Hanoi launches pilot project to integrate electronic health records into VNeID app
The system allows citizens to conveniently manage their medical histories and provides medical professionals with up-to-date information anytime, anywhere.
06:37, 2024/11/11
2024 International Youth Festival attracts 3,000 local and international youth
The 2024 International Youth Festival helped Hanoi’s youth connect and promote the city's culture and tourism to international friends.
22:39, 2024/10/25
Hanoi 10th graders win Asia's largest business simulation competition
The success is a testament to the strength and determination of Hanoi's students in international competition.
20:31, 2024/10/28
Painting competition for young artists and artists with disabilities
The What A Wonderful World art competition aims to inspire local artists to express their passion and further their careers.
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.
08:00, 2014/10/13
Vietnamese language course held for Korean students
A Vietnamese language course started in Hanoi October 11 for 93 Korean students.
14:14, 2014/10/12
Graduates battle tough job market
Tens of thousands of young college and university graduates in the Central Highlands are struggling to find good jobs and are having to resort to menial or low-skilled labour.
14:12, 2014/10/10
Junior colleges to change hands as part of education overhaul
The decision by the government to remove junior colleges and vocational intermediate schools from the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and merge them with the vocational training system has raised major concerns.
11:37, 2014/10/09
Parents complain about teachers’ poor classroom-management skills
Many teachers in schools around the country are not trained in classroom management skills and handle student behavior in inappropriate ways, parents have complained.
16:20, 2014/10/08
Land shortage stymies building of kindergartens for workers' children
Shortage of land is preventing provinces and cities in the southern region from building kindergartens for children of workers at industrial prks and export processing zones as required by the Government.
08:56, 2014/10/08
Packed curriculum overwhelms first-graders
Parents and primary school teachers all complain that the current curriculum is too extensive for first graders, who must adapt to a new school environment.
09:42, 2014/10/07
Curriculum changes take time
A delegation of Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training, led by its Minister Pham Vu Luan, had a working visit to Russia.
10:07, 2014/10/06
High school pupils suffer mental stress
Up to 20 per cent of high-school students in the central city of Da Nang were found to have psychological disorders, a survey of nearly 800 teenagers at four schools has revealed.
15:30, 2014/10/03
Top schools want to admit students based on capacity, not knowledge
Some of the most prestigious universities in Vietnam are considering new policies that would admit students based on their capacity instead of knowledge of facts learned at school.
14:58, 2014/10/03
Mental health is so important factor in the society
Mental health is crucial since it is directly linked to the quality of life, the happiness of families, social security and the prosperity of the nation, Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan has said.
09:53, 2014/10/03
Official clarifies new primary school grading system
The new regulation on assessment for primary school students is expected to be a breakthrough for Vietnam’s education system, one official has said.
18:29, 2014/10/02
VN student wins writing contest
Duong Quoc Trung, a third-year student of Haoi-based British University, won first prize in a writing contest organised by the Peruvian Embassy and the Ministry of Education and Training.
16:01, 2014/10/02
Reviewing health-care service for the elderly
As many as 32,500 old and retired people across the nation received free health check-ups, medicine and gifts thanks to a campaign calling for more efforts in caring the health of the elderly, which began on August 3.