Health & Education

Software recently released from the Vietnam National University – Hanoi (VNU-HN) aids students in familiarising themselves with the criteria and standard exam questions for Vietnamese language tests for foreign people.

Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan was quizzed by National Assembly deputies on June 11, focusing on tertiary and vocational training quality, graduates’ high unemployment rate, and the implementation of educational and textbook renovation.

Five Vietnamese students walked away with honours at the 13th Russian Olympiad which was wrapped up in Moscow on June 11.

Over 15,000 primary and secondary pupils in Hanoi’s Quoc Oai district have received eye tests and high quality prescriptive glasses through a US Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded project.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training has issued a circular offering tuition fee reductions for students of many majors, including the traditional arts and useful health research.

A training course for Vietnamese nurses and orderlies opened in Japan’s Chiba prefecture on June 9.

Domestic universities have more opportunities than ever to improve quality because of Vietnam`s integration with the rest of the world, a member of the National Council for Education and Human Resource Development has said.

The Ministry of Finance on June 9 signed an Official Development Assistance (ODA) agreement with the Export-Import Bank of the Republic of Korea (EXIM Bank) to borrow US$19 million for medical provisions.

Founded in 2003, the centre has helped thousands of HIV-infected people to interact and share information about HIV/AIDS prevention and protection.

Heart specialists at Hue Central Hospital successfully implanted a synthetic prosthetic device (Heartware) into the biological human heart of a 39 year-old patient from Quang Binh province.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has unveiled an action plan for controlling and preventing the spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) in Vietnam.

The examinees for this year’s national high school exam come from many different living conditions and localities, but they all have a strong eagerness to learn.

The Vietnamese Party, State and the whole community pay special attention to taking care of children, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds in the nation’s far-flung areas.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has adopted a project to establish a Fulbright Vietnam University under the non-profit foreign-invested university model.

A number of life-threatening highly communicable diseases, including the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), are likely to infiltrate into Vietnam, a leading health official warned.

The first of the two-and-a-half-day high school final exams went smoothly, with students welcoming questions related to "real situations" they cared deeply about, local reports said.

Vietnamese Defence Attaché to Cambodia Nguyen Anh Dung on June 2 presented a modern medical equipment package worth over VND2 billion to a Royal Cambodian Army hospital in Preah Vihear province.

About 170 employees of Nienshing garment company in northern Thai Binh province have been admitted to hospital with suspected food poisoning.

The on-going tension on the East Sea following China`s illegal placement of an oil rig inside Vietnam`s exclusive economic zone has been included into this year’s high school graduation literature exam.

Helen Keller International (HKI) in coordination with the Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology (VNIO) provided free eye care check-ups and glasses for children in Quoc Oai district, Hanoi on May 31.