Many poor Vietnamese students could not go back to school because they do not have enough money to pay for school fees at the beginning of the new academic year, experts said. Vo Thi Lanh, a worker of the Cai Doi Vam Seafood Export Company,...
The Hanoi municipal People’s Council is expected to approve the new school fee plan in the second term of the 2011-2012 academic year, said an official. Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, vice chairman of the People’s Committee made the statement at a meeting...
The Vietnam Fund for Promoting Education on Tuesday signed a co-operation agreement with Vietnammobile to establish a scholarship fund worth VND5 billion ($240,000). A total of 500 scholarships, each worth VND2 million ($96), will be presented...
The Vietnamese prime minister has approved a $730,000 project on supporting fine arts education at primary schools funded by the Danish government from now through 2015, the Thoi Bao Ngan Hang newspaper reported Aug 26. This is part of a culture...
The Ministry of Education and Training has ordered all schools and education centers to stop charging parents additional fees under a newly issued document from Deputy Minister Nguyen Vinh Hien. According to the document, they are also required to...
The Quang Nam Department of Health has warned that popular tourist sites like Hoi An Town and My Son Sanctuary face food poisoning risks. It urged authorities at the sites and other local authorities to step up inspection of food hygiene and safety...
Canada has presented two quick food safety check facilities to Vietnamese agencies in an effort to help the Southeast Asian country better control the quality of agricultural products. The beneficiaries are the Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Departments...
Atlantic Philanthropies (AP), the U.S. non-governmental organization (NGO), will fund $7 million for a project on building medical clinics in Vietnam’s central highlands province of Dak Lak by 2013. Under the agreement signed on Aug 24, the project...
A fine arts and photography competition entitled ‘Ethnic Minorities in the South 2011’ was launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The contest is open to professional and amateur artists and photographers who can send works created...
The HCM City Association for the Support of Handicapped and Orphans plans to raise $288,500 annually in the next five years for its charity work. The money will be used to support 80,000 disadvantaged people and fund several other programs...
