The US$2.7 billion package should be disbursed quickly

Đào Quang Vinh, former Director General of the Institute of Labour, Science and Social Affairs in the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, talks to the newspaper Countryside Today on whether the Government should launch the 2nd package to help people affected in the Covid-19 pandemic

Mekong-Langcang ties enhanced

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Quang Sơn gave an interview to Vietnam News Agency on the results of the recently concluded third meeting of the six Mekong-Langcang countries in Hà Nội on how to minimise the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

Different types of coronavirus tests explained

Many people are confused about the different types of COVID-19 tests available in Việt Nam. Assoc. Prof. and PhD Lê Thị Quỳnh Mai, deputy director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology spoke with Sức khoẻ&Đời sống (Health&Life) newspaper about the differences between the rapid tests and the RT-PCR tests used in the fight against the pandemic

National social security system needed

Nguyễn Ngọc Toản, Deputy Director-General of the Social Security Department in the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, speaks to the newspaper Thời báo tài chính Việt Nam (Việt Nam Financial Times) on his ministry’s plan to develop a national social security system in all provinces and cities nationwide

Telehealth is a revolution: senior doctor

Nguyễn Sinh Hiền, Deputy Director of Hà Nội Heart Hospital, talks about the telehealth system, which was built to meet the remote examination and treatment system standards of the Ministry of Health. 

HCM City aims to become regional financial centre

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

Cumbersome procedures delay public investment

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

Border guards contribute to COVID-19 fight

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

Mekong Delta must be protected from natural disasters

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

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