Việt Nam News

Director of the Việt Nam National Productivity Institute, Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, speaks with Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper about the reasons for low domestic labour productivity and ways it can be improved in the near future.

Sustainable development is a popular concept for businesses in developed countries. But in Việt Nam, it is still new. Hải Quan (Customs) Newspaper speaks with Nguyễn Quang Vinh, vice general secretary of Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) on the issue.  

Bùi Sỹ Lợi, deputy head of the National Assembly (NA)’s Social Affairs Committee, spoke with Nông Thôn Ngày Nay (Countryside Today) about workers’ access to social welfare policies.

Nguyễn Xuân Thành, Lieutenant Colonel from the Viêt Nam Peace Keeping Centre, told the newspaper Hải Quan (Customs) about his two years of experience working at the UN Peace Keeping Centre in the Central African Republic.

Phạm Trọng Đạt, Head of the Government Inspectorate Anti-corruption Bureau, spoke to the newspaper Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) about the need to create a new anti-corruption body in Việt Nam.

Nguyễn Tấn Bỉnh, director of the HCM City's Department of Health, spoke to the Người Lao Động (The labourer) newspaper about plans to establish an independent food safety management agency under the People’s Committee.

The massive fish death along the central coastal areas of Việt Nam over the last few weeks raises many questions about the responsibility of the media, the reaction of the public, the lack of timely response from the Government and how Việt Nam is to balance its economic development with protecting the environment.

Nguyễn Văn Công, Deputy Head of the Economics Faculty, under the National Economics University, told the newspaper Khoa học & Đời sống (Science & Life) reasons why so many Vietnamese enterprises had declared bankruptcy in the first quarter of 2016

Phan Đăng Tuất, former Director General of the Institute for Industry Policy and Strategy, spoke to Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper on how to develop support industries in Việt Nam.

Bùi Đức Thụ, a member of the National Assembly Committee for Financial and Budgetary Affairs, told the newspaper Công Thương (Trade and Industry) that in 2016, Việt Nam would try to keep the inflation rate under 5 percent and reach a GDP growth rate of 6.7 per cent.

Floriane Ortega, Regional and Urban Planning Officer of Asconit Consultants talks about Hà Nội's updated Master Transport Plan.

Trương Quang Nghĩa, Minister of Transport, spoke to the newspaper Tiền Phong (Vanguard) about his promise to take the transport sector to a higher plane

Nguyễn Kim Sơn, Permanent Vice President of the Việt Nam National University, spoke to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) about the close link between high quality universities and turning out of high quality human resources.

Mai Tiến Dũng, Minister-Chairman of the Government Office, talks to the press about the challenge the Government faces in the future and his views on the new post.

Oceanographer Trương Đình Hiển talked to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about measures suggested to cope with drought and saltwater intrusion in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta region.

Recently, a school guard of La Pán Tẩn primary school in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai was investigated for the alleged sexual abuse of 23 schoolgirls, and a male secondary-school teacher was found to have sexually abused his 14-year-old female student in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.

Outside the country, a Vietnamese entertainer was detained in the US on charges of child sex abuse. The latest statistics from the Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs reveal that about 1,000 children are reported to be sexually abused each year. This raises a red flag that points to rampant child sexual abuse in the country. So, what are the causes of this issue? Who can be blamed? Việt Nam News reporters talked to policy-makers, experts, teachers and parents to find the answer.

Doãn Mậu Diệp, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, spoke to the newspaper Hải Quan (Customs) about his ministry’s plan to help unemployed workers to find new jobs and to claim their unemployment insurance.