GDP of 6.7 percent is within reach

Dr. Lưu Bích Hồ, former director of the Institute for Strategic Development, under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, talks to newspaper Hải Quan (Customs) on challenges in the course of reforming the State apparatus

Level playing field needed in taxi industry

Associate Dr Từ Sỹ Sùa, from the University of Transport, speaks to the Vietnam News Agency on how to create a level playing field between traditional taxis and companies that employ aapp based taxi technology.

Building owners should up hold their commitment

Nguyễn Ngọc Thành, Vice Chairman of the Việt Nam Real Estate Association, talks to Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper on how to solve disputes between apartment owners and the residents over the poor service of their flats

Indian vaccine to help sustain immunisation programme

In June and July the Indian-made ComBe Five vaccine will replace the Korean-made Quinvaxem against five common, potentially fatal diseases affecting infants — diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B and haemophilus influenza type B.

 

Post-harvest technology is lagging behind

Farmers are suffering a paradox of “good crop but prices drop” with one of main reasons being weak application of post-harvest technology. Associated Prof. Dr. Nguyễn Thị Bích Thủy, head of the post-harvest technology section of the Việt Nam Agriculture Academy, talks with Kinh Tế Việt Nam và Thế Giới (Việt Nam and World Economy) Magazine about the issue.

Academic pressure is turning children into robots

Khuất Thu Hồng, director of the Insitute for Social Development Studies, speaks to the Thế giới&Việt Nam (The World and Việt Nam Report) newspaper after a student suicide because of studying pressure.

More post checks in food safety management

Nguyễn Thanh Phong, director general of the Department of Food Safety under the Ministry of Health, talks to Vietnam News Agency about positive changes in food safety management in Việt Nam

Bringing waterway transport to its full potential

One of transport sector’s current goals is to develop waterway transport to reduce pressure on road transport. Hoàng Hồng Giang, Director of Inland Waterway Department, talks with Vietnam News Agency about strategies for developing the sector.

Narrow the gap between the rich and the poor

Nguyễn Trí Hiếu, a financial expert talks to Tiền Phong (Vanguard) Newspaper on the importance for the country to create a level playing field to people from all social strata

‘Wasting’ our lives, we’ll let our country go to waste

Nothing else will work. More than a year after a hefty increase in fines for littering violations, there has been no appreciable improvement in the situation, not a dent in the magnitude of change that is needed. We can no longer afford to accept inane, comforting messages that say small actions make a big difference. We need big actions that make a huge difference!

Agritech start-ups struggle under complex legal regime

Đàm Quang Thắng, adviser for the National Start-up programme, tells the newspaper Thời báo Kinh Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) that the toughest challenge facing Vietnamese Agritech start ups is the legal requirements they contend with.

We need specific measures to raise labour productivity

Dr Lương Văn Khôi, deputy director for the National Centre for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast, under the Ministry of Planning and Investment talks to Thương Gia online.vn on the important role of high technology in raising labour productivity.

Investment policy in agriculture needs to change

Đinh Trọng Thắng, director of the Department of Investment, under the Research Institute of the Central Economic Management – Ministry of Planning and Investment talks to the newspaper Hải Quan (Customs) on what the country should do to attract enterprises to invest in agriculture.

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