Việt Nam News

Foreign Minister Bùi Thanh Sơn is paying an official visit to the RoK and attend the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)-run Southeast Asia Regional Programme (SEARP) ministerial meeting from February 9-11 at the invitation of his RoK counterpart Chung Eui-yong and OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann.

On Waitangi Day, the National Day of New Zealand, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta writes for Việt Nam News

Faced with the requirements of socio-economic development and strongly renovating the growth model, the science and technology industry needs solutions to improve the quality of resources and the efficiency of these resources. Minister of Science and Technology Huỳnh Thành Đạt talks to the Science and Development online newspaper about the matter.

WHO Representative in Việt Nam Dr Kidong Park said despite having a higher vaccination rate than goal set by WHO, Việt Nam needs to reach the “unreached high risk group” in vaccination and is expected to embrace a new surge in COVID-19 cases fuelled by increased mobility during Tết and Omicron in the community.

Việt Nam and the UK have substantial cooperation opportunities in the fulfilment of green growth targets, British Ambassador Gareth Ward has said.

Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể spoke to Tin tức (News) newspaper about major difficulties the transport sector faces this year, particularly when implementing the eastern section of the North-South expressway project.

Deputy chairman of the Việt Nam Association of the Elderly Central Committee Nguyễn Hòa Bình speaks to Việt Nam News Agency about the elderly and their labour needs.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (OV) Affairs Phạm Quang Hiệu talks to Vietnam News Agency about the “Xuân Quê Hương” (Homeland Spring) Programme 2022, the biggest annual event for OVs during Tết (Lunar New Year) scheduled to be held on January 21-22.

Former Director of the General Statistics Office Nguyễn Bích Lâm spoke to Vietnam News Agency about the importance of labour, particular workers’ skills, physical and mental health in creating growth and high quality to develop the economy.

Đặng Hoa Nam, director-general of the Department of Child Affairs (under the Ministry of Labours, Invalid and Social Affairs), spoke to Hà Nội Mới (Hanoi News) newspaper about child protection at the grassroots level.

Nguyễn Hoa Cương, deputy head of Central Institute for Economic Management and former director of National Innovation Centre under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, speaks to Vietnam Television about innovative start-ups in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.

Minister-Chairman of Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Hầu A Lềnh spoke to Voice of Việt Nam (VOV) about the National Target Programme on socio-economic development for ethnic minority and mountainous areas for 2021-2030

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Lê Minh Hoan speaks to Vietnam News Agency about the sector’s achievements in 2021 and orientations in the coming time.

In a recent interview with Vietnam News Agency, Nguyễn Trọng Khoa, deputy head of the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment under the Ministry of Health and a member of the ministry’s task force on COVID-19 prevention and control in HCM City, talked about how hospitals can protect themselves from COVID-19 now Việt Nam has shifted towards living with the pandemic.

Lê Văn Hải, Director of Trọng Tín Accounting and Tax Consulting Company, Hà Nội branch, talks to Việt Nam Financial Times (Thời báo tài chính Việt Nam) about proposals that the Ministry of Finance reduce personal income tax (PIT) for labourers due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Although black credit has been curbed, there are still potential complications, despite the many solutions that have been drastically implemented by ministries and sectors. Nguyễn Thanh Hà, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SBLAW Law Firm talks to Vietnam News Agency about the issue.

Bùi Huy Sơn, Counselor of the Việt Nam Trade Office in the US talks to VOV correspondent in the US about Việt Nam-US trade relations in 2021 and opportunities to promote the relationship between Việt Nam and the US in the near future.

Recently, thousands of container trucks have become stranded at border gates in northern provinces, queuing for customs clearance to enter China. This has caused damage to Vietnamese enterprises. The Vietnam News Agency correspondent in China spoke with Nông Đức Lai, Commercial Counselor of the Vietnamese Embassy in China, to learn about the efforts of the Việt Nam Trade Office in China to solve the current congestion of goods at the border of the two countries.