Food safety a focus ahead of Lunar New Year

Nguyễn Như Tiệp, director of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' Quality Management Department, speaks to the newspaper Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) on measures to ensure food safety over the Lunar New Year festival

For smart city, clear congestion

Professor Dr Dương Anh Sơn from the HCM City University of Economics and Law speaks to the newspaper Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) about some key aspects of work to turn the City into a smart city.

We have to prepare our youth for Industry 4.0

Hoàng Nam Tiến, FPT Software Chairman, tells Trí Thức Trẻ (Young Intellectual) that Vietnamese universities can’t lose time in training students for the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0).

An impressive year for agriculture sector

Hoàng Trọng Thủy, an expert from the Việt Nam Agriculture Technique Science Association, talks to Việt Nam News about achievements of the agriculture sector in 2017.

 

We need high quality tertiary education

Dr Lê Quân, deputy minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, speaks to the newspaper Giáo dục Việt Nam (Việt Nam Education) about his idea of a good Law on Higher Education

Co-ops, the nucleus for national development

Ma Quang Trung, director of the Department of Economic Co-operation and Rural Development, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to Việt Nam News Agency on how to help new co-operatives work efficiently.

Corruption fight must go on

Professor Dr Lê Quốc Lý, deputy director of the Hồ Chí Minh National Academy of Politics, speaks to Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper about the Party’s resolve to step up the fight against corruption.

Understanding the fourth revolution

Phạm Đại Dương, deputy minister of Science and Technology, talks with Việt Nam News Agency about challenges the country is facing in the course of deep international integration.

Climate change is yet another poverty trap

Ngô Trường Thi, Director General- Chief of the National Office for Poverty Reduction under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, speaks to Đại Đoàn Kết (Great Unity) newspaper on the importance of sustainable poverty alleviation

Coordination across agencies, levels can halt child abuse

Đặng Hoa Nam, deputy director of the Department of Child Care and Protection under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, speaks to the newspaper Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam ( Việt Nam Economic Times) on the urgent need to coordinate Government activities in child care and protection across all agencies and levels.

It’s time to spare the rod forever and ever

I am in deep dudgeon and could not hold back tear after seeing the image of a 10-year-old boy in Hà Nội’s Cầu Giấy District covering with serious injuries released earlier this month.

A PPP law must address thorny BOT issues

Dr Hoàng Ngọc Giao, director of the Institute for Policy, Law and Development Studies, tells Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) that the parliament owes the public a law on public private partnership and needs to repay its “debt” soon.

Hà Nội hospital helps Yên Bái narrow healthcare gap

Ten years ago this month, the Bạch Mai Hospital (under the Ministry of Health) in Hà Nội  began transferring technology and providing technical assistance to the remote province Yên Bái under a programme aimed at reducing people having to go to major hospitals in large cities to receive modern treatment. Hospital director Dr Nguyễn Quốc Anh reviews the programme in a talk with the Sức Khoẻ & Đời Sống (Health & Life) newspaper.

VN to halt illegal fishing by 2025

The National Assembly has passed a revised law on fisheries as Việt Nam prepares a national plan to prevent, minimise and eliminate illegal fishing by 2025. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vũ Văn Tám, talks with Tin Tức (News) newspaper about the issue

Patients paying more for ‘free’ medical equipment

Dương Đức Tuấn, director of the Centre for Health Insurance Appraisal and Multi-level Payments in the North, under Việt Nam Social Insurance, tells Vietnamplus that “socialisation” in the healthcare sector has not proved to be very friendly to patients

Young people are the nation’s driving force

Lê Quốc Phong, First Secretary of the Việt Nam Youth Union, speaks to Vietnam News Agency about the tasks for Vietnamese youth over the next five years ahead of the National Congress of the Việt Nam Youth Union in Hà Nội from December 10-13.

 

People’s credit funds can keep loan sharks at bay

Trương Thanh Đức, Chairman of the BASICO Law Firm and an arbitrator with the Việt Nam International Arbitration Centre, tells Kinh tế& Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper why people’s credit funds should be persisted with despite several collapses.

Việt Nam focuses on early HIV detection

Dr Hoàng Đình Cảnh, deputy director of the Việt Nam Authority of HIV/AIDS Control, speaks to Vietnam News Agency about the country’s efforts to increase early HIV screening tests, as an estimated 20 per cent of HIV sufferers do not know they are infected.

Rapidly aging population demands stronger safety net

Việt Nam’s population is getting older, but not richer, Nguyễn Văn Tân, deputy director general of the General Office for Population and Family Planning talks to Nhân Dân Cuối Tuần (The People’s Weekly) magazine about the issue.

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