Interviews

Party discussed plans to raise national income by 300% by 2020
07/07/2009 11:00
LookAtVietnam – A strategic plan reviewed by the Communist Party Central Committee envisions that Vietnam’s per capita income could pass $3000 by 2020. Nguyen Ba An, vice director of the Institute for...
Contemporary Vietnamese music abundant but in disorder
05/07/2009 11:00
Jason Gibbs, an American independent researcher of Vietnamese music, talked about modern music of Vietnam. American researcher Jason Gibbs. Jason Gibbs , an American independent researcher,...
US expert urges hydropower development that respects environment
02/07/2009 11:00
On the sidelines of a workshop on management of the Vu Gia – Tho Bon river basin organized by the Quang Nam provincial government on June 19, Ruth Matthews of the WWF talked about latent risks of...
Speculators squeezing world coffee market, say Vietnam’s exporters
01/07/2009 11:00
[nccorp.vn] – It’s said that Vietnamese exporters have fallen into the trap because of their lack of professionalism and unity. Vicofa Chairman Luong Van Tu Vietnam is the...
Ex-diplomat deputy says MIA success should be template for AO issues
16/06/2009 11:00
Prompted by news of the Government’s agreement that a US Navy ship can search for remains of American servicemen missing in action (MIA) in Vietnam’s coastal waters, we asked NA Deputy Ngo Quang Xuan...
Labour Ministry the entity that manages foreign workers
25/05/2009 11:00
The National Assembly Committee for Social Issues Chairwoman Truong Thi Mai confirmed that the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) is responsible for managing foreign labourers in...
Labor Ministry mulls problem of work permits for foreign workers
25/05/2009 11:00
The Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs admitted on the sideline of the National Assembly session on May 25 that her ministry doesn’t have an accurate count of foreign workers in Vietnam....
Government needs to seek long-term strategies, not just temporary ‘fixes’
21/05/2009 11:00
Talking Economics Committee Chair Ha Van Hien said that it is necessary not only to carry out temporary measures, but also to build up long term overall strategies on economic development....
NA Committee surveys bauxite sites in Central Highlands
18/05/2009 11:00
LookAtVietnam – The NA Committee for Science, Technology and Environment made a survey of bauxite sites in the Central Highlands in early March to collect information for NA deputies, said the vice chief...
“A lifetime is not enough to thank Kazik”
18/05/2009 11:00
“Building a statue to show our gratitude to Kazik is what we are doing,” said an official of Duy Xuyen district, Quang Nam province about the construction of the statue of Polish architect Kazimierz Kwiatkowsky, who lived in Vietnam...