Train accidents: Prevention is the cure

Taking a deep breath and calming down before responding to someone or something is good advice, and it has become ubiquitous advice of late. But several deep breaths later, one feels like screaming “Not Again”, after the latest deadly train accident that has left three dead, several injured and maybe many more scarred for life.

Green growth needs Government support

Dr Trần Toàn Thắng, deputy director of the Research Department on Business Environment and Competition, under the Central Institute for Economic Management speaks to BNEWs/Viêt Nam News Agency about green growth in Việt Nam/

Public awareness key to littering law success

The Government has issued a decree, which, starting this month imposes punishments for littering, throwing cigarette butts and ash in non-smoking areas, urinating in public places.

Equitised firms must list and disclose Information

Nguyễn Hoàng Hải, Vice Chairman of the Việt Nam Association of Financial Investors (VAFI). speaks to Hải Quan (Customs) online about the Government’s resolve to have all equitised State-owned enterprises listed on the stock exchange

Code of conduct: Playing the devil’s advocate

In what can be described as an overzealous move, authorities in the capital city have seriously drafted a Code of Conduct to “guide and correct” people’s behaviour in public places.

Enterprises seeks sustainability

Phạm Hồng Thái, Head of the General Department for Market Development and Business, speaks to the newspaper Việt Nam Economic Times on the need to have a close link between scientists and enterprises.

Việt Nam vows to cut down the time for customs clearance

Ngô Minh Hải, deputy director of the Inspectorate and Supervise Department, under the General Department of Việt Nam Customs, tells the Việt Nam Investment Review newspaper about Việt Nam’s resolve to simplify its import-export procedures.

Wanted: foreign students

Education and Training Minister Phùng Xuân Nhạ tells the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper that a programme to attract foreign lecturers and students to Việt Nam has yielded modest results

Wishful thinking on Code of Conduct for South China Sea

Rhetoric has come full circle in the dispute over the South China Sea but can the Philippines, the current chair of Asean and a claimant state, deliver a peaceful solution for the area? So far, there is little to see apart from wishful thinking from Manila as it pledges to conclude the Code of Conduct (CoC) for the South China Sea by the end of this year.

Gov’t focuses on competition

Nguyễn Minh Thảo, director of the Business Environment and Competitive Capacity Department under the Central Institute for Economic Management, speaks to the newspaper Đầu tư (Vietnam Investment Review) about initial changes following the issuance of the Government Resolution 19-2017

Việt Nam must improve Geo Indicators: official

Lưu Đức Thanh, head of Geographical Indicators (GI) and International Trademarks under the National Office of Intellectual Property of Việt Nam, speaks to the newspaper Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) about the development of GIs for Vietnamese products.

Get scientists to stay in VN

Ngô Việt Trung of the Institute of Mathematics under the Việt Nam Academy of Science and Technology tells Khoa học & Đời sống (Science and Life) that funds allotted for sci-tech development need to be used wisely

Got to start looking up to kindergarten teachers

Expressions of anguish and outrage came in thick and fast as two young teachers of the Sen Vàng Kindergarten in Hà Nội, both in their early 20s, were recorded using slippers to slap and beat children, and scolding them rudely and cruelly.

VN sets goals for sustainable forestry development

Việt Nam set a target to increase its forest coverage to 41.45 per cent to raise the timber export value to over US$7.5 billion by the year 2020, Hà Công Tuấn, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development told the Government Portal on Monday.

 

Admin reforms will make nation more competitive

Vương Đình Huệ, Deputy PM and Head of the national steering committees on National Single Window and ASEAN Single Window, tells Hải Quan (Customs) that admin reforms will target reaching ASEAN-4 levels over the next five years.

Social housing priorities set

Priority for social housing credit will be given to low-income State employees, defence personnel and the urban poor, Nguyễn Văn Lý, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies, tells Lao Động (Labour).

Female workers should be protected by law

Nguyễn Thi Hải Yến, an expert on female workers, speaks to the newspaper Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) about new points in the proposed revision of the 2012 Labour Code.

Good planning needed to create a green Hà Nội

PhD Nguyễn Nguyên Cương, director of the Centre for Education, Communication and Environment, under the Việt Nam Union of Association of Science and Technology speaks to the newspaper Khoa học & Đời sống (Science and Life) about Hà Nội’s urgent need to have a proper tree planting scheme along its main thoroughfares.

Solving Hà Nội’s traffic trouble

Associate Professor Nguyễn Văn Hùng, former rector of the Hà Nội University of Civil Engineering, talks to Khoa học và Đời Sống (Science and Life) Newspaper about effective measures to tackle traffic jams in Hà Nội.

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