Schools need to focus on entrepreneurship: official Small companies should focus on absorbing technologies and applications from global players as a firm foundation of future development.

Drink and drugs play major role in traffic accidents Deputy Prime Minister of the Government and Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee Trương Hoà Bình yesterday said alcohol and drugs are to blame for many serious traffic accidents this year.

Printing, packaging exhibition opens in HCM City A wide range of products, technologies and solutions used in the printing and packaging industry is on display at the Vietnam International Printing and Packaging Industry Exhibition that opened in HCM City on Wednesday.

VN, Cuba boost ties via meeting with VNA leader

Director General of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Nguyễn Đức Lợi, a member of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee, had a working session with Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Central Committee and head of the PCC’s Thought Commission Victor Gaute Lopez in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

HCM City seeks solutions to promote education universalisation

A variety of solutions to improve recruitment and incentive policies for teachers were proposed by representatives from 24 districts at a recent conference on education universalisation and illiteracy eradication in HCM City, according to a report in Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper.

Government officials trained for global citizenship Thirty-two educators and government officials from seven countries in Southeast Asia are participating in a capacity-building workshop on fostering global citizenship for sustainable communities in Southeast Asia that opened on Tuesday in HCM City.

Two inspirational Vietnamese women honoured by BBC

Conservationist Trang Nguyễn and co-founder of the Will to Live Center Nguyễn Thị Vân were honoured by the British public service broadcaster.

Ministry launches programme to expand learning of foreign languages

The Ministry of Education and Training on October 14 launched a programme to develop an environment for teachers and students to take the initiative in the use of foreign languages, especially English, at school.

Heavy rains force students to stay home from school

Prolonged rains have flooded many streets in Vinh City and caused traffic chaos.

Xinhua to expand cooperation with Vietnam News Agency

Deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education and Minister of Information and Communications Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng hosted a reception in Hanoi on Tuesday for Vice President of China’s Xinhua News Agency Zhang Sutang.