Last week, Việt Nam News asked its readers about Hà Nội’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) system, which will be ready by the end of this month. And here are some of the comments.
Imagine risking your life every day just to go to school.
If you’ve been in Viet Nam long enough, chances are that you’ve heard of all the ways many poor kids in the country, especially in remote and mountainous areas, have to take to go to school.
Ngô Văn Sửu, former head of the Party Central Committee for Disciplinary Inspection Commission, speaks to the newspaper Khoa học & Đời sống (Science & Life) about Prime Minister Phúc’s order to prohibit the giving of expensive gifts for the upcoming Lunar New Year festival.
Dr Trần Kim Chung, deputy director of the Central Institute of Economic Management, speaks to the newspaper Tuổi trẻ (Youth) about advantages of building small flats for low-income residents.
Lê Đình Quảng, deputy head of the Labour Relations Department under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), speaks to the Lao Động (Labour) newspaper about longer working hours.
Director of the International Organisation for Migration’s Regional Officer for Asia and the Pacific, Dr Nenette Motus, shares his view on the situation of migration.
Aida Hadzialic became the youngest ever minister in the history of Sweden at the age of 27. Before taking office as the Minister for Upper Secondary School, Adult Education and Training in 2014, the talented, young woman who fluently speaks five languages already served as a deputy mayor of the city of Halmstad when she was only 23. Though having to resign following an alcohol limit breach while driving in August, Hadzialic basically represents a breeze of fresh air that every Vietnamese looks for in the Government filled with old men and women who seemed out of breathe catching up with the world moving too fast.
Agriculture expert and former Editor-in-chief of the Nông thôn Mới ( New Countryside) magazine Hoàng Trọng Thủy tells Hải quan ( Customs) newspaper about the need to make joint efforts in promoting safe food chain in Việt Nam.
Vương Đình Huệ, Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Steering Committee for Enterprise Renewal and Development speaks with Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) about the restructuring of State-owned enterprises in the period of 2016-2020.
The Ministry of Transport has submitted to the Government an investment plan for the ongoing North-South Expressway from Hà Nội to HCM City. Some experts are not keen.
It was around this time last year that the world’s leaders came together and committed to end hunger by 2030. The Sustainable Development Goal to achieve Zero Hunger (SDG2) is an ambitious target, especially for the countries in our Asia-Pacific region including Viet Nam. After all, nearly two-thirds of the world’s undernourished – 490 million people – live among us in what is the biggest and most dynamic yet extremely inequitable region on the planet.
Vũ Hoàng Liên, Chairman of Việt Nam’s Internet Association speaks to the Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper about what the Fourth Industrial Revolution means for Việt Nam.
Deputy Health Minister Nguyễn Viết Tiến tells Vietnamplus that drug resistance through antibiotic abuse is a global problem with particular national features requiring concerted efforts at both levels.
For the first time, Việt Nam Studies will be integrated with the scientific work of climate change and technology transfer, Professor Vũ Minh Giang, President of the Council for Science and Training under the Hà Nội National University tells the Viêt Nam News Agency (VNA).
Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs, Nguyễn Trọng Đàm, talks to the Vietnam Plus online newspaper about the Poverty Reduction Policies and Programme Project (PRPP).
Đỗ Đức Duy, Deputy Minister of Construction, tells the Vietnam News Agency on his ministry’s determination to reform their paper work to help enterprises further expand their production and development