Health & Education

A conference in Hanoi was told that 13% of deaths among children under five in Vietnam are caused by diarrhoea.

Experts have asked for tighter controls on the importation of medical equipment in a bid to improve the quality of healthcare services in Vietnam.

After five years of learning English at primary school, sixth graders in HCM City now have to learn English at secondary school.

The Ministry of Health has proposed to raise the tax rates on tobacco to 105% in 2015 and 145% in 2018.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined the teachers and students at the Vietnamese-Lao T78 Friendship School in Hanoi on September 23 for its ceremony to launch the 2014-2015 academic year.

After five years of learning English at primary school, sixth graders in HCM City now have to learn English at secondary school.

The upcoming National High Graduation (NHG) exam will be carried out smoothly, said Education Minister Pham Vu Luan yesterday.

Vietnam has made extensive progress towards offering universal social health insurance to its citizens, currently providing coverage to more than half and on the pathway to raising the ratio to 75% by 2015 and 80% by 2020.

Over the past decade, Vietnam has recorded remarkable progress in giving effect to the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) action programme, resulting in better healthcare services for the country’s citizens.

Newly built schools in Hanoi cannot keep pace with the number of new residential quarters and urban areas being built in the city, resulting in overcrowded classrooms.

Educators in the past complained about their lack of freedom in making important decisions about school operations, and were later granted more autonomy by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET). But some of them are now reluctant to use it.

As many as 300 candidates from ten ASEAN countries are expected to participate in the 10th regional skills competition at the My Dinh National Convention Centre in Hanoi from October 19-29.

Special night classes for adults from the Mong ethnic minority group are being held in Yen Bai Province in order to increase the literacy rate there.

The Vietnamese Students’ Association in the Republic of Korea (VSAK) on September 21 hosted the 10th annual Vietnamese Student’s Day with the aim of reinforcing solidarity among students.

The beginning of every schoolyear ushers in terrific pressure for students to master the school curricula and perform well in examinations.

HCM City on Saturday began a month-long Seniors` Health Itinerary to mark the International Day of Older Persons on October 1.

The 12th ASEAN Health Ministers’ Meeting wrapped up in Hanoi, adopting several joint statements of the meeting and its related ones.

Educators in the past complained about their lack of freedom in making important decisions about school operations, and were later granted more autonomy by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET). But some of them are now reluctant to use it.

Most schools in HCM City teach students according to schoolbooks they compile themselves, as the information in textbooks from the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is out of date.

As many as 300 candidates from ten ASEAN countries are expected to participate in the 10th regional skills competition at the My Dinh National Convention Centre in Hanoi from October 19-29.