Việt Nam News

As children across the country return to school after the summer break, a little spoken about yet very real and imperative issue has come under the spotlight: unhygienic school toilets.

Nothing is worse than being convicted of a crime you didn’t commit.

Not only is your freedom taken away, sometimes your life, it can also hurt your loved ones unimaginably.

Lawyer Nguyễn Văn Chiến, Vice Chairman of the Việt Nam Lawyers’ Association, reiterates the Government’s resolve to uphold the law on environmental protection, particularly following the serious pollution incident that killed masses of fish in the four central provinces.

Nguyễn Xuân Cường, newly-appointed Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to the Lao Động (Labour) newspaper about his resolve to reorganise the farming sector so that farmers would earn higher incomes.

Phùng Xuân Nhạ, Minister of Education and Training, spoke to the newspaper Thời báo Kinh tế (Economic Times) on the two important points of the Circular that are to stimulate teachers while being able to measure students’ progress.

Though casting a fairly positive light on Việt Nam’s irrefutable achievements in ensuring religious and belief freedom, the annual report on global religious freedom issued by the US Department of State on August 10 still contains contents exposing a narrow mindset, biased outlook and a lack of goodwill. 

The main job of the police is to prevent crime and investigate criminals. That’s the expectation worldwide that even a six year-old child can tell.

This explains the public uproar in Việt Nam when a police officer leading a gang of five beat a couple to the point where the man was covered with blood and his pregnant fiancée fainted. The incident happened only a few weeks ago, in July, in Cẩm Xuyên District of central Hà Tĩnh Province.

The use of millions of dong from the state budget by a Government official from the central Bình Định province to study what turned out to be a fraudlent PhD course abroad has stirred public outcry in recent days.

I am Peter Lepercque, a 49 year-old Belgian globetrotter. I have had the honour of visiting Việt Nam as a tourist twice already. I travelled from the south to the north of Việt Nam over three and a half months and I have seen so many beautiful places and met so many friendly people.

The hacking of the Việt Nam Airlines website at the Hà Nội and HCM City airports has signaled Việt Nam’s possible vulnerability to malware attacks.

Việt Nam News spoke to experts from a cyber security company, a company operating in the field of open source and a network security expert about the matter.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has been lauded by many when he asked his cabinet to be pioneers in practising thriftiness and cutting spending.

Trần Việt Hùng, former deputy head of the Central Highlands Steering Committee on Forest Management, Protection Development, spoke to Việt Nam News Agency about obstacles in forest management.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyễn Ngọc Bằng, director general of the Department of Criminal Verdict Implementation and Legal Aid, spoke to the newspaper Tuổi trẻ (Youth) about a proposal to allow reformed prisoners to re-unite with their families while serving their sentence.

Associate Professor Lê Trình, deputy head of the Việt Nam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment talked with Tin Tức (News) newspaper about ways to improve the quality of its environmental assessment report.

Professor Nguyễn Minh Thuyết, former Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Culture, Education, Youth and Children, speaks to the newspaper Tiền Phong (Vanguard) about tasks facing the new cabinet.

Nguyễn Đức Thành, director of the Việt Nam Institute for Economic and Policy Research, spoke to the Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper about the country’s ambitious targets in economic development

Nguyễn Trần Nam, chairman of the Việt Nam Real Estate Association, spoke to Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) about the need for continued government support of housing projects for low income people.

Architect Trần Ngọc Chính, Chairman of Việt Nam Urban Planning and Development, spoke to the newspaper Kinh Tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) about the need for tough policies in urban planning and management