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 Nguyễn Thu Huệ graduated from the Việt Nam Dance Academy and signed for the Việt Nam National Opera and Ballet Theatre (VNOB) in 2012. She won first prize at the competition for “talented students from the cultural and arts schools nationwide”. She has performed solo in Chopiana, Giselle and Nutcracker. Huệ marked a milestone in her career with the roles of the white and black swans in the famous Swan Lake, which was reproduced by the VNOB after being absent from the Vietnamese stage for 35 years. Recently she was ranked in the “Top 30 Under 30” list in 2020 by Forbes Vietnam magazine for her significant contributions to the arts. Huệ shares with Hạnh Nguyễn and Quỳnh Hoa her love for dancing. … [Read more...] about Determination pays off for village girl

The State Audit, when working with the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), named a number of schools which enroll students of low quality for high-quality training programs. That is why all schools run high-quality training programs and other programs to ‘satisfy diverse demands in society’. … [Read more...] about High-quality programs at many universities enroll sub-par students

Of these, 1,212 projects were granted investment licenses with a total registered capital of $7.4 billion. 436 projects that were licensed in previous years registered to adjust investments for additional capital of $3.5 billion. Especially, there were 3,528 times of capital contribution and purchase of shares of foreign investors with a total value of nearly $3 billion. Singapore was the country with the highest investment capital of nearly $4.4 billion among 58 countries and territories investing in Vietnam. Taiwan followed with $743 million, tailed by China with $695 million, Hong Kong with $500 million, South Korea with $447 million, and Japan with $221 million. It was recorded that the production and distribution of electricity, gas, steam, and air-conditioner received the highest newly-licensed foreign direct investment with the registered capital accounting for 53.8 percent of the total newly-registered capital. The industrial processing and manufacturing industry accounted … [Read more...] about Foreign capital keeps pouring heavily into Vietnam

Nguyen Thanh Nhan, a former deputy head of testing and quality assurance under the department, got 30 months behind bars, while Do Khac Hung and Dinh Hai Son, officials from the internal political security division under the provincial Department of Public Security, received a three-year sentence and a 24-month suspended sentence, respectively.  … [Read more...] about 12 people handed sentences in Vietnam’s Son La Province for roles in national exam cheating scandal

“In case a pregnant woman goes into labor [during the quarantine period], she will be taken to the medical center of Thang Binh District, which is the nearest medical facility with an isolation area fully equipped to support these women,” he said. … [Read more...] about 243 expecting mothers among Vietnamese citizens brought home from Taiwan