When inaction causes fatal accidents

Somehow the most basic rule of driving is being ignored. Despite thousands of warnings, drunk and drugged drivers still risk theirs and other’s lives on the roads daily. Public health messaging about the dangers of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs is falling on deaf ears.

A new moon rising alongside a gold star

Vietnamese people, patriots all to their bootstraps, were sent over the rapidly fading old moon two nights ago after a penalty shootout against the more fancied Jordanians sent their team the furthest it has ever got in the continental competition – all the way to the quarterfinals.

Technology is the key to solving traffic problems

Vũ Văn Viện, director general of the Hà Nội Department of Transport, talks to Kinh tế & Đô thị (Urban and Economic Affairs) newspaper on the city’s plan to apply technology to solve the problem of traffic congestion

Ministry determined to tackle traffic issues

Traffic safety is becoming an increasingly pressing issue, especially on the roads and railways. Vietnam News Agency speaks to Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể about solutions to solve this problem.

VN needs to continue economic success in 2019

Nguyễn Chí Dũng, Minister of Investment and Planning, speaks to Việt Nam News Agency on the imperative need to accelerate economic activities to ensure the five year plan (2016-2020) results in success.

Hà Nội leaves no one behind in fight against poverty

Hà Nội saw achievements in accelerating sustainable poverty reduction programmes in 2018. Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economy & Urban Affairs) newspaper talks with Khuất Văn Thành, director of the city’s department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs about the progress made.

Customs reforms and modernisation help boost cross-border trade

Mai Xuân Thành, Deputy Director-General of Việt Nam General Department of Customs, speaks to Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) on reforms the department has done in recent times to ease the flow of goods and services across the border

The war in Cambodia was a ’war of justice’: Vietnamese General

40 years ago, on January 7, 1979, the Vietnamese People’s Army in co-ordination with the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation, deposed Pol Pot, putting an end to the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, liberating Cambodia’s capital city Phnom Penh.

Vietnam News Agency speaks to General and former defence minister Phạm Văn Trà, who served in the battle at the time, on how it was a war where “justice triumphs over brutality”.

 

Admin reform must be a continuous resolve

The reform of administrative procedures must be a "non-stop resolve", that’s the message from Minister, Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tiến Dũng who spoke to Vietnam News Agency about challenges facing administrative reforms over the past three years.

The ’End of History’ myth and the South’s challenges

The collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of the eighties proved a seminal event in the history of international politics and there was this pervasive euphoric sentiment that the stage was set for the everlasting enthronement of the capitalist system along with liberal democracy, worldwide.

 

Agriculture sector records encouraging growth

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường speaks to Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) Newspaper about achievements recorded by the agriculture sector in 2018

Agriculture a major player in the national economy

Nguyễn Bích Lâm, Director General of the Government Statistics Office (GSO), talks to Kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới (Việt Nam and World Economy) magazine on the need to have more investment in agriculture

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