Việt Nam News

Finance Minister Đinh Tiến Dũng talks with the Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper about financial and budget works this year.

Nguyễn Văn Thể, Minister of Transport, talks to Việt Nam News Agency about important missions for the transport sector in 2018.

Nguyễn Xuân Cường, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development talks to the newspaper Lao Động (Labour) about his ministry’s resolve to improve the nation’s image abroad.

Nhân Dân newspaper talked to some Vietnamese experts about the advantages of the digital economy in the course of applying the fourth industrial revolution.

Phạm Thy Hùng, director of the Public Procurement Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, speaks to the newspaper Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) on the need to further promote on-line bidding

Dr. Phạm Sỹ Liêm, Deputy Director of the Việt Nam Federation of Civil Engineering, speaks to Kinh Tế  & Đô Thị (Economy & Urban Affairs) newspaper on how to bring the Construction Law to life

Lê Quang Thái, deputy director general of the EVN Northern Power Grid, talks to the Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) about his corporation’s resolve to do their best to supply electricity to all households in northern mountainous provinces.

During an unprecedented trial between a HCM City taxi firm against Grab, a Uber-type company, for alleged unfair competition, the judge posed a simple but fundemental question: “What field was Grab’s business licence registered in?”

Last month a Vietnamese woman in Hanoi was attacked and set on fire by her foreign ex-boyfriend, who allegedly threw petrol at her, leaving her in critical condition with life-threatening burns. This shocking news is a painful reminder of the universality of the issue: there is no safe space from gender-based violence. The #MeToo movement around the world has underscored the widespread prevalence of sexual abuse and violence.

It is not for nothing that prostitution has been called the world’s oldest profession. To end it, we have to end male demand for sex and remove the socio-economic constraints that propel women into the profession.

Trần Tuấn Anh, Minister of Industry and Trade talks to the newspaper  Hải Quan (Customs) on how to make the best use of free-trade agreements that the nation has signed.

Hoàng Trung Hải, Secretary of the Hà Nội Party Committee, talks to Vietnam News Agency about the city’s achievements in 2017 and plans for 2018.

Nguyễn Hồng Thục, director general of the  Việt Nam Union of Science and Technology Associations' Settlement Research Institute, talks to the Tuổi trẻ (Youth) newspaper bout the need to adjust migration strategies for small and medium-sized cities.

Awareness of continued gender inequality in Việt Nam has grown in the last several years, though the goal of eliminating gender discrimination has not brought equality to all Vietnamese women. Dr Dương Kim Anh, deputy director of the Việt Nam Women’s Academy talks with the Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper about the issue.

Last year, Customs made significant changes in administrative procedures, creating favourable conditions for import-export businesses as per the Government’s resolution. Deputy Head of Việt Nam Customs Vũ Ngọc Anh talks with Hải Quan (Customs) Newspaper about measures to enhance that work this year.

The Ministry of Finance has said it is considering raising value added tax (VAT) to 11 percent from 2019 and then to 12 percent by 2020 from the current 10 percent.

Today, 1.25 billion Indians will have the honour to host ten esteemed guests – leaders of ASEAN nations – at India’s Republic Day celebrations in our capital, New Delhi. Yesterday, I had the privilege to host the ASEAN leaders for the Commemorative Summit to mark 25 years of ASEAN-India Partnership.