Health & Education

Hanoi students club has launched a week-long campaign on HIV/AIDS prevention and control from November 23-30.

About 70 Vietnamese surgeons, anesthesiologists and doctors on November 26 conducted an operation on conjoined twins fused from the upper thorax to lower belly.

Vietnam is recognized as one of the five countries in the world improving English proficiency at the fastest rate, alongside Portugal, Kazakhstan, Hungary and Indonesia.

The HCM City Department of Education and Training will invest in more modern school equipment, including interactive whiteboards for primary schools and kindergartens by 2015.

A delegation of American medical experts from the University of Utah has arrived in HCM City to help train 50 Vietnamese doctors in a first aid course.

Foreign-invested high schools are winning over more and more parents in HCM City, offering perks like field trips and well-equipped classrooms with about 20-25 students per class.

Vietnam has yet to create clear incentive policies to encourage overseas professors to make contributions to the country’s education system, one official said.

Vietnamese student, Dang Thi Huong, has been nominated for two prestigious Australian awards – International Student of the Year in Victoria State and International University Student of the Year in Victoria State.

The HCM City`s Department of Education and Training said they would prefer virtual flowers and e-cards over fresh flower and gifts on Vietnamese Teachers` Day on November 20.

Non-communicable conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and injuries caused by traffic accidents account for 70% of health problems in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has decided to set up the first working group to evaluate tertiary education quality.

Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong has signed the Resolution on the basic and comprehensive reform of education and training which was brought to discussion during the 8th Plenary session of the 11th Party Central Committee last September.

Viet Nam has set forth a plan to transform the pharmaceuticals into commodities.

Vietnamese guitarist Tran Tuan An has been bestowed the most outstanding student at the 39th annual ceremony to honour Student Laureates of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.

As many as 144 students of 48 teams from Robotics clubs across the country will attend the 2013 National Robothon Competition in Danang city as of November 11.

Professor Stephen Davis, President of the World Stroke Organisation (WSO), is joining world leading stroke experts at a conference in Hanoi on October 29 to raise public awareness of the disease and preventive measures.

Minister of Health Professor Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has led a Vietnamese delegation to the 64th Western Pacific session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee Meeting (RCM) and related meetings in Manila, the Philippines from 21-25 October.

The Ministry of Education and Training has decided to revoke a doctorate degree granted to Hoang Xuan Que, Deputy Head of the Finance & Banking Institute under the National Economics University.

From now on, the Vietnamese educational model will not be "the teacher speaks and students take notes," said Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan.

Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has become the first Vietnamese to receive the title of Visiting Professor of Epidemiology conferred by England’s Oxford University.