Việt Nam News

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.

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.

Đàm Tiến Thắng, deputy director of Hà Nội Department of Industry and Commerce talks to the newspaper Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) about the city’s plan to modernise its industry

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.

Bùi Nguyên Hùng, director general of the Copyright Office, under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, speaks to the newspaper Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) about how Decree 22 will interpret changes made to the 2009 Law on Intellectual Property Rights

Nguyễn Hữu Chính, Chief Judge of the Hà Nội Supreme People’s Court, talks to Vietnam News Agency about the Government’s resolve to give due punishment to any person using their power for their personal interest.

Doctor Trần Hồng Thái, deputy director general of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, talks to the online newspaper of the Vietnamese Communist Party about his agency’s efforts to produce reliable weather forecasts on par with those of foreign peers.

A doctor takes up a hefty dictionary and some thick medical textbooks. He does not open their pages to look up some obscure disease and its treatment, though.

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries have made stunning progress over the past quarter century. Once plagued by poverty, they are now economic success stories, writes President of the Asian Development Bank, Takehiko Nakao.

There seemed to be a collective gasp of horror as the news spread recently of a mother and her new-born dying as she tried to give birth at home.

Nguyễn Hồng Sơn, director general of the Plant Cultivation Department, speaks to the newspaper Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) on reasons why farmers have to destroy their farm products right on their fields

President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has said he intends to further deepen friendship and trust with the Vietnamese leadership to lift the strategic cooperative partnership between the RoK and Việt Nam to new heights during his upcoming State visit to Việt Nam.

Việt Nam, as a member of the United Nations, needs to observe The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination with some serious introspections and self-criticism.

Professor Đào Trọng Thi, former Chairman of the National Assembly Commission for Culture, Education, Youth and Children speaks to the newspaper  Lao Đông (Labour) on the need to give a pay raise to school teachers.

The late Prime Minister Phan Văn Khải, as one of the country’s leaders during that tender time when Việt Nam started to open itself to the world following the launch of drastic economic reforms, left an indelible mark in the socio-economic development of the country.

The abundant young labour force is one of Việt Nam’s great advantages, as young people can adapt quickly to new science and technology. However, amid the fourth industrial revolution, with the rapid application of new developments in information technology, automation and the internet of things, the country is challenged by the lack of quality among its labour resources. Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Lê Quân talks to the Viet Nam News Agency about how to improve the situation.

Professor Lê Kim Long, former dean of the Education University, talks to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị on the need to end the policy of free tuition for students at public teacher training institutions.

Đào Ngọc Nghiêm, vice chairman of the Hà Nội Association for Urban Planning and Development, speaks to the newspaper Kinh tế Đô thị (Urban Economy) about the high demand for more social housing projects in the city