Health & Education

On December 22, at a seminar themed “Vietnam’s vaccines – Development and Integration” in Hanoi, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long stated that Vietnam has taken the initiative in preventing dangerous infectious diseases over the past years.

To limit the damage caused by cigarette smoke, and toward smoke-free environment, HealthBridge Canada organization in Vietnam collaborates with Hanoi Health Department to implement "Non-smoke restaurant" in the area. This model is being now implemented in many restaurants.

The Ministry of Education and Training in collaboration with the Korea Foundation granted 305 scholarships during a ceremony in Hanoi on December 18.

Apprenticeship study door is expanding in Germany as the country now has the fourth largest economy in the world is increasing investment in Vietnam.

The Prime Minister has recently approved the equitisation plan of the Vietnam Medical Equipment Corporation (Vinamed), which has a total chartered capital of 88 billion VND (3.9 million USD).

The fourth scientific conference on Vietnam- Laos military medicine opened in Vientiane, Laos on December 14.

The collaboration, close link between Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia play an important role in ensuring the success of the prevention and fight against drugs in each country, as well as confirming the efforts to implement the vision and goals of a drug-free Community after 2015.

An extremely toxic herbicide made in China may penetrate the Vietnamese market through smuggling in 2016, which is a major threat to food safety and the environment.

The Ministry of Education and Training said the professional-oriented high education (POHE) model must be used at universities and colleges to make sure graduates are qualified to get jobs without needing to be retrained.

At the ceremony, 45 students with outstanding achievements in learning are honored and received certificates of merit from the Ministry of Education and Training.

On November 29, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the People`s Committee of Bac Ninh province to celebrate national action month for HIV / AIDS in 2015 and the World Day against AIDS with the theme "Towards the 90-90-90 goal to end the AIDS epidemic in Vietnam."

The Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAVN) under the Ministry of Health held a ceremony to launch online public services level 4 on November 26 to help pharmaceutical firms register drug and medicine prices.

On the afternoon of November 11, Hanoi Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (HASMEA) organized an exchange program "Gratitude 2015" at the Art House in Secondary School Nguyen Dinh Chieu (21 Lac Trung, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi).

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc made a speech in the report to Congress on the implementation of the resolutions of the National Assembly on thematic monitoring and questioning from early tenure XIII to 2015, on November 16.

On November 5, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung chaired a plenary session of the National Committee for education and training reform and the National Council for Education and Human Resources Development for the period 2011-2015.

Vietnam has achieved positive results in reducing the rate of blindness, with only 1.8 percent of the country’s population suffering from blindness in 2015, heard a conference held by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Hanoi on November 3.

Youth-Student Association of Vietnam in Washington DC in collaboration with the Embassy of Vietnam in the United States recently organized sport and cultural program named "I Love Vietnam 2015".

Hanoi’s health sector has focused on developing high-quality medical techniques over the last five years and made significant progress.

Recently, besides sweeping movement of energy saving in the business and administrative offices, buildings, commercial centers and so on, the propaganda of raising awareness of energy saving in the schools in the city of Hanoi is so interested. Initial results has made a positive change in the consciousness of the students.

On the morning of October 27, Hanoi Health Department held a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of Hanoi Children Hospital. Chairman of Hanoi People`s Committee Nguyen The Thao and Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Viet Tien have attended.