Disabled children learn life skills at Hà Nội cafe

Doctor Đỗ Thúy Lan has dedicated her life to helping children with disabilities.

Viet Nam offers preferential loans to medical graduates

The Government has planned to spend about VNĐ 317 billion (US$14.2 million) yearly on offering preferential loans to disadvantaged medical graduates during their apprenticeship at hospitals

Universities seek ties with foreign partners Domestic universities have more opportunities than ever before to improve quality because of Viet Nam's integration with the rest of the world, a member of the National Council for Education and Human Resource Development has said.

$2b credit for poor students The Viet Nam Bank for Social Policy will set aside VND45 trillion (US$2.16 billion) for a credit programme for poor students between 2013 and 2017.

State spends big on welfare, humanity A full VND8.8 trillion (US$419 million) was spent this year on social welfare, hunger elimination and poverty reduction, according to a report from the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam.

Management crucial at international schools1 Last week, Viet Nam News asked for readers' opinions about the Government's decree to set quotas for how many Vietnamese students can be enrolled in foreign-invested schools. The reason given is to provide tighter management of the operations of these schools. We wanted responses and suggestions of other effective management measures from readers.

Bank loans rescue poor students A bank loan was the only way Thong Thanh Le's parents were able to send their three children to university even though they had spent their working years saving every dong they could from selling rice.

German bank helps upgrade Ca Mau's dykes KfW Bank, a German government-owned development bank, has provided 9 million euros (US$13.6 million) for Ca Mau Province in the Mekong Delta to repair and upgrade a section of Bien Tay sea dyke in U Minh District. Landslides had caused damage to the dyke.

Government loans benefit two million poor students More than two million poor students across Viet Nam have benefited from a Government low-interest loan scheme over the last three years, according to a report released at a meeting in Ha Noi yesterday.

Gov't to adjust student loan plan Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education and Training, Viet Nam Bank for Social Policies and several other agencies to analyse the total amount of funds needed for student loans in the 2010-11 academic year.