Việt Nam News

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.       

Nguyễn Minh Cường, Principal Country Economist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), talks to bizline.vn on the effect of halting international bidding for eight projects on the North-South expressway.

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.

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

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.

All nations, no matter their economic development level or scope of influence, must together make efforts to maintain an environment conducive for this trend, in the interests of the international community as a whole, when international integration deepens and mutual dependency grows.

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

A ‘smart’ model based on IT use in management and communication with students’ families has been adopted at five high schools in HCM City.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Photos of a simple school opening ceremony in the remote Tắk Pổ Village in the mountainous Nam Trà My District of central province of Quảng Nam went viral in recent days

The Government's website (baochinhphu.vn) recently published an interview with Dr Trần Chung, President of the Association of Private Investors in Road Transport, on strong and weak points of BOT projects in Việt Nam

Professor Nguyễn Phương Nga, Director of the Centre for Education Accreditation, talks to VietTimes on the need to have effective measures to ensure fairness for all students sitting examinations.

Deputy General Director of the General Department of State Reserves, Lê Văn Thời, talks to Quân đội nhân dân (People’s Army) newspaper about the implementation of rice support for poor students.

Doãn Hà Thắng, an expert on space technology, talks to Viet Nam News about the development of earth observation technologies (remote sensing) and how these can be applied for the country’s social-economic development and well-being.