Senior Lieutenant General Võ Trọng Việt, Chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Defence and Security, speaks to Tuổi trẻ (Youth) newspaper on maintaining national security by defending the border and sovereignty.

Lê Trường Tùng, President of FPT University, talks to the Giáo dục Việt Nam online publication about some proposed changes in the 2018 revision to the Law on Higher Education

“Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world,” former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton once said.

Đào Quang Vinh, director general of the Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs, tells the Lao Động (Labour) Newspaper that voluntary unemployment is not something Việt Nam has to worry about.

Lê Hồng Điệp, head of the Việt Nam Road Directorate’s Road Maintenance Department, spoke with Vietnam News Agency about the use of the Road Maintenance Fund to extend the lifespan of highways.

Lưu Bình Nhưỡng, a standing member of the NA Commission for Social Affairs, speaks to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) on imperative of feasible strategies to win the fight against corruption

Professor Dr Lê Kim Long, former principle of the Hà Nội University of Education, speaks to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) on the impacts of the 4.0 Revolution – the major economic shift currently underway, driven by new digital technologies – on  Vietnamese teachers.

Nguyễn Văn Đoàn, director general of the Department of Co-operatives, under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, talks to Vietnam New Agency about the role of the collective economy in national economic development.

Phan Xuân Xiểm, former member of the Party Central Inspection Committee, speaks to the newspaper Khoa học & Đời sống (Science and Life) about the need to have high quality report reflecting what the true fact - not rosy report.

Knee-jerk responses to social media flak is not good governance

Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, head of Việt Nam’s National Productivity Institute tells the Kinh tế & Đô Thị (Economic & Urban Affairs) newspaper that business managers should play the leading role in increasing labour productivity.

Bùi Đức Thụ, deputy director of the National Assembly Deputies Affairs Committee speaks to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s role in tracking on the use of the overseas development aid.

Lê Văn Tăng, former director general the Tender Management Departement under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, speaks to the Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper about the need to change the management of PPP projects.

Phạm Đại Dương, deputy minister of Science and Technology, speaks to the Nhân Dân (People) newspaper about a newly enacted decree to accelerate the long-delayed  Hòa Lạc high-tech project.

The subjects of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) have traditionally been taught as separate subjects, isolated from real-world applications. Việt Nam is now trying to change that. Đỗ Hoàng Sơn, a member of the Organising Board for STEM 2017 talks to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economics and Urban Affairs) about leaders’ important role in expanding and improving STEM education in all schools nation-wide

Nguyễn Quốc Hiệp, Chairman of the Việt Nam Construction Enterprises speaks to the newspaper Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) on challenges facing construction enterprises

Phan Trường Thành is one of the drafters of the "Master plan on Investment in Hà Nội’s Transportation Infrastructure in 2017-2021, with a vision to 2030". He speaks to the Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper about the importance of building new bridges across the Red River.