Health & Education

On July 22, the Ministry of Education and Training held a ceremony to welcome Vietnamese students, who took home one silver and two bronze medals and a consolation prize at the 26th International Biology Olympiad and give the flag to the Hanoi National University of Education for hosting the 27th International Biology Olympiad.

Ministry of Education and Training’s Department of Education Testing and Accreditation said on July 15 that Vietnamese team won two gold, three silver and one bronze medal at the 2015 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Thailand.

The Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy in central Thua Thien-Hue province and the Republic of Korea’s Chonbuk National University held a ceremony to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their cooperation on July 15 in Hue city.

On July 14, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched its “ First Embrace” campaign in Vietnam.

The Prime Minister has directed plans to allocate loan from the World Bank to improve facilities and education quality in universities.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, all five Vietnamese students participating at the International Physics Olympiad 2015 in India have won medals including three golds and two silvers.

In the presence of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the Fulbright University Vietnam project received its investment certificate at a ceremony held in New York on July 10.

ANZ Vietnam and Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation on July 8 announced the successful completion of ANZ Kickstart - a year-long programme which has positively impacted over 120 disadvantaged youths and their families in Vietnam.

Hanoi’s Department of Health is intensifying measures to prevent Japanese encephalitis.

The Pasteur Institute in HCM City was awarded the Labour Hero of the Renewal Era title on June 28 for its contributions to public health.

General practitioners will be trained to become family doctors like in many Western countries.

The Ministry of Health held a ceremony in Hanoi on June 22 to receive the certification of the World Health Organisation (WHO) recognizing Vietnam’s national vaccine management system that meets international regulation standards.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien met with the Hanoi People`s Committee to discuss about measures of preventing the transmission risk of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the capital on June 18.

All hospitals across the nation should set up a separate section giving medical services to suspected cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in order to prevent the spread of the virus inside the hospitals, according to a Health Ministry’s official.

KTĐT - The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the HCM City People's Committee held a meeting on June 14 in response to the ASEAN Dengue Day (June 15). Some 3,000 people attended the 5th national-level event.

In the meeting with Hanoi`s MERS-CoV prevention steering committee on June 11, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Van Suu required all sectors, districts and towns implement strictly prevention measures of MERS-CoV, even when it has had no cases of MERS-CoV entering Vietnam.

Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan is on a working visit to France from June 4-9 with a hope of enhancing bilateral cooperation in the field.

According to Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health, up to 7p.m of June 7, Vietnam has not recorded any cases of infected the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS - CoV).

On June 5, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health has signed a a decision on establishing four quick-response teams to prevent the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome caused by the Corona virus (MERS-CoV).

The Ministry of Health recently designed a draft programme calling for public engagement in epidemic prevention amidst complicated disease developments in Vietnam, especially the possible appearance of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV).