Health & Education

Ho Manh Giang, is the first and sole Pako ethnic minority man in Thua Thien-Hue province, to achieve an MA degree from a big US university.

The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) has recently quashed rumours about a possible outbreak of avian flu H7N9 in the northern border province of Lang Son.

Only six percent of secondary school graduates go to vocational schools. More than a half of high school graduates go to universities and junior colleges. The majority of others go working without attending any training courses.

Some 207 specilisation courses of 71 universities nationwide will have to stop new admissions from this year.

Hungary has announced it will grant 50 full scholarships to Vietnamese students in the 2014-2015 academic year.

A senior Vietnamese health official has eased Hanoians’ worries about a recent A/H1N1 flu outbreak, saying it is seasonal flu and not as dangerous as expected.

The Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) and General Vo Nguyen Giap’s family have built a primary complex on a former battle field in the northern province of Cao Bang.

Vietnam’s health officials on January 20 confirmed a first H5N1 avian flu death in the southern province of Binh Phuoc – the first in 2014.

Vietnam jumped three places to rank 28th in the 2013 English Proficiency Index report recently announced by EF Education First – a global language training company.

An online Korean classroom has been put into operation at the Hanoi University for Foreign Studies affiliated to the Vietnam National University, according to the Korea Foundation.

The chairman of a National Assembly`s agency said, in an interview, that a recent proposal to remove the university entrance exam is illegal.

Around 500 students from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Danang held a dialogue with representatives from 50 big businesses in the capital city on January 12.

Phnom Penh held a January 11 ceremony breaking ground on the Daun Penh Primary School, a special gift from Hanoi.

A blood donation festival called Red Sunday is scheduled to take place in ten northern provinces and cities, including the Trade University in Hanoi, on next Sunday.

The US Embassy in Vietnam has announced the Fulbright Vietnamese Student Scholarship Program.

Dr. Bui Anh Tuan, Director of the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET)`s Higher Education Department, said in a recent interview that Vietnam has a target of training 20,000 doctorates by 2020 in hopes of improving the higher educational system.

The law on prevention and control of the harmful effects of tobacco came into force last May, but its enforcement leaves much to be desired.

The Minister of Education and Training, Pham Vu Luan, said “It will be very difficult for the education and training sector to offer Tet bonuses to its staff”, adding that the state will not be able to provide these funds.

Although Vietnam has carried out three post-1945 education reforms, many of its policies are now outdated, inspiring public concern.

Even though students in Vietnamese schools in are allowed to choose among five foreign languages, English has attracted the majority of learners at the expense of other languages.