Health & Education

Doctors of the General Hospital of Thanh Hoa Province have cut a giant tumor 12x15cm in size filled with hair, bones, and nails from the chest of a 40-year-old woman.

It is imperative to focus expressly on improving access to quality health care within the confines of accelerating socio-economic growth and cultural progress towards realising the ASEAN Community, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

With a system of high schools for the gifted located throughout the country, Vietnam has been able to produce many students with top mathematical skills.

To make sure every school class in Viet Nam has its own space, the Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, has approved the building of 5,000 classrooms and homes for teachers by 2015. In 2020, the Government will again assess the need.

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.

Educators have suggested that informatics be added to the list of compulsory subjects at schools but principals are opposed to the idea.

College and university students are concerned about rising tuition costs and numerous fees charged by their schools.

Presidents of leading Russian universities are visiting Vietnam from September 14-19 to work on a project to attract more Vietnamese students to Russia.

New policies and reform programs developed by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) have caused controversy, including a recent decision to combine the annual national high school exam and university entrance exam.

Vietnam National University, Hanoi and other universities throughout the nation should pay particular attention to nurturing the social and moral values of students as an integral part of the education process.

Vietnam will host the ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting for the first time in Hanoi from September 15-19, providing an opportunity for the country to strengthen its cooperation with international partners in the field.

Three passengers returning from Ebola virus-hit Liberia have been put in isolation at the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases upon their arrival at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

At the beginning of this academic year, the 10th and 12th graders at Marie Curie High School in HCM City`s District 3 were asked to fill out a questionnaire to identify any psychological problems such as depression, stress and anxiety.

The Republic of Korean organisation Vision Care in coordination with the Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology (VNIO) and Ha Giang Eye Hospital have provided eye care check-ups and surgery for nearly 1,000 poor and ethnic minority people in Ha Giang province.

The Ministry of Education and Training has decided to combine the annual national high school exam and the university entrance exam from next year. At present, they are held separately.

The Vietnam Federation for Disability in co-ordination with the Irish Aid hosted a dialogue on health insurance for handicapped people in Hanoi on September 8.

The deputy minister of Education and Training explained the details of the new instructions on methods to review and mark first-graders.

An estimated 23 million children between the ages of 1 and 14 will be vaccinated against measles and rubella following the launch of the largest-ever nationwide vaccination campaign on September 15.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), which has vowed to reform the national education system, has retracted several new policies, causing confusion.

Valedictorians with excellent marks at some universities in Vietnam cannot find jobs in their majors and have to accept positions outside their fields.