Customs reform brings fairness


Last year, Customs made significant changes in administrative procedures, creating favourable conditions for import-export businesses as per the Government’s resolution. Deputy Head of Việt Nam Customs Vũ Ngọc Anh talks with Hải Quan (Customs) Newspaper about measures to enhance that work this year.

Some taxing questions cannot be ignored

The Ministry of Finance has said it is considering raising value added tax (VAT) to 11 percent from 2019 and then to 12 percent by 2020 from the current 10 percent.

ASEAN-India: Shared Values, Common Destiny

Today, 1.25 billion Indians will have the honour to host ten esteemed guests – leaders of ASEAN nations – at India’s Republic Day celebrations in our capital, New Delhi. Yesterday, I had the privilege to host the ASEAN leaders for the Commemorative Summit to mark 25 years of ASEAN-India Partnership.

Challenges ahead for exports

Minister of Trade, Trần Tuấn Anh, speaks to Hải Quan (Custom) newspaper on the challenges facing the country in restructuring exports.

Gov’t should help private firms

Dr. Nguyễn Đức Thành, director general of the Việt Nam Institute for Economic and Policy Research, speaks to the Kinh tế Đô thị (Urban Economy) about why the State should help develop the private sector.

Go slowly on VAT

Dr Bùi Đức Thụ, deputy chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Deputy Affairs, speaks to Tiền phong (Vanguard) newspaper on the  negative impacts of the rise in value-added tax on the economy

Transport plans need public input

Bùi Xuân Cường, director general of Hồ Chí Minh City Department of Transport, speaks to the Tuổi trẻ (Youth) newspaper on the need to consult with the people in the course of developing the city transport policy

Health sector reform proceeding well

Dr Phạm Văn Tác, Director of the Personnel Department, under the Ministry of Health, speaks to Sức khỏe & Đời sống (Health and Life) about positive changes that have happened in the course of restructuring the health sector.

A complex problem we can’t resign ourselves to

On Monday, Deputy Chairman of the District 1 People’s Committee Đoàn Ngọc Hải in HCM City handed in his papers, admitting failure in his efforts to clear pavements of unauthorized vendors and other forms of illegal encroachment.

Agriculture gets nuclear boost

Lê Đức Thảo, Director of the Department on Advantages and Disadvantages of Mutation at the Agriculture Genetics Institute, talks to the newspaper Lao động (Labour) about the application of nuclear technology in the country’s primary industry – agriculture.

No rocket science needed to prevent such blasts

In just several hours on Wednesday, two explosions constantly occurred at the same place in a village in the northern Bắc Ninh Province’s Yên Phong District, killing two people, both of whom are children, and injuring eight others, all are nearby locals.

Việt Nam learns from abnormal weather

Trần Quang Hoài, head of the General Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, talks to the newspaper Hải quan (Customs) on what he said was abnormal weather in Việt Nam last year.

Patient satisfaction critical factor in hospital ranking

Phạm Văn Tác, Director General of the health ministry's Department of Organisation and Personnel, talks to Hải Quan (Customs) on why patient dissatisfaction persists despite various efforts to improve healthcare services in the country.

Education key for Industry 4.0

Professor Nguyễn Xuân Thu, co-founder of the RMIT International University Việt Nam and the Australia-Việt Nam Education Promotion Association (AVEPA), tells giaoduc.net.vn that traditional universities can collaborate with online teaching establishments to meet the needs of Industry 4.0.

Crony capitalism subverts socialist aspirations

In a Đà Nẵng plot that has thickened steadily over the last several years, police are seeking a 42-year-old real estate tycoon, Phan Văn Anh Vũ, for criminal charges of “revealing State secrets.”

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