Firefighters lack necessary equipment and uniforms

Phạm Minh Khương, deputy head of the Police Department of Fire Prevention, Fighting and Rescue under the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) talks with Vietnam News Agency on measures to improve fire prevention and fighting work.

Hà Nội focuses on OCOP efforts

Nguyễn Văn Chí, director of Hà Nội Department for Agriculture and Rural Development, talks to Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper on what the city has been doing to meet the objectives laid down by municipal city authorities in the programme 'One Commune One Product'

Việt Nam active as WIPO chair

Ambassador Dương Chí Dũng, head of Việt Nam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN) and other international organisations in Geneva talks to Vietnam News Agency about the active role of Việt Nam as the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) General Assembly’s Chair for 2018-19 on the threshold of its 59th session from September 30 to October 9.

Population policies needed to shift the birth rate

Nguyễn Doãn Tú, general director of the Ministry of Health’s General Department for Population and Family Planning, spoke with Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about changes to the number of children per family and the necessity of adjusting population policies in the country.

Việt Nam gears toward sustainable tourism development

Nguyễn Trùng Khánh, director general of the Việt Nam Tourism Administration, talks to Vietnam Economic Times newspaper about his agency’s efforts to improve the tourism sector’s competitive advantages.  

Outdated law binding fintech start-ups' growth

According to Solidiance Consultancy, transactions on Việt Nam’s fintech market could double to US$7.8 billion in 2020 from $4.4 billion last year. Việt Nam News talks with Hàn Ngọc Tuấn Linh, chairman of the board of Vietnam Silicon Valley (VSV) – a leading accelerator investing in early stage start-ups in Việt Nam.       

Manual weather monitoring delays information exchange

Cao Trung Sơn, director of the Centre for Natural Resources and Environment Monitoring (under the HCM Department of Natural Resources and Environment), on September 24 spoke at a press conference about air pollution in the city.

Advertisement law must be upheld

Tô Văn Động, Director of the Hà Nội Department of Culture and Sports talks to Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper on the importance of upholding the law on advertising

Việt Nam to have a University of Health Science

Nguyễn Minh Lợi, deputy director of the Department of Science, Technology and Training, under the Ministry of Health talks to Việt Nam News Agency on Việt Nam’s plan to establish a University of Health Science.

National interest more important than group interests

Lê Quang Thưởng, former Vice-Director of the Commission for Organisation of the Party Central Committee, speaks to Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper on the need to take strong action to prevent opportunists from holding Party or Government positions

Việt Nam gears toward education for all

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vũ Thị Tú Anh, deputy director-general of the Continuing Education Department under the Ministry of Education and Training, talks to the Giáo dục & Thời đại (Education & Times) newspaper on the need to have all Vietnamese universities involved in the national campaign of education for all.

Việt Nam Fatherland Front – a true representative of the people

At the onset of the National Congress of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front, Trần Thanh Mẫn, President of the Việt Nam Fatherland Central Committee, speaks to Vietnam News Agency on the front’s achievements in the past five years and their key missions in the new term

Good supervision activities win people’s confidence

Lưu Bình Nhưỡng, deputy chairman of the National Assembly Ombudsman Committee, talks to the newspaper Công Lý (Justice) on the people’s expectation for high performance from all National Assembly deputies

Legal framework should support construction firms: insider

Nguyễn Quốc Hiệp, Chairman of the Việt Nam Association of Construction Contractors tells Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) that cumbersome legal requirements are one of the biggest challenges for Vietnamese construction companies.

Removal of factories from inner city needed after factory fire

Architect Đào Ngọc Nghiêm, former director of Hà Nội’s Department of Planning and Architecture, speaks to Cafeland – an online newspaper specialsing in real estate, about the need to remove factories from the inner city after the recent fire at Rạng Đông Light Sources and Vacuum Flask JSC

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