A series of new government policies on e-portal passport applications, full automatic non-stop toll collections on the Hà Nội-Hải Phòng Expressway, reducing fees for chip-mounted ID, and abolishing foreign language and informatics certificates for medical officials, come into effect this month.
Soldiers of the Phú Tân Border Station in the Mekong Delta have been helping disadvantaged people in their area, as part of the national patriotic emulation movement.
Trịnh Thu Thanh and Nguyễn Thị Hằng, two researchers from the National Centre for Special Education Research under the Việt Nam National Institute of Educational Sciences, have been given an award for the best project of the "knowledge for education" programme, for developing made-in-Việt Nam tactile books for visually impaired children.
As cities and provinces plan to increase tuition fees in K-12 education, the public is raising concerns regarding the affordability for low-income families, and whether the fee increase means an improvement in education quality.
Phạm Vũ Hồng Sơn, 37, a lecturer at Hồ Chí Minh City University of Technology, has become the youngest lecturer at the university being appointed as Associate Professor.
There were 890 new COVID-19 infections recorded on Sunday.
