40 years ago, on January 7, 1979, the Vietnamese People’s Army in co-ordination with the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation, deposed Pol Pot, putting an end to the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, liberating Cambodia’s capital city Phnom Penh.
Vietnam News Agency speaks to General and former defence minister Phạm Văn Trà, who served in the battle at the time, on how it was a war where “justice triumphs over brutality”.
The reform of administrative procedures must be a "non-stop resolve", that’s the message from Minister, Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tiến Dũng who spoke to Vietnam News Agency about challenges facing administrative reforms over the past three years.
The collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of the eighties proved a seminal event in the history of international politics and there was this pervasive euphoric sentiment that the stage was set for the everlasting enthronement of the capitalist system along with liberal democracy, worldwide.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường speaks to Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) Newspaper about achievements recorded by the agriculture sector in 2018
Nguyễn Bích Lâm, Director General of the Government Statistics Office (GSO), talks to Kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới (Việt Nam and World Economy) magazine on the need to have more investment in agriculture
Chu Thắng Trung, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Trade Remedies Authority, talked to Hải quản (Customs) Newspaper about how Vietnamese firms can avoid trade defence law suits during the process of international economic integration
Colonel General Nguyễn Chí Vịnh, Deputy Defence Minister, talked to Tuyên Giáo magazine about the new mission for Việt Nam’s military sector in the current time.
Professor Nguyễn Minh Tuấn, director of the Party Building Institute at the Hồ Chí Minh National Political Academy, speaks to Đại Đoàn Kết (Great National Unity) newspaper on the need to practice transparency in the selection of candidates for senior party positions.
Professor Dr Nguyễn Chu Hồi, lecture at the Hà Nội National University talks to the weekly magazine Việt Nam & World Economy on what measures and solutions the country should pursue to achieve the goal of sustainable maritime economic development by 2030.
Đinh Bằng My, 57 years old, principal of Thanh Sơn District’s secondary boarding school for ethnic minority students in northern Phú Thọ Province, was allegedly reported to have molested dozens of male students in his office. The horrific truth would have been a secret forever without the involvement of the media.
Đỗ Văn Dũng, head of the Pharmaceutical Division at the HCM City Department of Health, talks to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about the need to tighten control of pharmacies in the city.
Architect PhD Hoàng Hữu Phê, from the Việt Nam Urban Planning Development, speaks to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economics & Urban Affairs) on the Láng Hòa Lạc mega urban city project.
Nguyễn Thị Kim Phụng, director general of the Department of Tertiary Education, Ministry of Education and Training, talks to Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic & Urban Affairs) newspaper about the new law to help universities be more dynamic and creative.
Nguyễn Văn Thanh, director general of the Việt Nam Chemical Agency, under the Ministry of Industrial and Trade, talks to Công Thương (Industry and Commerce) newspaper about developing the national chemical database and how it will operate
In Việt Nam, numerous officials are still invisible to ordinary people.
Lê Văn Lực, deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Electricity and Renewable Energy in Việt Nam tells Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper that it will take at least a decade for the nation to achieve full energy security
Lê Quốc Phong, First Secretary of the Việt Nam Students Association, speaks to Tuổi trẻ (Youth) newspaper on the need to create a good environment for Vietnamese students to display their talent and creativity
Lê Văn Dục, director of the Hà Nội Department of Construction, talks to the Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper on the measures to tackle construction violations in the city
Ma Quang Trung, former director of the Rural Economics Co-operative and Development under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) newspaper on the development of high tech agriculture co-operatives in Việt Nam
Two journalists received death threats earlier this week for reporting on an alleged parking racket at Long Biên market, the biggest wholesale market in Hà Nội.
