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

Hanoi has the largest education network in the country, with 2,913 schools, 2.3 million students, and nearly 130,000 teachers

The success is a testament to the strength and determination of Hanoi's students in international competition.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh yesterday paid a visit to the National Hospital of Odonto - Stomatology in Hanoi to congratulate the medical staff at the hospital on Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27).

Although inpatient room costs have increased sharply, medical quality remains stagnant, according to the latest report by the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).

The Consulate General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City on February 2 presented medical equipment to the reproductive health care centre of the southern Ninh Thuan province of Vietnam.

Vietnam has spent more than VND63 trillion (US$2.7 billion) on pharmaceutical imports in 2017, up 10% from the previous year.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for Professor David Dapice, Senior Economist of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Vietnam Program, Professor Thomas Vallely, Director of the Vietnam Program on January 18 in Hanoi.

In 2017, first time student visa applicants from Vietnam to New Zealand climbed by 60%, according to Economist Intelligence Unit`s recognition.

The program is aimed to support Vietnamese government in improving priorities in the healthcare system, at the same time to achieve national health goals.

The Ministry of Health has announced the top ten events of Vietnam’s medical sector in 2017 as follows

The English Champion 2018, an English competition for students this year, was officially launched in Hanoi.

The Prime Minister has signed the Decision No.2080/QD-TTG to approve the modified plan on studying and teaching foreign language nationwide in period 2017 – 2025.

Pham Le Thao Nguyen achieved the best result of the Vietnamese masters in the 2017 King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 26.

The Ministry of Training & Education has submitted to the government revised Education law, in which notably is the proposal to have free tuition for all public elementary and secondary schools.

After 4 years of prohibiting the middle school entrance exam, the situation of extra classes in preliminary schools have significantly reduced. However, the Ministry of Training & Education has just announced the draft circular on regulation of middle school enrollment.

It is stated that as of the academic year 2018 – 2019, Hanoi will organize the high school entrance exam with 3 compulsory subjects of mathematics, literature and foreign language, instead of only mathematics and literature as before.

Hanoi plans to put up kiosks at hospitals for people to lodge complains or their dissatisfaction about health check-ups and treatment quality via a software.

On December 20, the Hanoi Training & Education has held the meeting to evaluate its performance in 2017 and implementing tasks for 2018 for private educational institutions at the Hanoi Amsterdam High school for the gifted.

The Vietnam Airlines Corporation, its member, Vietnam Airlines Engineering Company (VAECO), and the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH) have inked an agreement to launch a Bachelor Programme on Aeronautics and a Master Programme on International Air Transport Operation Management.

Vietnam enshrined universal social health insurance (SHI) coverage in its 2013 Constitution. Vietnam targets 95% coverage of universal social health insurance by 2025.

Start-up to earn money, but students without orientation and unequipped with skills and knowledge will be dangerous. This is one of the concerns at the conference “Developing training model for start-up from high school level” held in Hanoi.

All six Vietnamese students competing at the 14th International Science Olympiads in the Netherlands won medals, three silvers, and three bronzes, according to the Hanoi Department of Education and Training.