Việt Nam News

Major General Tô Văn Huệ, head of the Department for Administrative Management of Social Order under the Ministry of Public Security told online newspaper dantri.com.vn about the ministry’s plans to introduce chip-based identity cards

PhD Trần Du Lịch, a member of Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Economic Advisory Council, speaks to Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper about HCM City’s wish to become a national financial centre

HCM City targets achieving a 95 per cent disbursement rate for public investment this year amid the COVID-19 crisis, Lê Thị Huỳnh Mai, director of the city Department of Planning and Investment, has said. Mai talks about what the city plans to do to achieve its target. 

Since the first cases were reported back in February, Việt Nam has done a tremendous job in containing the COVID-19 pandemic, evidenced by global lows in both case count and deaths, as well as a heightened sense of normalcy among the population. 

Trần Như Dương, Deputy Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, and deputy head of the standing unit on COVID-19 in Đà Nẵng, Việt Nam’s coronavirus epicentre, talks to Vietnam News Agency on the critical role of contact tracing and surveillance in suppressing COVID-19.

Dr Vũ Thị Thu Hương, head of the Department of Health Examination of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, talks to Sức Khỏe&Đời Sống (Health&Life) newspaper about convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19 patients

Minister and Government Office Chairman Mai Tiến Dũng talks to local media regarding the Government’s push towards digital documents and communications ahead of the launch of the National Report Platform

Dr. Nguyễn Đức Kiên, Head of Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc’s Economic Advisory Council, speaks to government on-line newspaper about the key reasons that led to the slow disbursement of public funds because of the COVID-19 pandemic

Secretary of the Party Committee and Political Commissar of the Vietnam Border Guard Command Đỗ Danh Vượng talks to An ninh Thủ đô (Capital Security) newspaper about COVID-19 prevention and control measures in border areas

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Trường Sơn talks to Tin Tức (News) newspaper on the decision to erect a field hospital in Tiên Sơn Sports Centre in Đà Nẵng City for the treatment of COVID-19 patients

Colonel Trần Ngọc Dương, deputy director of Hà Nội Police Department, speaks to Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper about fire prevention and fighting in the capital

Phan Thị Thu Hiền, deputy director of the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam, spoke to Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper on the transport transaction floor in Việt Nam

Nguyễn Văn Đào, from the General Department of Meteorology and Hydrology talks to the newspaper, Tài nguyên và Môi trường (Natural Resources and Environment) on the need to have a full and accurate report on saltwater intrusion and the hydrometeorology system in the Mekong Delta

Trần Trọng Kiên, Chairman of the Việt Nam Tourism Advisory Board, talks to Vietnam News Agency on the tourism sector’s plan to attract more tourists to the country post-COVID-19

On the occasion of Singapore’s 55th National Day (August 9, 2020), Singapore Ambassador to Việt Nam Catherine Wong Siow Ping writes about Singapore’s growing Strategic Partnership with Việt Nam, and how both countries have worked together to overcome challenges.

Head of the Cultivation and Plant Protection Division under Hà Nội’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Mạnh Phương speaks to Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper about the city’s safe vegetable production

Nguyễn Xuân Cường, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development spoke to the newspaper Sài Gòn Giải Phóng on the country’s readiness to be prepared to minimise losses in the event of natural disasters.

Associate Professor Nguyễn Xuân Thanh, Director General of the Secondary Education Department under the Ministry of Education and Training, talks to Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper about changes for term times in the 2020-21 school year.