Hà Nội needs stronger land use planning

Architect Đỗ Viết Chiến, a former director of the Urban Development Department, under the Ministry of Construction speaks to the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about current problems faced by Hà Nội in urban planning and what city authorities should do to solve the problem

The hurdles to loaning $.4.4 billion

Nguyễn Đức Thành, director of the Việt Nam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR), speaks to the newspaper Đại Đoàn Kết (Great Unity) about the Government’s soft loans for high-tech agriculture production

Sober reflections on drinking laced liquor

A young girl recently shared a sadden story about the death of her father on Facebook. The 48-year-old man died of drinking methanol-tainted alcohol, the tragedy that the Hanoian said she never thought of even though she said she was aware of such type of accidents now and then from the media.

I can’t bear the fact either.

Red River plan should protect its ecosystem

Dương Trung Quốc, National Assembly Deputy and a historian, tells VOV Online that preserving the Red River ecosystem should be a vital part of plans to exploit it.

Not a fine example of abiding by the law

Police in the central city of Vinh stopped and fined a woman last Friday for driving a motorbike without its left mirror. The driver, Nguyễn Thị Minh Quyên, 29, also failed to show police a driving licence and vehicle registration.

High-tech agriculture should suit VN conditions

Professor Trần Đình Long, chairman of Việt Nam Plant Seed Association spoke with Khoa học&Đời sống (Science&Life) newspaper about the building of hi-tech agriculture in Việt Nam and difficulties the country will be likely to face when applying the model.

New agency targets effective food quality controls

HCM City has established a Food Safety and Hygiene Management board, the first of its kind in the country. Phạm Khánh Phong Lan, head of the board that will operate on a pilot basis for three years, tells Hải Quan (Customs) that the basic aim is to improve management of food quality.

Dredging oversight a failure

Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyễn Nhật speaks with the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about measures to redress shortcomings in the management of dredging projects

Industry development level low

Nguyễn Chỉ Sáng, director general of the National Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering, speaks to Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) about the need for workable policies

Child abuse: When silence becomes criminal

A 13-year-old girl in Cà Mau Province and her family reported to local police that she was abused by a neighbour eight times and petitioned that the perpetrator be taken to court. The answer they got from the police last November was a decision not to investigate further because “there was not enough evidence”.

Tourism growth is not just about numbers

Associate Professor Phạm Trung Lương, former deputy director of the Institute for Tourism Development, under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, speaks to Bnews.vn on how to turn the tourism industry into a spearhead economic sector.

Global VN workforce needs training

Doãn Mậu Diệp, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, tells the Hải quan (Customs) Newspaper that the country plans to increase the quality of workers sent abroad

Whooping cough: babies at risk

The head of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Preventive Medicine, Trần Đắc Phu, speaks to the online VietnamPlus newspaper about the latest wave of whooping cough, which has killed five children.

Incentives don’t boost industry

Vũ Thành Tự Anh, Research Director at the Fulbright Economics Teaching Programme in Việt Nam, tells Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam ( Việt Nam Economic Times) that Việt Nam should no longer give priority to certain industrial products.

Unions can sue for insurance

Trần Thị Thanh Hà, deputy director of the Centre for Industrial Relations Development under the Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour, tells Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) that her department will help grassroots Trade Unions sue employers that don’t pay workers’ social insurance, health insurance and unemployment benefits on time.

Tây Nguyên seeks more investment

Điểu Kré, a member of the Party Central Committee and deputy director of the Standing Committee of Tây Nguyên Steering Board, speaks to Vietnam News Agency about the region’s resolve to do everything to attract more funding for the region in the course of its development

VN aims for safe, speedy railway

Nguyễn Ngọc Đông, Vice Minister of Transport, speaks to the newspaper Tiền Phong (Vanguard) about his Ministry’s plan on developing a fast, yet safe railway service

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