Việt Nam Studies an evolving discipline

For the first time, Việt Nam Studies will be integrated with the scientific work of climate change and technology transfer, Professor Vũ Minh Giang, President of the Council for Science and Training under the Hà Nội National University tells the Viêt Nam News Agency (VNA).

Give the poor tools, not money

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs, Nguyễn Trọng Đàm, talks to the Vietnam Plus online newspaper about the Poverty Reduction Policies and Programme Project (PRPP).

Public debt must be reduced

Associate Professor Trần Hoàng Ngân, a member of the National Assembly Economics Commission, tells the Giáo dục Việt Nam (Việt Nam Education) e-newspaper that he is confident the Government will implement in full the Politburo Resolution on managing public assets and public investment.

Positivity, devotion keys to a successful startup

Đàm Quang Thắng, a member of the Startup Executive Board, under the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, speaks to the newspaper Hải Quan (Customs) about the need to change both policy and ways of thinking about startups in Việt Nam.

Unregistered SIM wasting digital reserves

Trương Minh Tuấn, Minister of Information and Communications, speaks to the media about the acute problem of irritating messages sent from unregistered simcards and the role of  telecom companies to control them.

Nuclear production’s out, what about consumption?

When Việt Nam’s main legislative body, the National Assembly, decided on Tuesday to cancel plans to build two nuclear power plants, many lauded the “courageous” move. There is no denying that this decision would have been really tough, after so many years of planning, spending money on feasibility studies, looking for foreign collaboration, and so on.

800,000 addicts need Methadone

Nguyễn Trọng Đàm, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs, talks to the newspaper Tin Tức (News) about the need to screen drug addicts before sending them to rehabilitation centres.

Unsafe buildings must be razed: MoC

Hoàng Hải, deputy director of the State Agency for Construction Quality Inspection, under the Ministry of Construction talks to Kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới (Việt Nam & World Economic Affairs) about the need to conduct thorough inspections on the safety of old apartment buildings and houses.

VN officials ignorant on renewable energy

Đặng Đình Thống, deputy director of the Institute for Clean Energy, tells the newspaper Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) about Việt Nam’s big potential to develop renewable energy sources.

Land aggregation cap must be lifted: official

Trần Hữu Hiệp, a member of the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region tells Sài gòn Economic Times about the need to lift the land aggregation cap for large-scale agricultural production.

Debt hamstrings building new-styled rural areas

Local authorities across the country have incurred heavy debts of approximately VNĐ15 trillion (US$ 672 million) during the execution of the national programme to build new-style rural areas in its first phase from 2011 to 2015. Việt Nam News talks to Nguyễn Minh Tiến, head of the Central Co-ordinating Office for  New-style Rural Areas on how to prevent a reccurrence of the situation in the second phase of the programme starting this year.

City needs better infrastructure

Lê Đỗ Mười, deputy director of the HCM City Institute for Strategy and Development tells the Vietnam News Agency about the need to reorganise the city's inner transport system

Negligent approval hurts the environment

Võ Tuấn Nhân, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, speaks to Infonet.vn on the role of local authorities in projects licensed by the central Government

Trump’s triumph and us outside the US

The global stock market woke up to Wednesday shaded in a volatile red colour, with the exception of Russia, while the Mexican peso slumped to a record low against the US dollars. Elsewhere in Canada, the immigration website crashed, appeared from being overloaded with a steep spike in access as the result of the US election set to emerge. That was not pretty good omen for the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump.

Use of new tech: matter of life or death

Trần Văn Tùng, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology tells Tin tức (News) that good intermediaries could facilitate transfer of advanced technology to end users.

Policy should facilitate humanitarian aid

Đặng Thuận Phong, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Committee for Social Affairs, speaks to the newspaper Tiền Phong (Vanguard) on the need to change old laws to make them close to life.

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