Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates delivered a rousing presentation on the revolution of toilets in China last week, but the thing that grabbed international headlines was the props he used to drive the point home: a clear canister of human excrement.
Võ Thành Hưng, director general of the State Budget Department under the Ministry of Finance, speaks to the Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper about challenges tax offices face working with State-owned enterprises, foreign firms and private entities.
It will be some time before 2020 when the checkered flags are raised in the capital city of Việt Nam. As exciting as it may seem, it will require many cool heads working together to ensure the sporting event is a success and more importantly, a sustainable one in the future.
Nguyễn Văn Lộc, President of the Khánh Hòa Architects’ Association tells Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper that seafront tall buildings have become a nuisance to locals in Nha Trang
Nguyễn Tiến Dĩnh, former Vice Minister of Home Affairs, speaks to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị on specific demands for future government officials
Professor Bùi Thị An talks to Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) newspaper on the development of the agricultural sector
Trương Anh Dũng, deputy director general of the Directorate of Vocational Education under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, talks to Tuổi trẻ (Youth) newspaper on the need for co-operation between the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in education and job training
Vice chairman of the National Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee Bùi Sỹ Lợi talks to Đại biểu nhân dân (People’s Representative) newspaper about how grassroots healthcare system must be the foundation for improving the sector.
There is no doubt that drunk driving is a killer disease. Drunk drivers kill themselves and kill others.
Investing in renewable energy is an emerging trend in Việt Nam in response to worsening environmental destruction and the gradual disappearance of essential livelihoods.
Trần Duy Đông, director general for the Department for Economic Zones Management under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, talks to Kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giơí (Việt Nam and the World Economy) magazine on Việt Nam’s plan to enact a new law on Industrial Parks and Economic Processing Zones.
Nguyễn Đại Trí, deputy director of the Việt Nam Taxation Office talks to Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper about efforts to avoid losses in tax collection and to recover bad debts.
Từ Thị Tuyết Nhung, director of the Việt Nam Participatory Guarantee System, a member of the Việt Nam Organic Agriculture Association, talks to the newspaper Kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới on the need to have a new concept on organic agriculture
The sinking situation of the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta in the south of Việt Nam—seen in the rising tides and worsening floods affecting the region—is obviously caused by climate change. But the mindset of planners that fostered the building of embankment systems around the delta decades ago has worsened today’s situation.
National Assembly Deputy Bùi Thị An speaks to Hải Quan online (Customs) newspaper about a confidence vote that will be held in late October for high-ranking officials in the National Assembly and People’s Council.
Doãn Mậu Diệp, deputy minister of Labour Invalids and Social Affairs, talks to the newspaper Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) about what Việt Nam should do to prepare its labour force for the age of Industrial Revolution 4.0
Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ talks to Nhà báo & Công Luận (Journalist and Public Opinion) newspaper on the creation of a new management committee for State-owned enterprises
Lưu Bình Nhưỡng, deputy director of the National Assembly Commission for People’s Aspiration, speaks to the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about efforts to encourage voluntary resignations by officials who behave badly and betray the public trust