HCM City deals with low birth rates, aging population

As of this year, the elderly population accounts for 11 per cent of the total population of HCM City, officially pushing the city into its ageing phase. The city’s birth rate has continuously declined over the past decade.

PM inspects Kon Tum’s preparations for new academic year

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Saturday visited Tu Mơ Rông Boarding School for Ethnic Minority Students in Kon Tum and inspected the Central Highlands province’s preparations for the 2023-2024 academic year which will begin in early September.

Preschool teachers should benefit from more preferential policies

Minister of Education and Training Nguyễn Kim Sơn recently said there are 16,000 independent preschools across the country. Many teachers of those schools have not participated in social insurance and need to join the insurance to have their benefits ensured.

New serum bank goes on stream in HCM City

The HCM City Centre for Disease Control (HCDC) on Thursday began operation of its serum bank, which is a resource for the study of infectious disease transmission and immunity in the city’s population and a support for disease outbreak responses and prevention.

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