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

Special night classes for adults from the Mong ethnic minority group are being held in Yen Bai Province in order to increase the literacy rate there.

The Vietnamese Students’ Association in the Republic of Korea (VSAK) on September 21 hosted the 10th annual Vietnamese Student’s Day with the aim of reinforcing solidarity among students.

The beginning of every schoolyear ushers in terrific pressure for students to master the school curricula and perform well in examinations.

HCM City on Saturday began a month-long Seniors` Health Itinerary to mark the International Day of Older Persons on October 1.

The 12th ASEAN Health Ministers’ Meeting wrapped up in Hanoi, adopting several joint statements of the meeting and its related ones.

Educators in the past complained about their lack of freedom in making important decisions about school operations, and were later granted more autonomy by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET). But some of them are now reluctant to use it.

Most schools in HCM City teach students according to schoolbooks they compile themselves, as the information in textbooks from the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is out of date.

As many as 300 candidates from ten ASEAN countries are expected to participate in the 10th regional skills competition at the My Dinh National Convention Centre in Hanoi from October 19-29.

Doctors of the General Hospital of Thanh Hoa Province have cut a giant tumor 12x15cm in size filled with hair, bones, and nails from the chest of a 40-year-old woman.

It is imperative to focus expressly on improving access to quality health care within the confines of accelerating socio-economic growth and cultural progress towards realising the ASEAN Community, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

With a system of high schools for the gifted located throughout the country, Vietnam has been able to produce many students with top mathematical skills.

To make sure every school class in Viet Nam has its own space, the Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, has approved the building of 5,000 classrooms and homes for teachers by 2015. In 2020, the Government will again assess the need.

As many as 300 candidates from ten ASEAN countries are expected to participate in the 10th regional skills competition at the My Dinh National Convention Centre in Hanoi from October 19-29.

Educators have suggested that informatics be added to the list of compulsory subjects at schools but principals are opposed to the idea.

College and university students are concerned about rising tuition costs and numerous fees charged by their schools.

Presidents of leading Russian universities are visiting Vietnam from September 14-19 to work on a project to attract more Vietnamese students to Russia.

New policies and reform programs developed by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) have caused controversy, including a recent decision to combine the annual national high school exam and university entrance exam.

Vietnam National University, Hanoi and other universities throughout the nation should pay particular attention to nurturing the social and moral values of students as an integral part of the education process.

Vietnam will host the ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting for the first time in Hanoi from September 15-19, providing an opportunity for the country to strengthen its cooperation with international partners in the field.

Three passengers returning from Ebola virus-hit Liberia have been put in isolation at the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases upon their arrival at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.