Words on the Street: Vietnam's E-Cigarette ban sparks debate
Welcome back to Words on the Street, where we explore the stories that influence discussions and spark arguments on Hanoi's bustling streets.
23:06, 2025/01/11
Hanoi determined to enrich English learning for suburbs, rural students
Students are required to spend at least 30 minutes a day studying English on their own, with support from their teachers.
10:53, 2024/12/09
Hanoi to ensure medicine supply during Tet holiday
Plans are being drawn up to stockpile medicines in hospitals and a disease control center in Hanoi.
21:58, 2024/11/13
Hanoi's journey to becoming a global learning city
Hanoi has the largest education network in the country, with 2,913 schools, 2.3 million students, and nearly 130,000 teachers
17:46, 2014/10/21
Clinics equiped with Ebola test
Vietnam currently has four clinics which are capable for Ebola tests, said Head of the Ministry of Health`s (MoH) Preventive Medicine Department, Tran Dac Phu.
17:39, 2014/10/21
New decision for domestic vaccine production
The Prime Minister issued a decision allowing the application of several preferential policies for domestic vaccine production projects with the aim of helping Vietnam meet the domestic demand and latter export surplus products.
12:18, 2014/10/21
Teacher makes “smart” walking stick for the blind
A walking stick created by Nguyen Duy Quy, a teacher at the Nguyen Dinh Chieu Specialized High School in Da Nang, helps blind people walk safely on the street.
08:33, 2014/10/21
VN to set up teams to fight Ebola
The health ministry has called for increased vigilance and response against the spread of the Ebola disease in the country.
15:33, 2014/10/20
New foreign language exemptions for high school graduation exam
The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has issued an exemption to foreign languages for the high school graduation exam next year.
15:19, 2014/10/20
Vietnam attends education conference in Mexico
Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thi Nghia led a delegation to attend the 4th International Preschool Education Conference (IPEC) held in Monterrey, Mexico from October 16 to 18.
10:59, 2014/10/20
Prospects help Vietnamese students in UK find jobs
More than 100 Vietnamese students in the UK gathered at a seminar in Cass Business School on October 18 for career advice and job application skills.
08:00, 2014/10/20
Students excited about wildlife protection
The travelling exhibition on wildlife consumption opened at TanBinh and Hoang Hoa Tham secondary schools in Tan Binh district, Ho Chi Minh City.
09:48, 2014/10/19
HCM City school teaches life lessons
An unconventional school in HCMCity offers classes in the arts while encouraging students to think creatively.
15:35, 2014/10/17
Clean-tech startups to graduate from Vietnam’s Bootcamp
Around 24 innovative clean-tech startups have graduated from Vietnam’s first-ever Clean Tech Bootcamp this week.
15:11, 2014/10/17
Vietnam reported cancer cases every year
As many as 130,000-160,000 new cancer cases are reported in Vietnam every year, along with up to 115,000 cancer-related deaths, according to initial research conducted in a number of cities and provinces nationwide.
10:27, 2014/10/17
Literature to be included on medical-school entrance tests
Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has drawn public attention by suggesting that medical and pharmaceutical schools should admit students based on their high school finals and university entrance exam results, including tests in literature.
08:47, 2014/10/17
Universities to use foreign textbooks in elite training programs
The HCM City Economics University said last week that two textbooks by foreign authors will be used in the school’s high-quality training program.
11:32, 2014/10/16
Students confused about new university-exam groups
Universities have drawn up their 2015 enrollment plans and created several new groups of exams, leaving students with more questions than answers.
15:53, 2014/10/15
Ebola outbreak warned by MoH
The Ministry of Health (MoH) on October 14 convened an urgent meeting in Hanoi to address what it considers to be the deadliest Ebola outbreak of record.
10:03, 2014/10/15
VN mothers wake up to early education gains
Nguyen Bich Trang had become inured to the derisive or pitying laughter that she heard sometimes when she was reading out aloud from a book to her two-month old boy.
12:25, 2014/10/14
HCM City rejects civil-service candidates’ TOEIC, TOEFL certificates
The HCM City Department of Interior Affairs refused to accept TOEIC and TOEFL certificates for civil service examination registration, and would only take national B-level English certificates.
15:26, 2014/10/13
MOET evaluates universities, but criteria for evaluation unclear
The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has kicked off a university accreditation process, but the criteria for quality assurance remain controversial.
13:54, 2014/10/13
Height of Vietnamese lowest in Asia
The average height of Vietnamese men is 164 cm, 8 cm less than that of men in Japan and 10 cm less than men in South Korea.
09:51, 2014/10/13
Heart diseases to attack 20% of Vietnam’s population by 2017
Twenty percent of Vietnam’s population might contract cardiovascular diseases by 2017, particularly young people.