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Crossing boundary between jokes and sexual harassment might exact high price

What defines our values at the age of 30?

I believe we all have certain goals to reach by the age of 30, which can include buying a car and a house, securing a job at a well-known corporation, or simply settling down in a happy marriage.

Kids and standing on their own two feet

Give your children the chance to value work and make their own money, so they appreciate what you have given them.

Performing on a digital stage

The ministry of culture is planning for an online theatre project to entertain audience, who cannot go to theatre during Covid-19 pandemic and also a way to rescue art troupes from being in debt without income from selling tickets.

The show can’t go on

Singer Trọng Tấn and his colleagues Đăng Dương and Việt Hoàn had prepared carefully for Đường Chúng Ta Đi (The Way We Go), a show initially planned for September. With the second wave of COVID-19 now upon us, however, they had to postpone.

A new era of COVID is upon us

It would be nice to hear more about preventive methods in daily COVID-19 announcements.

COVID-19 patients need encouragement, not stigma

Say yes to smiles and thumbs up and say no to heartless photos and videos.

Online medical tips a dangerous game

In the boom of social networks, many people think it’s convenient to find information about healthcare online. Be aware that they can receive wrong knowledge, more and more doctors use social networks to make right things go viral.

How should children's music be performed today?

Recently, I’ve come to realise that most kids around me are singing along with songs that are not age appropriate. When I heard it from my niece, I thought something must be done about it.

The trouble with testing

In the week since our last column, the number of people living in Hà Nội who recently spent time in Đà Nẵng has risen significantly.

Stay strong, a second time

We should spread messages of support to each other, nothing more, during these troublesome and unpredictable times.

Now it’s even tougher to send your kids abroad

Vietnamese families have maintained an age-old tradition of scrimping on everything else except education.

Defining what it is to ‘excel’

As parents, we want teachers to be tough to some degree, so they show our kids the right path forward and don’t compromise until they behave appropriately.

Determination needed to end the scourge of mobile karaoke

Now the speakers have invaded not only urban streets at night but also holiday spots and every corner of the countryside.

You only have one head

Parents and schools need to come together to make sure our kids are safe

“Men make houses, women make homes”: is this relevant today?

Is the concept of “Men make houses, women make homes” still relevant in 2020?

Don’t privatise gifted schools, just make adjustments

Nguyễn Đức Thành, a student of Hà Nội – Amsterdam High School for the Gifted from 1992-95 recently proposed eliminating the model of gifted public schools or privatising them to lessen the pressure on students nationwide.

What’s in a name?

Recent news of a maths professor at a US community college asking one of his students to “Anglicise” her name made headlines around the world, while the offending email was widely shared on social media.

Every job has its hardships and joys

Preschool teachers usually work about 10 hours a day, exceeding normal working hours.

Fake news, real consequences

Along with many unfortunate events that are going on in the world, it is important to discuss “infodemic” or the fake news issue, a type of online crisis that has very much messed up locals’ lives recently.