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

The Ministry of Health has proposed a draft decree to that would ban the sale of alcohol between 10pm and 6am.

According to Stephen Faulkner, who has taught English for over eight years in Viet Nam and used technology in classes ensures that students are both motivated and engaged.

A family doctor model will be trialed in eight localities nationwide from July 15, as part of the Health Ministry’s efforts to reduce overload currently hitting general hospitals nationwide.

The Ministry of Education and Training said that all five Vietnamese representatives to the competition collected awards.

The seminar on Korean studies highlighted the important achievements and lessons learned in Korean language teaching and other fields of Korean studies over the past two decades.

The Western concept of family doctors on July 15 went on trial in eight provinces and cities including Hanoi, HCM City, Haiphong, Can Tho, Thai Nguyen, Thua Thien-Hue, Khanh Hoa and Tien Giang.

Viet Nam is ready for the upcoming 46th International Chemistry Olympiad (ICHO 2014) slated from July 20-29, with the participation of 291 students from 75 countries and territories.

​Over 291 students from 75 countries around the globe have registered to compete in the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO 2014) scheduled to be held in Hanoi from July 20-29.

The scholarships, aimed to encourage students to overcome their difficulties go to school, were launched in September 2012 and are being implemented in 47 provinces and cities nationwide.

At a recent meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Turkey Nguyen The Cuong, representatives from Turkish universities said they desire to receive more Vietnamese students to study in both Turkish and English.

The Vietnamese students have won three gold medals, two silvers and a bronze at the 55th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held in Cape Town, South Africa from July 3 - 13.

​The US-based Eli Lilly and Company, one of the world’s pharmaceutical giants, has opened a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City, making Vietnam the 11 th destination in Asia that it has reached out to.

Some 350 eye patients in remote areas of Tra Vinh province recently received free surgeries as part of the Mekong Delta locality’s progamme supporting visually impaired low-income people.

Kim Dong not only has a more diverse collection but also uses the Greelane app that allows readers to scroll up and down rather than turn the pages like an actual book.

​An official from the Ministry of Health’s Pharmaceuticals Management Department on July 9 said key vaccines are expected to arrive in Vietnam late July amid increasing demand as summer is the peak season of some diseases.

As of last Friday, more than 350 encephalitis patients had been reported across 32 provinces and cities, a 10.8 per cent drop on the same period last year, according to the department. Six fatalities have occurred so far, with one of the dead victims, from Ha Noi`s Ba Vi District, said to have been diagnosed with Japanese encephalitis.

Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam (Doosan Vina) in collaboration with Chung Ang University Hospital (CAUH) is holding their 6th annual corporate social responsibility (CSR) medical service from July 7-12.

Candidates took exams in Group B (Maths, Chemistry, and Biology), Group C (Literature, History, and Geography) and Group D (Literature, Foreign Language, and Maths).

More than 2,800 units of blood have been collected thanks to a nationwide donation campaign called “Red Journey”, according to Director of the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion Nguyen Anh Tri.

More than 575.000 candidates have been sitting for the second phase of the university entrance exam since this morning.