Agricultural sector looks to scale down workforce

Dr Đào Quang Vinh, head of Institute of Science, Labour and Society under Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs talks to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about shifting labour structure in the agricultural sector.

Revised Public Investment Law gears toward progress

Trần Quốc Phương, director general of the National Economic Issue Department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, talks to Diễn đàn Doanh Nghiệp (Business Forum) about the revised Law on Public Investment

Co-operatives need to work in a production chain

Dr. Lê Đức Thịnh, Director General of the Department of Economic Co-operation and Rural Development, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to the newspaper Nông Thôn Ngày Nay (Countryside Today) on the need to create a chain in agriculture production in the Mekong Delta region

Tourism needs to be creative to bring visitors

Deputy General Director of the Việt Nam Tourism Administration Hà Văn Siêu talks to The Leader - an Administrators’ Online Forum - about tourism development challenges and solutions

Drink driving a scourge that must be smote

I hate that once many Vietnamese men sit down for a drink with friends, they are forced to down their drinks to show their “respect” to their drinking buddies or to show that they are “true men”

Labour market needs balanced supply and demand

Nguyễn Thanh Nhàn, deputy director of Hà Nội Department of Labour and Social Affairs, speaks to the newspaper Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) on the need to have high quality workforce.

Insurance SMS service to provide better access to information: VSS

Deputy Director-General of Việt Nam Social Security Phạm Lương Sơn speaks with Nhân Dân (People) newspaper about the recent deployment of an SMS service which allows labourers to look up information regarding their benefits or whether their insurance documents have been processed.

Autonomy is not freedom in tertiary education

Nguyễn Thị Kim Phụng, director general of the Department of Tertiary Education, Ministry of Education and Training, talks to Nhân Dân (People) newspaper on the areas that universities and other tertiary education institutions should be given autonomy.

Việt Nam mulls Law on Alcohol Harm Prevention

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Trường Sơn talks to Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economics Times) about a draft Law on Alcohol Harm Prevention that is ready for the National Assembly to discuss in May.

No place for cheating in education

Minister of Education and Training Phùng Xuân Nhạ speaks to Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper about his resolve to make education a clean place for the nation’s youth and talented future citizens.

Trade union battles to protect workers' rights

​​​​​​​Ngọ Duy Hiếu, vice president of the Việt Nam Confederation of Trade Unions, talks to Việt Nam Economy about the confederation’s resolve to stand by workers.

International integration help better protect the country

A conference to review the operation of the National Steering Committee for International Integration is scheduled for April 24 in Hà Nội under the theme “Strengthening international integration in a proactive, creative and effective fashion for rapid and sustainable development.” Deputy Foreign Minister Bùi Thanh Sơn talks to the press on the outcomes of the country’s international integration in recent years, with a focus on the defence and security fields.

Sports and intellectual property rights

Phan Ngân Sơn, deputy director of the Vietnamese National Office of Intellectual Property, speaks to Việt Nam News Agency on challenges Viet Nam faces in of applying intellectual property rights in sports

Market surveillance agency goes digital

Trần Hữu Linh, director general of the General Department for Market Surveillance, speaks to Công Thương (Industry and Trade) newspaper on his department’s efforts to build an elite force in market monitoring

Family doctor a reliable address for all people

Professor Nguyễn Thanh Hiệp, named one of the country’s top physicians in 2018 by the Vietnamese Young Doctors’ Association, talks to Sức Khỏe & Đời sống (Health & Life) newspaper on the need to develop the family doctor model

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