New set of criteria for awarding academic titles

Dr Đặng Ứng Vận, Chairman of the Council for the Professor Title in Chemistry and Food Technology, talks to the Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper on the new set of criteria for achieving the titles of Professor and Associate Professor.

Green construction materials the way forward

Thái Duy Sâm, vice president of the Việt Nam Association for Building Materials, speaks to Kinh tế & Đô Thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper about the need to use green construction materials.

Vocational schools need more links with employers

Nguyễn Hồng Minh, Director General of the Directorate of the Vocational Education and Training speaks to the Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper on the need for strong co-ordination between vocational training institutions with labour markets.

State Audit helps ensure corruption-free use of State budget: chief auditor

The 14th assembly of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Auditing Institutions (ASOSAI) is an international ministerial-level gathering that is being held in Việt Nam for the first time in 2018. Ahead of the high-profile event, Dr Hồ Đức Phớc, Auditor General of the State Audit of Việt Nam, discussed the contributions of the agency in recent years with Vietnam News Agency.

Firms to drive agriculture restructuring

Minister of Agriculture Nguyễn Xuân Cường talks to newspaper Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) about the role of enterprises in agriculture restructuring

Public housing project cost should be affordable to all

Phạm Sỹ Liêm, Vice Chairman of the Việt Nam Construction Association, speaks to the Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic & Urban Affairs) newspaper on how to help more average income Vietnamese people to have their own apartments

Are asset declarations reliable?

Phan Xuân Xiểm, form member of the Party Central Inspection Commission talks to the newspaper Khoa học và Đời sống  (Science and Life) on how to draw a clear line between a gift and a bribery act

Overtime regulations need careful thought

This is the time that needs active role of trade union and labour organisations in supervising overtime violations in order to protect employee’s rights. Hopefully the more independent organisations truly represent employee’s rights, the better supervising role of these associations will take effect.

Group interests should be set aside for enterprises to thrive

The Government has been trying to facilitate business development by asking all localities to to release their authoritarian grip to pave the way for enterprises to develop. Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tiến Dũng talks to Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times) about these efforts.

 

University students educated on start-ups

Vương Quốc Thắng, Director of the Centre for Enabling Start-ups and Knowledge Transfer from the Hà Nội National University, talks to the newspaper Thời báo Kinh Tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Time) on how to introduce the concepts of start ups to young Vietnamese

High quality human resources are needed

Nguyễn Mại, Professor and Chairman of Việt Nam’s Association of Foreign Invested Enterprises talks to the newspaper Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) on Việt Nam’s need to develop a high quality human resource

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