VN must rein in antibiotic use

Lương Ngọc Khuê, director general of the Medical Examination and Treatment Department under the Ministry of Health, speaks to the Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper about the need to rein in the careless use of antibiotics in Việt Nam.

Overloaded trucks can damage roads, highways

Director of the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam Nguyễn Văn Huyện talks to Vietnam News Agency about measures to prevent overload trucks which have reappeared in some localities in early months of 2017

Nepotism is a bad thing, except when it isn’t

PhD Bùi Đình Phong, senior lecturer at Hồ Chí Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administration tells vov.vn that the criteria of choosing leading civil servants and cadres at different levels must be specific to help appointing the qualified people to hold important seats in Government and State agencies.

Lakes and rivers are the green lungs of Hà Nội

Nguyễn Lân, Hà Nội’s former Chief Architect, speaks to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) about some of the measures needed to keep the capital clean and green.

Ideas for keeping pavements clear

Dr Nguyễn Văn Hùng, former president of Hà Nội University of Civil Engineering, speaks with Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper about the use of vertical spaces to maintain order on city pavements.

Restricting voice, video software a backward step

Nguyễn Văn Hậu, Vice Chairman of the Hồ Chí Minh City’s Lawyers’ Association speaks to VOV.VN about the draft Decree of the Ministry of Public Security on business conditions for selling software equipment in voice/video recordings.

Land bank: good for farmers and firms

NA Economic Committee Deputy Chairman Nguyễn Đức Kiên tells Tiền Phong (Vanguard) that a land bank can help avoid difficulties and risks relating to land accumulation.

Job quality more important than unemployment rate

Dr Đào Quang Vinh, director of the Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs, under the Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs, speaks to Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper on the importance of job quality.

Trademark is a matter of life or death for an enterprise

Lê Ngọc Lâm, deputy director of the Intellectual Property Rights Department under the Ministry of Science and Technology, speaks to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper on the importance of having trademarks during international integration

How to better manage meat imports

Hoàng Thanh Vân, director of the Department of Breeding under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to the Kinh Tế Đô Thị (Economics and Urban Affairs) newspaper about managing imported meat.

Off to a good start, but start-up education falls short

The start-up frenzy started in Việt Nam around two years ago when the Government began calling for more investment in the start-up community and demonstrated their political will by a series of pragmatic actions. The biggest move was the approval of the scheme titled “Supporting the National Innovation Startup Ecosystem by 2025”, else known as the Project 844, last year of which some estimated of VNĐ2 trillion (US$88.8 million) would be poured into around 2,000 high-tech start-ups.

Streamlined gov’t is a good gov’t

Bùi Thị An, Associate Professor and a former deputy to the 13th National Assembly, speaks to Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper about the draft proposal on the re-organisation of city/provincial departments across the country.

Fighting social insurance challenges

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Doãn Mậu Diệp, talks to Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper about solutions to ease the burden of social insurance fund for retirees

No one left behind in HCM City

Trần Vinh Tuyến, Deputy Chairman of HCM City People’s Committee talks to Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about the city’s resolve to return street pavements to pedestrians.

Trimming public sector a must

Thang Văn Phúc, former Minister of Home Affairs, talks to the Hải Quan Online (Customs Online) about the Government’s plan to down size the country’s public employees

How to tighten business registration

Trần Thị Hồng Minh, director of Department for Business Registration Management, Ministry of Planning and Investment, tells the Vietnam Economic Times newspaper that the supervision of enterprises after business registration should not be the job of only State agencies.

BOT toll collection mechanisms need tweaking

Nguyễn Hồng Trường, Deputy Transport Minister explains to chinhphu.vn (Government Portal) the financial workings of some BOT projects that have attracted public criticism.

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