Health & Education

Honeywell recently announced that 320 students from 45 countries and 27 U.S. states and territories attended the The Honeywell Leadership Challenge Academy this year.

Yamaha Corporation and a sales subsidiary in Vietnam, Yamaha Music Vietnam Co. Ltd, holds “Yamaha Recorder Festival” which around 200 students of Primary and Secondary schools at Hanoi in Vietnam,on 15th May at Vietnam National Academy of Music, Hanoi.

Seven out of eight students of the Vietnam national team bagged prizes at the 18th Asian Physics Olympiad 2017, announced by the Office of Testing and Educational Quality Assurance under the Ministry of Education and Training on May 8.

Cambridge has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with one of Vietnam’s most prestigious state schools, the Chu Van An Hanoi High School, making it the first Vietnamese state school to offer Cambridge International A Levels.

Hanoi has signed commitment on fulfilling the target of universalization of preschool education in 2014. After all, 100% of districts, towns have reached and maintained universalization of education for five - year - old children since 2012 - 2013.

Top Vietnamese female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien won a gold medal in the women’s 400m medley at the Asian Swimming Championships that opened in Tokyo on April 17.

The Union of Vietnamese Students in France (UEVF) held its 7th Congress at the Embassy of Vietnam in Paris ​to review its performance from 2015-2017 and elect a new executive board to represent about 6,500 Vietnamese students across France for the next two years.

Vietnamese adventurer Hoang Le Giang has become the first person from Southeast Asia to conquer the Arctic by dog sled.

The SAFE STEPS programme featuring global road safety ambassador Michelle Yeoh was launched 2017 April 9 in Ho Chi Minh City with 1.500 students from Vietnam.

Each year will build 10 schools, build 100 schools by 2025 globally for children in the difficult areas of the country.

The Hanoi Youth Union - Hanoi Students’ Association has recently organized a start-up festival for student in 2017. The event is one of various movements of the Youth Union to respond to the Youth Month as well as support students with their startups.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested that Harvard University continue to support Vietnam in leadership training and university administration.

The Hanoi Red Cross Society in collaboration with the Center for Vocational Training and Employment Consultancy for Disadvantaged Youths (REACH) yesterday organized a ceremony, signing a cooperation program on humanitarian activities.

More than 2,000 students from the University of Sciences, Vietnam National University - Hanoi participated in an event on March 20 in response to the Earth Hour 2017 Campaign.

On March 7, Hanoi Health Department has announced two hotlines, 0949396115 and 0969082115, for H7N9 avian flu prevention, heard an online meeting on plans to prevent diseases in humans in Hanoi.

Hanoi Department of Health recently held a ceremony to celebrate the 62nd anniversary of the Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27, 1955-2017).

On February 21, doctors from Military Hospital 103 and the Military Medical Academy coordinated to successfully implement the lung transplant on Ly Chuong Binh, who was born in 2010.

Vietnam’s experience in nuclear medicine applications has been shared at an international conference on the application of nuclear medicine in diagnosis and treatment.

Opening of two Sino-Vietnamese (Han Nom) courses where participants learn about the Sino-Vietnamese characters and calligraphy.

Teams of Vietnamese students have achieved good results in international Olympiads for many years, bringing fame to the country. Especially, 2016 is the year which is considered the golden year for Vietnamese students in international arena.