More than 2.6 million students across HCM City officially began the 2026–2027 academic year on Saturday as schools held opening ceremonies, marking the start of a new school year with a strong emphasis on educational quality, digital transformation and character development.
More than 600,000 students stand to benefit from newly inaugurated boarding schools in Việt Nam's mainland border areas, unveiled alongside nationwide opening-day ceremonies for nearly 27 million students.
In a nationwide letter marking the new school year, the top leader urged deeper reform of school governance and technology use, while warning that no machine can replace integrity, independent thinking and humanistic values.
Inside a research complex in Hà Nội, nuclear science is helping make vital changing in healthcare - producing radiopharmaceuticals that enable doctors to detect cancer earlier and make more precise treatment decisions.
The 2026–27 school year opened across Việt Nam alongside new boarding schools in border communes, as leaders framed the year as a shift from reform planning to concrete, measurable change in education.
The programme introduced updated methods for teaching Russian as a foreign language while focusing on the application of digital technology and AI in lesson design to enhance the professional capacity and adaptability of Russian-language teachers amid changes in modern education.
Việt Nam is entering a new phase of rural digital transformation, with “smart villages” now included in the national criteria for new-style rural areas for 2026-30.
Hosting the 2027 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week is a major diplomatic event and a chance for Phú Quốc to claim a stronger position on the global and regioal tourism map.
The decision was made in the spirit of traditional friendship, solidarity, and mutual support between the two countries.
Particular attention was paid to monitoring signals from vessel monitoring system (VMS) and information sharing between border guard forces and fishing port management authorities to identify and control vessels at risk of or showing signs of violations.
Friendship Hospital and Mescells Medical System have signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement to research and apply mesenchymal stem cells in clinical treatment.
After 50 years, the ethnic Cơ Tu community living in A'ur Village in A Vương Commune, 120km west of downtown Đà Nẵng, now have easy access to mobile broadband coverage and electricity.
At the forum, training was considered not only in terms of immediate recruitment needs, but also in connection with major changes in science, technology, energy and national infrastructure.
Under its boarding school model, students will study, live and participate in activities together. Beyond classroom lessons, they will receive support in their daily lives, take part in skills training and experiential activities and learn to become more independent in a collective environment.
It aims to establish a large-scale exhibition to promote Sơn Trà Peninsula – a favourite beach tourism hub – as a dynamic innovation centre for the city and central Việt Nam.
The discovery prompted the Military Command of Hải Phòng and city police to cordon off the site and establish a plan to safely handle and remove the explosive device.
Science and technology, innovation and digital transformation are no longer merely long-term orientations but are increasingly becoming tools for addressing issues in State management, production, business and social life.
To date, 95 per cent of public preschools and general education schools across the province have met national standards.
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