Việt Nam News

The six-year-old died en route to HCMC Children's Hospital No.2 on Sunday. 

Việt Nam maintains as the second leading country of origin for international students studying at US community colleges.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has requested coastal cities and provinces to report the handling of fishing vessels that have lost connection at sea for more than ten days.

Hà Nội’s Department of Transport has proposed to the city’s People's Committee to allow Trí Nam Group to pilot bicycle-sharing service in inner city districts.

Sanofi Vietnam and the Pasteur Institute in HCM City have signed a partnership agreement to implement a training strategy entitled “Vaccinology and Life-course Immunisation” for healthcare professionals in Viet Nam from 2023 to 2025.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) has ordered airlines to improve security, flight safety and service quality, including to minimise delayed and cancelled flights, while maintaining COVID prevention measures, during the upcoming 2023 New Year and Lunar New Year (Tết) holidays.

On Vietnamese Teachers’ Day we meet one educator who is teaching English to children in one of the most remote places in the whole of Việt Nam. Even getting to school each day is a real struggle, especially in rainy season. But his love of children and teaching means he is always ready to help with a smile on his face.

The event, which took place at the university on November 17, focussed on five themes: COVID-19, climate change, opportunities, and potentiality and dreams, and called for solutions to the challenges the world faces.

PM Phạm Minh Chính said education and training is the cause of the Party, State and the entire people and must be aligned with socio-economic development, national defence and sci-tech advancements.

Sanofi Vietnam and the Pasteur Institute in HCM City have signed a partnership agreement to implement a training strategy entitled “Vaccinology and Life-course Immunisation” for healthcare professionals in Viet Nam from 2023 to 2025.

The Ministry of Education and Training has allowed the British Council (Việt Nam) LLC – one of the two IELTS test organisers in Việt Nam, to resume the language examinations.

The digital application, which was jointly developed by UNDP and the Electronic Health Administration of the Ministry of Health in 2020, has been used in 537 grassroots health facilities in three provinces Hà Giang, Bắc Kạn and Lạng Sơn.

Hoàng Su Phì, a northern mountainous district of Hà Giang province, is facing a severe shortage of English teachers in primary schools when English is a compulsory subject under the new curriculum.

"However, the infrastructure is still limited compared to the demand. It's still a bottleneck hindering the country's development," PM Chính said. 

For over seven years, Nguyễn Thị Ba has spread love in her charity class, which she developed using her own meagre income.

Sốp Cộp District, located along the Việt Nam-Laos border, covers a large mountainous area and is home to many ethnic communities such as the Thái, Mông and Khơ Mú people.

The 54-year-old has volunteered this way for ten years at the city’s Vocational Training Centre for People with Disabilities and Orphans.

Obesity is increasing rapidly in Việt Nam, especially big provinces and cities. A survey in Việt Nam in 2021 also showed overweight and obesity rates in Hà Nội and HCM City made up 18 per cent of the country’s total number of overweight and obese people.