Science and Technology Nguyễn Quân speaks to Tiền Phong (Vanguard) about the need for policies to convince talented Vietnamese scientists living abroad to return home.
Associate Professor Nguyễn Văn Tùng, deputy director general of the Education Publishing House, talks to the Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about the pros and cons of having more than two sets of school textbooks
Đinh Tuấn Minh, an economic expert from the Institute for Policy Research & Technology, speaks to the newspaper Kinh tế& Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) on the need for transparency and accountability in the decision to raise the environmental tax on diesel and petrol
A customs clearance bond system can improve the speed and efficiency of customs processing in Việt Nam. Deputy head of the Customs Supervision and Management Department under the General Department of Việt Nam Customs, Ngô Minh Hải, talks to Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper about how the system works.
Vũ Minh Giang, Chair of Scientific and Training Council of the Việt Nam National University, talks to the newspaper Công Thương (Industry and Trade) on how to improve the competitiveness for university graduates in the labour market.
Trịnh Hữu Tùng, Meritorious Doctor and Director General of the Hồ Chí Minh City Paediatric Hospital No. 2, speaks to Khoa học & Đời sống (Science & Life) newspaper on his hospital’s plan to offer a new health tourism model to young foreign tourists.
The National Assembly has passed a new decree on the general education curriculum and textbook reform, which approves the circulation of different textbooks for each subject. Phạm Tất Thắng, deputy chairman of the National Assembly Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children, talks with local media about how the reform will be implemented.
Nguyễn Thanh Tùng, director of the Việt Nam Administration of Seas and Island's Department of Policy and Legal Matters, speaks to the Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper on the imperative need to protect the sea environment