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.

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

Speaking at a conference of the Vietnam National Committee on Ageing in Hanoi on March 15, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam required relevant ministries and agencies to implement measures to raise health and social insurance coverage for the elderly to the country’s average.

On March 14, Center for Preventive Medicine in Hanoi has released a statement on the latest vaccine deployment plan for "5 in 1" Pentaxim.

The Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health), the World Health Organization (WHO) has convened a meeting on Zika viral diseases and the increase in cases of abnormal nervous system economic and deformities in the newborns.

The International Kangaroo Math Contest (IKMC) targeting children aged from 6-12 will take place on March 20 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City for the first time.

The screaming, the laughing squealing suddenly, the shadow of the people going back and forth inanimately is what made me scarred when entering the premises of Hanoi Psychiatric Hospital.

The Ministry of Health and the HCM city People’s Committee on March 5 launched a campaign to prevent Zika-virus related diseases and dengue.

The Embassy of Japan in Vietnam and the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) have agreed on the teaching of the Japanese language in Vietnam’s primary and secondary schools.

On February 28, the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health said that according to the report from the quarantine unit at the international border, since April 12, 2015, Vietnam has recorded no case of Zika virus infection.

On February 25, Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan made a speech at the ceremony at Hanoi Medical University to mark Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27). She stressed that caring for public health is a prioritised task and objective of the Party, the entire political system and each family.

In contrast to the bleak scene at the clinics, in large hospitals, patients are queuing waiting for examination. In particular, many patients over the line can be treated at lower levels.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung warmly received special advisor to the Japan-Viet Nam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance Tsutomu Takebe in Ha Noi and lauded his contributions to the fine bilateral ties, particularly the Viet Nam-Japan University project – a symbol of cooperation between the two countries.

The model of family doctoris chosen by the health sector as a fundamental solution to reduce the burden on hospitals and to attract patients to primary care clinics.

Eleven teams from Vietnam’s top engineering and industrial universities and junior colleges will compete at the 2016 Shell Eco-marathon Asia (SEM).

Municipal People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung said authorities in the capital city planned to 70 billion VND (3.1 million USD) for vocational training in 2016, with priority given to rural labourers and people with disabilities.

Bach Mai General Hospital held a ceremony in Hanoi on February 19 to mark its 105th founding anniversary and receive the Independence Medal, third class (the second time) and many other noble titles awarded by the State President.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has requested ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and localities to intensify the implementation of measures to proactively prevent Zika virus from entering Vietnam.

Some Azerbaijan universities want to have higher enrolment for Vietnam students by providing more scholarships for Bachelor, Master and Doctorate degrees, the Azerbaijan Embassy has announced.

The northern border province of Lao Cai is taking various measures that focus on health monitoring for people at border entry points, to prevent Zika virus from entering Vietnam.

Concerted efforts need to be made by the education sector to fine-tune the quality of English language teaching in primary schools, paving the way to meet the nation’s new education programme.

Lunar New Year is a time for rest and family reunion, but for people wearing white blouse, this is the day of "face to face" extreme.