Health & Education

The scholarships, aimed to encourage students to overcome their difficulties go to school, were launched in September 2012 and are being implemented in 47 provinces and cities nationwide.

At a recent meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Turkey Nguyen The Cuong, representatives from Turkish universities said they desire to receive more Vietnamese students to study in both Turkish and English.

The Vietnamese students have won three gold medals, two silvers and a bronze at the 55th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held in Cape Town, South Africa from July 3 - 13.

​The US-based Eli Lilly and Company, one of the world’s pharmaceutical giants, has opened a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City, making Vietnam the 11 th destination in Asia that it has reached out to.

Some 350 eye patients in remote areas of Tra Vinh province recently received free surgeries as part of the Mekong Delta locality’s progamme supporting visually impaired low-income people.

Kim Dong not only has a more diverse collection but also uses the Greelane app that allows readers to scroll up and down rather than turn the pages like an actual book.

​An official from the Ministry of Health’s Pharmaceuticals Management Department on July 9 said key vaccines are expected to arrive in Vietnam late July amid increasing demand as summer is the peak season of some diseases.

As of last Friday, more than 350 encephalitis patients had been reported across 32 provinces and cities, a 10.8 per cent drop on the same period last year, according to the department. Six fatalities have occurred so far, with one of the dead victims, from Ha Noi`s Ba Vi District, said to have been diagnosed with Japanese encephalitis.

Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam (Doosan Vina) in collaboration with Chung Ang University Hospital (CAUH) is holding their 6th annual corporate social responsibility (CSR) medical service from July 7-12.

Candidates took exams in Group B (Maths, Chemistry, and Biology), Group C (Literature, History, and Geography) and Group D (Literature, Foreign Language, and Maths).

More than 2,800 units of blood have been collected thanks to a nationwide donation campaign called “Red Journey”, according to Director of the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion Nguyen Anh Tri.

More than 575.000 candidates have been sitting for the second phase of the university entrance exam since this morning.

Chen Zhao Long, Director of Chang Geng Hospital of Taiwan (China), said his hospital sent its best doctors to the healthcare programme from July 6-12, adding that on the occasion, it will organise a symposium to introduce Taiwan’s medical advances to Dong Nai General Hospital.

The students will be selected from 50 colleges and universities, who are gifted, in need and from remote and mountainous regions, with a priority on female students.

They help the visitors in several ways including finding accommodation, providing free meals and showing them the way to get from one place to another.

More than 1.6 million rural labourers received vocational training between 2010 and 2013 under a project on rural vocational training until 2020, it was announced at a July 4 meeting of the Central Steering Committee for implementing the project.

Famous universities with a high number of registered applicants saw low rates of exam participation this year.

At 7.15 am this morning, more than 570,000 high school students started doing maths in the national university entrance examinations with 180 minute allowed time.

The health ministry continues to expand vaccination campaigns, and plans to launch a new measles-Rubella vaccination drive targeting children from 1-14 years old in September.

​Students from around the country have been flocking to the Temple of Literature in Hanoi to pray for luck before the upcoming university entrance exams.