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.
21:28, 2025/01/13
Young voices celebrate and preserve Hanoi’s cultural heritage
The "Voice of Heritage" finale celebrated Hanoi's cultural soul as 14 student teams passionately brought the city's rich history to life.
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.
15:46, 2014/05/15
Vietnamese students to attend MOSWC 2014
Three Vietnamese students will attend the Microsoft Office Specialist Word Championship 2014 (MOSWC) due to take place in California, the US, from July 27-30.
10:31, 2014/05/15
Students turn away from education training universities
This year, pedagogical universities in Vietnam have received a sharp fall in the number of applications after a warning about the teacher redundancy.
15:50, 2014/05/14
Under pressure of exams, many students develop mental disorders
Clinics and consulting rooms have reported sharp increases in the numbers of patients who are students suffering from mental and emotional disorders due to the hard pressures of the exam season.
14:54, 2014/05/13
4,395 incidences of measles reported in 17 provinces and cities
The country reported 41 new incidences of measles on May 12, bringing the total number of cases to 4,395 since the beginning of the year.
15:37, 2014/05/12
Vietnam lacks preschool teachers, but does nothing to increase teaching staff
HCM City authorities constantly complain about the serious shortage of preschool teachers, but their proposal on training scale enlargement has not been approved.
10:57, 2014/05/12
Preventing contagious diseases in summer
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked the health sector to take great pains to prevent contagious diseases from spreading across the community as summer is approaching.
09:42, 2014/05/11
Haiphong student wins UPU writing contest
Pham Huong Thao, a 7th grader from Chu Van An secondary school in Haiphong has won first prize in the 43rd Universal Postal Union (UPU) International Letter Writing Contest launched in Vietnam.
15:46, 2014/05/09
Registrations down for university entrance exams
Local education and training departments have all reported significant declines in the numbers of students registering to sit the university entrance exams.
15:43, 2014/05/09
Teachers no longer venerated, their power taken away
General school teachers say they are tired of their profession because they are under too much pressure.
14:56, 2014/05/09
Universities desperately seeking doctors
Many universities in Vietnam are trying by all means to attract lecturers with doctorate degrees to meet the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET)’s quotas to open new departments or reopen closed ones.
14:13, 2014/05/09
Enhancing education cooperation between Vietnam and Italy
Vietnamese universities will have the chance to share experience and strengthen cooperation in tertiary education with their Italian counterparts at a seminar in Hanoi on May 9 and another in HCM City on May 12.
14:08, 2014/05/09
Epidemics more complicated this summer
Vietnam has confirmed its first fatalities from hand-foot-mouth disease (HFM), dengue fever, rabies, and encephalitis earlier this year.
14:38, 2014/05/08
“You Can Control Your Asthma” held in Hanoi
The Ministry of Health hosted a meeting themed “You Can Control Your Asthma” at Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi on May 8 in response to World Asthma Day.
13:17, 2014/05/08
Comedy informs HCM City kids about dengue fever
Knowledge of how dengue fever spreads and key behaviours to prevent it will be disseminated in an appealing manner through a play to be staged at 21 primary schools in two HCM City districts this month.
10:50, 2014/05/08
Slow economy makes Vietnamese students difficult to find career
A recent survey showed that thousands of Vietnamese students do not know what to do or how to find jobs after failing high school graduation exams and university entrance exams.
14:08, 2014/05/07
Five inspection teams tasked to combat HFMD
The Ministry of Health has established five nationwide inspection teams to head up hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) prevention efforts.
10:08, 2014/05/07
Vietnam is in 93rd position of Mothers’ Index 2014
Vietnam is in 93rd position on the Save the Children’s 2014 Mothers’ Index – an annual ranking of the best and worst places in the world to be a mother.
11:20, 2014/05/06
Students indifferent to warnings of redundancy
Even though there have been many warnings about redundancy in the fields of finance and banking, students continue to apply to these departments for the upcoming university entrance exams.
11:07, 2014/05/05
How does Vietnam’s textbook process work?
Parents do not place high hopes in the Ministry of Education and Training’s (MOET) initiative on re-compiling textbooks. This is the case for parents who know how the textbook compilation process works.
09:55, 2014/05/03
Developing international education in VN: the wind shifts
Domestic investors are seeing great opportunities to dominate the international education market in Vietnam.