When Việt Nam’s main legislative body, the National Assembly, decided on Tuesday to cancel plans to build two nuclear power plants, many lauded the “courageous” move. There is no denying that this decision would have been really tough, after so many years of planning, spending money on feasibility studies, looking for foreign collaboration, and so on.
Nguyễn Trọng Đàm, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs, talks to the newspaper Tin Tức (News) about the need to screen drug addicts before sending them to rehabilitation centres.
Hoàng Hải, deputy director of the State Agency for Construction Quality Inspection, under the Ministry of Construction talks to Kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới (Việt Nam & World Economic Affairs) about the need to conduct thorough inspections on the safety of old apartment buildings and houses.
Đặng Đình Thống, deputy director of the Institute for Clean Energy, tells the newspaper Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) about Việt Nam’s big potential to develop renewable energy sources.
Trần Hữu Hiệp, a member of the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region tells Sài gòn Economic Times about the need to lift the land aggregation cap for large-scale agricultural production.
Local authorities across the country have incurred heavy debts of approximately VNĐ15 trillion (US$ 672 million) during the execution of the national programme to build new-style rural areas in its first phase from 2011 to 2015. Việt Nam News talks to Nguyễn Minh Tiến, head of the Central Co-ordinating Office for New-style Rural Areas on how to prevent a reccurrence of the situation in the second phase of the programme starting this year.
Lê Đỗ Mười, deputy director of the HCM City Institute for Strategy and Development tells the Vietnam News Agency about the need to reorganise the city's inner transport system
Nguyễn Khánh Quang, deputy head of the General Department of Customs, talks to the Viet Nam News Agency about measures to block cross-border cigarette smuggling.
Võ Tuấn Nhân, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, speaks to Infonet.vn on the role of local authorities in projects licensed by the central Government
The global stock market woke up to Wednesday shaded in a volatile red colour, with the exception of Russia, while the Mexican peso slumped to a record low against the US dollars. Elsewhere in Canada, the immigration website crashed, appeared from being overloaded with a steep spike in access as the result of the US election set to emerge. That was not pretty good omen for the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump.
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyễn Chí Dũng spoke to Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) about the five-year economic restructuring plan.
Trần Văn Tùng, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology tells Tin tức (News) that good intermediaries could facilitate transfer of advanced technology to end users.
A perceived increase in violence against women in public places is adding to the gloomy picture of women being discriminated in Việt Nam, activists have warned.
Đặng Thuận Phong, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Committee for Social Affairs, speaks to the newspaper Tiền Phong (Vanguard) on the need to change old laws to make them close to life.
Phạm Trọng Đạt, director of the Office of the Government Inspectorate tells the newspaper Tiền Phong (Vanguard) about key measures for verifying asset declarations by senior government officials.
The night of Tuesday maybe the longest and creepiest night for those people who kept waiting in pain throughout the night to hear any information about their beloved ones who were believed to be among the victims of a karaoke bar blaze in Hà Nội’s Cầu Giấy District.
Paying unemployment benefits, helping people learn new skills and connecting them with employers are key services provided by his agency, Nguyễn Toàn Phong, director of the Hà Nội Employment Service Centre, tells Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs).
Recently, the Ministry of Health suggested hiring chief executive officers (CEOs) to manage public hospitals instead of appointed doctors as at present. Tuổi Trẻ Cuối Tuần (Youth Weekly) talks with Giản Tư Trung, director of PACE Institute of Management.