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Children sent to grandparents' homes for summer holidays cannot return to cities to school because of travel restrictions during Covid-19. Thuy Ngan, in Ba Dinh district, planned to send her kids to grandparents in the countryside only for a couple of weeks before returning to Hanoi to start the new academic year. But the plan was upset as Hanoi imposed the first social distancing campaign, and then a second. The children are still living with the grandparents. “My elder son enters the third grade this year, but my younger daughter goes to preschool. I feel worried about the studies of my son,” she said. “Since Hanoi’s schools closed the doors, students have had to study online. Meanwhile, grandparents cannot help,” she explained. After hearing that local authorities admitted students from pandemic-hit areas, Ngan decided to enroll her kids in schools in the countryside. “This is the most feasible solution for now. If students can go to school, they will be able to …

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An Albania Tik Tok star considers Vietnam her second home after just three years of living in the Southeast Asian country. “They say home is where your heart is, and my heart is in Vietnam,” Dajana Hoxhaj, a Tik Toker with more than 550,400 followers, told Tuoi Tre News . “I call Vietnam my second home, and it will always be my second home no matter where I live,” she said. The 25-year-old Albanian currently lives in Hanoi where she works as an English teacher, does her best to adapt to Vietnamese culture, and documents her life on her Tik Tok channel @dajana_oi . One of Hoxhaj’s most popular Tik Toks shows her making the switch from wearing boots to plastic slippers, as the Vietnamese do, on rainy days. “I get inspiration and ideas for my Tik Tok videos from my real-life experiences,” Hoxhaj said. “There was a rainy day when I rolled up my jeans and wore slippers to go to the supermarket. While walking there, I realized how different my lifestyle is now compared to …

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The required benchmarks for admission to universities this year have been described as "abnormally high" by some. Even excellent students who got 9 out of a 10 score for every exam subject may not be accepted at some universities. On September 16, when universities announced the benchmarks for admission, N.H.N. from Thanh Hoa realized she could not enroll in any of the 11 majors she wanted. With 25.6 score from the high school finals, N knew that she would not have opportunities at top-tier schools, so in addition to the application for six majors at the Hanoi Foreign Trade University and National Economics University (NEU), she also applied for majors at Thuongmai University and the Academy of Policy and Development. The majors in 2020 had required a benchmark score 4-5 points lower than the score N received this year, so she felt secure about her choice. However, the benchmark for the Economics Law major at the Academy of Policy and Development increased by five, from …

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High school students in Long Xuyên City, the southern province of An Giang, got tested for COVID-19 before attending the new schoolyear opening ceremony on September 5, 2021. — VNA/VNS Photo Công Mạo HÀ NỘI — Students and teachers infected with COVID-19 need psychological support to start the new school year, according to the Physical Education Department of the Ministry of Education and Training. Since earlier this year, a total of 13,870 COVID-19 cases were recorded in the education sector, of which 275 cases were university lecturers, 1,028 were students, 9,742 were pupils and 2,843 were other staff. HCM City saw the highest number of infections. Nguyễn Thanh Đề, the department’s director, said that in order to support COVID-19-infected students and teachers in the new school year, the Ministry of Education and Training had requested cities and provinces’ education and training departments, universities and pedagogical colleges to provide psychological support to these …

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Pemeprap, a disease-prevention app invented by the students of FPT Can Tho University, allows users to be examined and diagnosed online. The app also gives suggestions on specialized examinations. Pemeprap was the graduation thesis of a group of students at FPT Can Tho University, which was successfully defended in August. The students – Le Nhat Quang, Vu Van Hoang, Kieu Hieu Thanh, Bui Nguyen Nguyet Tam and Nguyen Dang Quoc Khanh - said they developed the app to help people who have difficulties moving to medical units, especially amid social distancing. Pemeprap diagnoses diseases based on natural language processing algorithms such as separating words and finding synonyms in Vietnamese language, then applies AI Deep Learning technology to make a diagnosis. User’s data is saved after each diagnosis (medical record) and is used during the "re-learning" process to improve the accuracy rate for the following use. The use is very simple. Patients need to download the app to …

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Dong Ngoc Ha, a first year biological science student at the Hanoi University of Science (Vietnam National University), has been named among the Top 50 Finalists for the Global Student Prize 2021. The finalists shortlisted for this year’s prize have been selected from over 3,500 nominations and applications from 94 countries and territories around the world. Candidates who apply for the Global Student Prize are assessed on a range of criteria, including their academic achievement, impact on their peers, and how they made a difference within their local community. The winner is due to be announced at an awards ceremony to be held in Paris in November and will receive a cash prize of US$100,000. As a student, Ha has contributed plenty to his community, particularly through his work tutoring classmates in biology, serving as an Olympiad trainer, and organising numerous academic events and activities. In 2019 he founded the Biology For All Vietnam project which was the first …

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Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has proposed that Phu Quoc Island, off the southern coast, welcome international visitors with ‘vaccine passports’ in October. The plan will be piloted for a six-month period and subject to adjustments depending on the coronavirus pandemic situation, Nguyen Trung Khanh, chairman of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), said at a meeting on Thursday. International visitors who want to visit Phu Quoc Island City off Kien Giang Province must have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine recognized by Vietnamese authorities. The second dose must be injected at least 14 days and not more than 12 months prior to the entry date. Foreigners with a certificate showing their COVID-19 recovery for not more than 12 months are also allowed to visit Phu Quoc. Before entering Vietnam, travelers must test negative for the coronavirus using the RT-PCR method. Visitors must travel to Phu Quoc by air only and will be taken …

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HCMC’s government agencies create work plan for new normal state The head offices of the People’s Committees of wards in Go Vap and District 8 that were requisitioned as gathering places of food and essential goods for social welfare activities have been cleaned and disinfected to give back the premises to the local administrative agencies before September 15. Residents who come to the People’s Committees of wards for notarization services are required to provide medical declaration, wear mask, measure body temperature while local state officials will wear personal protective equipment to protect against the virus and comply with the health ministry's 5K message, including facemask, disinfection, social distancing, no gathering and health declaration. Digital transformation of public administration has created favorable condition for State cadres to work and solve all documents submitted by residents online during the social distancing measures. This process of using digital …

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Hanoi tax authorities collect taxes from Google and Apple content developers The Hanoi Department of Taxation have collected over VND39 billion (USD1.69 million) from content developers on Google and Apple during the first seven months of this year. The Hanoi Department of Taxation have collected over VND39 billion (USD1.69 million) from content developers on Google and Apple during the first seven months of 2021. Illustrative photo According to the department, they have collected taxes from 392 people that provide content services on various applications including Google Play and Apple Store. The department have collected VND 203 billion (USD8.83 million) in taxes from these content developers since 2018. The municipal tax authorities are also seeking to collect more taxes from online businesses. They are checking on the information of 32,085 businesses that are using online delivery services and 756 housing rental businesses. The department has co-operated with banks and …

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Coronavirus hotspot sees sharp decrease in death rate The number of COVID-19 deaths recorded in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has decreased significantly in recent days, signaling the COVID-19 treatment regimen is proving effective, according to health experts. The downward trajectory was attributed to the effective implementation of policies and decisions on COVID-19 prevention and control measures adopted by the health sector, said Pham Duc Hai, deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. According to health experts, the opening of more intensive care unit (ICU) centres for COVID-19 patients, the large support of medical equipment, as well as the use of antiviral drugs and anticoagulants in treating patients, have helped to lower the number of critical cases. Furthermore, the strategy of classifying patients has also played a significant part in lowering the death rate. The southern metropolis …

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