Health & Education

Vietnamese children in big cities begin using electronic devices at a very early age, but parents are unsure if this is a good idea.

On November 19, Phan Huy Chu Secondary School (Dong Da District - Hanoi) formally organized the 32nd anniversary of Vietnam Teacher`s Day (20/11).

Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan sent a letter congratulating the teachers, teaching staffs, officials on Vietnam Teacher`s Day (20/11).

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) said it must be involved in compiling a set of textbooks for every grade, but the public does not support the idea.

​ "Are you blind?" The young nurse`s response to Ho Thi Thuy hurt the 49-year-old woman, who had just asked for help in finding the Obstetrics section of the Hue Central Hospital.

​Vietnamese students are not required return to Vietnam after finishing their studies overseas, as they can serve the fatherland anywhere in the world, said Chair of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan.

The Hue Central Hospital in the central province of Thua Thien Hue held a ceremony on November 17 to mark 200 successful kidney transplant cases conducted by its experts and to honor the voluntary kidney donors.

​The General Association of Vietnamese Cambodian People launched the new academic year at the Khmer-Vietnam friendship primary school in Cambodia’s Prey Veng province on November 14.

The provincial Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the centre for Vietnamese disabled children (Centre II) and the provincial General Hospital provided 150 disabled kids in Son La with free surgery.

To improve the health of local citizens, on November 14 free check-ups and consultations on diabetes were given to the locals in Ho Chi Minh city, as part of activities in response to World Diabetes Day (November 14th).

​Early detection could have a good survival rate for up to 40 percent of cancer patients, heard a national childhood cancer conference in Hanoi on November 13.

​The Ministry of Health is to establish a working group to collect documents related to the reported bribery case involving US firm Bio-Rad Laboratories to serve investigations.

​The Fatherland Front of Viet Nam has for the first time given its seal of approval to religious organisations running nursery schools in the country.

Sending high-ranking specialists abroad could bring double benefits: it helps restructure the domestic labor market and strengthens the Vietnamese workforce.

​A community called ZEROworkplace made debut in Ho Chi Minh City on November 10 with an aim of calling upon Vietnamese businesses to support activities minimising child fatality, including the ongoing measles-rubella vaccination campaign.

According to UNICEF, 100 Vietnamese children die every day from preventable causes. Therefore, ZERO workplace aims to call Vietnamese businesses to support vaccination campaign.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has released a list of four bans that primary schools must follow in an effort to ease the workload on students.

The delegation of 30 doctors and nurses from Hung Vuong Hospital provided free medical check-ups for workers across Nha Be district.

​Ha Noi People`s Committee has urged authorities to increase supervision over the operation of private health clinics.

A seven-year-study on more than 500,000 people has concluded that eating fruit everyday can decrease the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) up to 40%.