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.

The What A Wonderful World art competition aims to inspire local artists to express their passion and further their careers.

All of the country`s private hospitals and staff have received operating and working licences, compared to 73-95 percent of staff at public hospitals, a representative of the Ministry of Health said April 13 at the 10th plenary session of the National Assembly`s Social Affairs Committee held in Ho Chi Minh City.

A conference was held in Rome, Italy on April 9 for Vietnamese and Italian universities to explore opportunities for training partnerships.

President Truong Tan Sang has urged the National Defence Academy of Vietnam to raise its trainees’ awareness of the nation’s strategy to protect the Fatherland in the new context, firmly safeguard national territorial integrity and ensure a peaceful environment for the country’s development.

German Industry and Commerce Vietnam (GIC) is funding an exchange programme in two German cities between Vietnamese and German stakeholders and decision makers on vocational training.

Representatives from over 25 member universities of the ASEAN University Network (AUN) gathered at the annual Steering Committee Meeting of the ASEAN Credit Transfer System (ACTS) in Hanoi on April 1-2.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has asked high schools to continue the teaching schedule until May 31, but teachers and students say they need more time to prepare for upcoming high school exams.

Russia plans to provide 795 scholarships for Vietnam in 2015, up from 650 in 2014, and is going to reach the number to 1,000 in 2018.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has urged the Ministry of Health to establish additional geriatric wards in hospitals and coordinate with the Vietnam Social Insurance to intensify healthcare access for the elderly – who currently number 9.4 million, accounting for 10.45 percent of the total population.

American partners and the Ministry of Health are collaborating to build a national accreditation system that certifies the quality of continuing medical education (CME), according to the media release issued by the US Embassy in Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked the Global Fund to continue assisting Vietnam in researching methadone detoxification methods as well as dealing with difficulties in rehabilitation and preventing the spread of HIV.

Over 100 delegates from 17 member countries of the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) will gather at a conference in the central province of Quang Nam on March 25-27 to discuss enhancing links among nations to fight malaria.

Representatives from more than 20 French non-governmental health care organisations attended a conference on France-Vietnam health care cooperation held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 21.

Experts and educators gathered at a seminar in Hanoi on March 24 to discuss how to include intangible cultural heritage in education for sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.

A ceremony was held on March 22 to inaugurate the hi-tech treatment centre at the Thong Nhat hospital in Ho Chi Minh City to better serve health-care demand in the southern region.

A workshop on cooperation in health technology was held in Hanoi on March 21 by Japan’s Nagoya University, the Japanese daily Nikkei in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and Vietnam’s Ministry of Health and Bach Mai Hospital.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked ministries, sectors and localities to focus on designing and implementing laws and policies to support and provide care for the elderly in Vietnam.

According to the Prime Minister’s recent instruction, the Ministry of Health Minister and the Vietnam Social Insuarance were asked to achieve the goal of 75 percent health insurance coverage of the population by the end of 2015 and 80 percent by the end of 2020.

A national conference on the challenges to Vietnam’s food safety management was held by the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD) and the Embassy of Canada in Vietnam in Hanoi on March 19.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will be the guest of honour at a national conference exploring health and assistive technology issues to be held on March 24-25 in Thua Thien-Hue province.

Over 80 doctors have registered to join a pilot project designed to encourage young doctors to work in 62 remote and poor districts across the country, according to the Ministry of Health.