The Vietnam Television will broadcast the two-hour dialogue later in the evening, Editor-in-chief of the Government website Pham Viet Dung told reporters on January 18.

He said the dialogue will focus on nine burning issues related to socio-economic development and major events in 2006.

The public is concerned about measures to boost socio-economic development in 2007 and clean up corruption and wastefulness; land and housing policies and their enforcing; administrative reforms; medical, educational and cultural development; scientific and technological research; natural disasters and epidemics control; and living conditions, employment and social policies.