Knee-jerk responses to social media flak is not good governance
Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, head of Việt Nam’s National Productivity Institute tells the Kinh tế & Đô Thị (Economic & Urban Affairs) newspaper that business managers should play the leading role in increasing labour productivity.
Bùi Đức Thụ, deputy director of the National Assembly Deputies Affairs Committee speaks to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s role in tracking on the use of the overseas development aid.
Lê Văn Tăng, former director general the Tender Management Departement under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, speaks to the Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper about the need to change the management of PPP projects.
Phạm Đại Dương, deputy minister of Science and Technology, speaks to the Nhân Dân (People) newspaper about a newly enacted decree to accelerate the long-delayed Hòa Lạc high-tech project.
The subjects of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) have traditionally been taught as separate subjects, isolated from real-world applications. Việt Nam is now trying to change that. Đỗ Hoàng Sơn, a member of the Organising Board for STEM 2017 talks to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economics and Urban Affairs) about leaders’ important role in expanding and improving STEM education in all schools nation-wide
Nguyễn Quốc Hiệp, Chairman of the Việt Nam Construction Enterprises speaks to the newspaper Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) on challenges facing construction enterprises
Phan Trường Thành is one of the drafters of the "Master plan on Investment in Hà Nội’s Transportation Infrastructure in 2017-2021, with a vision to 2030". He speaks to the Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper about the importance of building new bridges across the Red River.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is home to 40 per cent of the world’s population, 50 per cent of global trade, and 60 per cent of global GDP. Over the last quarter century, APEC has shaped and transformed the global economy and supported half a billion people in their rise out of poverty.
Trương Bá Tuấn, deputy director general of the Institute for Strategic and Financial Policies - under the Ministry of Finance (MoF), speaks to Vietnam News Agency on the MoF’s proposal to restructure the national budget.
Phan Xuân Dũng, Chairman of the National Assembly Commission for Science, Technology and Environment, speaks to Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) newspaper about the central region’s readiness for foreign investors.
Khuất Việt Hùng, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of Traffic Safety, has been cycling to work for the past seven years. As someone who deals with the country’s traffic problems, he feels the need to set an example through his modest efforts to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution in Hà Nội.
For the second time in two years, a proposal put forward by the Hà Nội Police Department to move Hà Nội Railway Station (HNRS) and all inter-provincial railway tracks to the suburbs has been rejected by many experts and citizens.
The most important thing for human beings is our brain. Yet when we have young babies we are not caring for the development of their brains the way we care for their bodies. Brain development should be our biggest concern for all of us because it lays the foundation for a child future. It’s right to be a priority for government leaders as well as businesses.
HCM City is striving to become a modern city. Its major goals include controlling water-logging, reducing traffic jams, implementing comprehensive urban planning, and undertaking administrative reforms. The Tiền Phong (Vanguard) Newspaper holds a round-table talk with experts to discuss ways of realising the targets.
The many uses of biotechnology in helping to feed the world’s hungriest region – Asia and the Pacific
Overseas Professor Trần Thanh Vân talks to the newspaper Tiền Phong (Vanguard) about the country’s need to pay a high salary to people working in science and technology.
Mai Tiến Dũng, Minister- Chairman of the Government Office speaks to the newspaper Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) about the Government’s resolve to make a change in the State apparatus