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Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the conference (Photo: VNA) Dam made the comment at a conference held by the Ministry of Education and Training in Hanoi on August 12 to review outcomes of the past academic year and deploy tasks for the coming one. The official requested that the sector continue with comprehensive reforms to enhance the quality of teaching and learning activities. He noted there is a need to review and proactively propose a mechanism on tuition fees, ensure an adequate number of teachers and school facilities, and promote digital learning materials and the online learning method. The spending on education must increase to ensure the quality of education, but the contribution of students' families should not increase, the Deputy PM said. At the event (Photo: VNA) According to Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son, in the 2022-2023 academic year, the sector prioritises completing mechanisms and intuitions; improving the quality … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s education keeps international rankings despite Covid-19: Deputy PM

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the conference (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The education sector has maintained its international rankings, and further overhauled the general education curriculum and textbooks in the 2021-2022 academic year despite serious COVID-19 -induced difficulties, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam . Dam made the comment at a conference held by the Ministry of Education and Training in Hanoi on August 12 to review outcomes of the past academic year and deploy tasks for the coming one. The official requested that the sector continue with comprehensive reforms to enhance the quality of teaching and learning activities. He noted there is a need to review and proactively propose a mechanism on tuition fees, ensure an adequate number of teachers and school facilities, and promote digital learning materials and the online learning method. The spending on education must increase to ensure the quality of education, but the contribution of … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s education keeps international rankings despite COVID-19: Deputy PM

The virtual conference takes place in all cities and provinces According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the average teacher/class ratio has not met the requirements under the new education program initiated in 2018. Currently, the education sector still lacks teachers of English and Informatics for primary schools and Music and Fine Arts subjects for high schools when applying for the General Education Program 2018 from the school year 2022 - 2023. At the conference, leaders of the education sector in cities and provinces continued moaning about the problem of teacher shortage. Mr. Tran The Cuong, Director of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training in the capital city of Hanoi proposed that the Government should allow schools with large numbers of students to have three vice principals. He recommended that the government should allow schools to sign working contracts with professional teaching as well as to allow schools in Hanoi to raise the building block … [Read more...] about Places short of teachers due to low wages

The nation will play a more extensive role in future UN peacekeeping operations, including expanding the number of missions conducted by Vietnamese peacekeeping forces through forms of deployment. At the reception (Image source: qdnd.vn) Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien made the statement during a reception held on August 12 in Hanoi for Pauline Tamesis resident coordinator of the UN in Vietnam. Deputy Minister Chien emphasised that this year is of great significance as it will mark the 45th anniversary of the country’s participation in the UN. History shows that Vietnam has closely co-ordinated with international organisations, especially the UN, in order to carry out a foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation, diversification, and being a responsible member of the wider international community. The Deputy Minister also acknowledged the goodwill and co-operation of the UN and their competent … [Read more...] about Vietnam participates more deeply in UN peacekeeping operations

The Ministry of Transport has announced a plan to strengthen inspection and crack down on taxi drivers' illegal practices, such as enticing passengers, overcharging or refusing to take passengers at the country's busiest airport, Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City. Taxis enter to pick up passengers at HCM City's Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport. Deputy Minister Lê Anh Tuấn has urged inspectors from the city's Department of Transport, in cooperation with leaders of the Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport and the Southern Airport Authority, to punish taxi drivers who refuse to take passengers, as well as those who impose unreasonably high extra charges. Tuấn has also asked units to arrange pick-up and drop-off areas, creating favourable conditions for buses, taxis, and app-based vehicles to park, pick up and drop off passengers. This is among measures taken to solve the recent overcrowding at the country's busiest airport, with … [Read more...] about Transport ministry clamps down on taxi drivers overcharging at Tân Sơn Nhất Airport

Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien (R) and UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pauline Tamesis at the meeting in Hanoi on August 12 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien received UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pauline Tamesis in Hanoi on August 12, saying that Vietnam will take part in UN peacekeeping operations more extensively in the time ahead. Chien appreciated the cooperation and assistance from the UN and its agencies in Vietnam, especially the UN Resident Coordinator Office, when the country served as the ASEAN Chair in 2020 and a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council during 2020 - 2021. He thanked the UN and relevant agencies for working closely with Vietnam to successfully carry out many war aftermath settlement activities, particularly the programmes and projects on addressing war-left unexploded ordnances and toxic chemicals, resulting in positive outcomes. The … [Read more...] about Vietnam to engage in UN peacekeeping operations more extensively: official

Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by Vietnam News Agency. – The 14th meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee wrapped up in Hanoi on August 11 after two and a half days of sitting. NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said the meeting had completed all tasks as scheduled. Read full story – Standing members of the steering committee in charge of a project to draft a strategy for building and completing a law-governed socialist state of Vietnam by 2030, with a vision to 2045, held a meeting with the Central Theoretical Council in Hanoi on August 11. Members of the council showed their support for the draft strategy, which they said has been prepared in a methodological, democratic and scientific manner that guarantees the Party’s comprehensive and absolute leadership, firmly maintains the socialist orientation, and doesn’t include loopholes for hostile forces to take advantage of to sabotage the Party, State or regime. Read full story … [Read more...] about ☀️ Morning digest August 12

Children are exposed to increased risks of online harms, especially during the outbreaks of the COVID-19 with increased screen time. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The National Children's Hospital has recently received more child patients with mental illnesses attributed to the increased screen time they spent during the COVID-19 pandemic when outdoor physical social activities were limited. Doctor Ngo Anh Vinh, deputy head of the hospital's Department of Adolescent Health, said that after the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of children coming to check for mental illnesses related to social networks increased. "Many of them need treatment for social media addiction. Some children are admitted to the hospital after they have attempted suicide," Vinh said. "Currently, the World Health Organisation (WHO) considers social network addiction and game addiction as a mental illness with consequences that severely affect the child's mental and physical health and quality of … [Read more...] about Rise of screen time puts children at high risk of social media addiction

This was the first meeting of the board to evaluate the achievements in digital transformation in the MND over the past time and discuss and collect opinions to complete the plan before being carried out in the coming time. As reported, to accelerate the progress of digital transformation in the MND, last month the Defense Minister issued Decision 2521/QD-BQP on forming the compilation board and editing board for digital transformation plan in the MND by 2025 with a vision to 2030. At the conference, delegates were briefed on the progress of the plan building and basic contents of the draft document by a representative from Command 86, the standing agency of the compilation board. The report read that over the past time Command 86 and members of the editing board have cooperated with agencies and units to build the plan as scheduled and conduct surveys to evaluate the situation of the implementation of digital transformation in defense agencies and military units and their demand … [Read more...] about MND’s digital transformation plan reviewed

The Customs Department of Ho Chi Minh City (Illustrative photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has signed a decision approving a plan to improve people’s law accessibility. The overall goal of this plan, to be carried out nationwide from 2023 to 2030, is to roll out and implement measures and tasks in a timely, effective, and comprehensive manner to improve people’s accessibility to law , as well as agencies and organisations’ sense of responsibility towards assisting people in this regard, thereby helping promote the public’s understanding of, adherence to, and use of law to protect their rights and legitimate interests. Among its targets, the plan looks to review and propose all-round, effective and feasible policies and regulations on law access that are appropriate to each period, while raising the awareness, sense of responsibility, and habit of learning about and complying with law among the community, especially children, poor … [Read more...] about Plan approved to promote people’s law accessibility