The "Voice of Heritage" finale celebrated Hanoi's cultural soul as 14 student teams passionately brought the city's rich history to life.

Students are required to spend at least 30 minutes a day studying English on their own, with support from their teachers.

Plans are being drawn up to stockpile medicines in hospitals and a disease control center in Hanoi.

An education fund has been set up for the children of workers in industrial zones in several southern provinces, which includes to improve preschool education.

The Japanese Government has agreed to provide US$352,080 in non-refundable aid to help Vietnam implement three projects on education and health care.

A programme launched by the National Fund for Vietnamese Children in 1997 has so far helped treat nearly 20,000 kids with cleft lip and palate, helping them better integrate into society.

Vietnam has become the fourth country in the world and the second in Southeast Asia to produce an anti-diarrhea vaccine for children.

Rector of the Hanoi University of Science Nguyen Van Noi talks to the Vietnam News Agency about the preparations for the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad, which will be organised in Vietnam this July.

Only 31 out of over 400 universities and colleges across Vietnam have sent plans to organise independent entrance exams.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has stressed the need to renovate exams and education management at a February 13 conference held by the Ministry of Education and Training (MoIT).

Vietnam has been consistent with its policy on teaching many different languages at general schools. However, it meets a lot of big difficulties that hinder the program implementation.

Phan Thuy Chi has created Viet Nam`s first MBA programme after being inspired by her studies in the US, giving thousands of Vietnamese students access to the quality modern business management needed to meet the country`s increasing demands. Nguyen Thanh Ha reports.

An annual blood donation festival in Hanoi on February 16 is expected to attract around 10,000 volunteer donors and bank a minimum of 7,000 units of blood.

HCM City hopes to ensure that by next year all children from the age of one will be cared for at schools, according to the Secretary of the municipal Party Committee.

Ho Manh Giang, is the first and sole Pako ethnic minority man in Thua Thien-Hue province, to achieve an MA degree from a big US university.

The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) has recently quashed rumours about a possible outbreak of avian flu H7N9 in the northern border province of Lang Son.

Only six percent of secondary school graduates go to vocational schools. More than a half of high school graduates go to universities and junior colleges. The majority of others go working without attending any training courses.

Some 207 specilisation courses of 71 universities nationwide will have to stop new admissions from this year.

Hungary has announced it will grant 50 full scholarships to Vietnamese students in the 2014-2015 academic year.

A senior Vietnamese health official has eased Hanoians’ worries about a recent A/H1N1 flu outbreak, saying it is seasonal flu and not as dangerous as expected.

The Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) and General Vo Nguyen Giap’s family have built a primary complex on a former battle field in the northern province of Cao Bang.

Vietnam’s health officials on January 20 confirmed a first H5N1 avian flu death in the southern province of Binh Phuoc – the first in 2014.

Vietnam jumped three places to rank 28th in the 2013 English Proficiency Index report recently announced by EF Education First – a global language training company.