Health & Education

Global leaders attending a health forum in South Africa from June 30 to July 1 applauded the effectiveness of Vietnam’s programmes addressing maternal, neonatal and child health issues.

The meeting between Vietnam’s Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan and representatives from 11 Belgium universities took placeon the sidelines at the Second Global Partnership (GPE) for Education Replenishment Conference ongoing in Brussels from June 25-28.

Vietnam cut child deaths by 2.4 million and maternal deaths by about 70,000 compared to 1990 mortality rates.

The Ha Noi People`s Committee has asked for a 20-per-cent increase of fees applied to 1,300 categories of medical services at public hospitals in its proposal to the municipal People`s Council.

This year was the first time the vaccine against Japanese encephalitis was supplied free-of-charge in all districts in the nation`s 63 provinces and cities.

Moreover, the two sides will suggest to the governments of Vietnam and the U.S. measures to further improve the bilateral cooperation.

Business schools are the targets of many [ Vietnamese students, who believe that the finance & banking sector can offer better job opportunities. But they are wrong.

The Scholarship Programme to Enhance Literacy and Learning (SPELL) recently awarded scholarships valued at US$3.7 million to roughly 40,000 disadvantaged children in seven central provinces.

Vietnam and Canada have signed a letter of intent (LOI) aimed at strengthening mutual understanding and expanding educational cooperation.

Tran Duc Canh, a founding member of Phan Chau Trinh University suggested mergers of many universities to reduce the number of schools in Vietnam by one third.

Vietnamese representatives along with nearly 1,000 delegates from 60 partnering nations and territories around the globe have assembled at the Second Global Partnership (GPE) for Education Replenishment Conference ongoing in Brussels from June 25-28.

General school teachers in HCM City are now breathing a sigh of relief, as city authorities have given their consent to teachers giving private lessons without needing to obtain permission

The amended Law on Medical Insurance will assure that all people, especially poor people, have access to qualified health care services, said Minister of Health Nguyen Kim Tien last week.

There are so many English curriculums being applied at primary schools that parents often are in a quandary as to which curriculums to choose for their children. Exacerbating the problem, local education departments are in the habit of changing their minds about English programs at the drop of a hat.

Park Noh Wan, envoy and Consul General of the Republic of Korea Embassy in Vietnam, has become the first foreigner to graduate with a doctoral degree in Vietnam.

HCM City will pilot an integrated international education programme before wider application at the city level, said one official.

The HCM City Education and Training Department has unexpectedly decided to discontinue its use of Cambridge University’s English teaching curriculums, after four years of its application at 20 primary schools.

Deputy Minister of Health Mr. Nguyen Viet Tien says that the demand for surrogacy in Vietnam is fairly low, so the ministry will select only a few reliable hospitals to provide medical services for surrogacy.

Ho Chi Minh City educational authorities have decided to choose EMG as their new partner for international education programmes after ending cooperation with Cambridge.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) held a meeting with foreign medical partners in Hanoi on June 24 to discuss measures to further develop human resources in the medical sector.