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The number of students from kindergarten to high school in HCM City will increase by 22,000 in the upcoming 2022-23 academic year, according to the city’s Department of Education and Training. Students at the Tân Sơn Nhì Primary School in HCM City's Tân Phú District. — VNA/VNS Photo Thu Hoài Hồ Tấn Minh, Chief of the Office of the department, said among the additional students, there are 15,282 students in public schools and 6,543 students in non-public schools. The increase is mostly at pre-schools, secondary schools, and high schools in Thủ Đức City and the districts of Bình Tân, Bình Chánh, Hóc Môn and 12 which are in the process of rapid urbanisation and population growth. In the 2021-22 academic year, nearly 344,000 students were not in the city's household registration book. This pressure has caused an increase in the number of students in classes exceeding the standard number of students per classroom. Many primary schools have more than 45 … [Read more...] about HCM City schools face overcrowding in new academic year

Hanoi (VNA) – The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on August 16. - It is necessary to bring into play the strength of the whole nation and political system, make full use of support from the international community and promote all resources and creativeness of the people in building and safeguarding the Fatherland, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said while chairing a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on August 16 to discuss theoretical and practical issues on the protection of the Fatherland in the new situation. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (standing) addresses the event. (Photo: VNA) President Phuc, who is head of the steering committee on building a project to summarise the 10-year implementation of the resolution of the 8th plenary session of the 11th Party Central Committee on the Fatherland protection strategy in the new situation, highlighted major achievements in the cause of national protection. Read full story … [Read more...] about ☕ Afternoon briefing on August 16

Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency . - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested Qatar step up investment cooperation with Vietnam in infrastructure development, oil, renewable energy, green technology and digital transformation while hosting visiting Qatari Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on August 15. Qatari Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani pays a courtesy call to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 15. (Photo: VNA) PM Chinh highly spoke of the progress the two countries have made in their multifaceted partnership and active mutual support at multilateral forums. Congratulating Qatar on the signing of the instrument of accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) of ASEAN, the PM said Vietnam backs a close, effective and comprehensive cooperation between ASEAN and Qatar. Read full story - … [Read more...] about ☀️ Morning digest August 16

After a 2-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tuyen Citadel Festival will again be held in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang this year. One of the highlights of the festival is a procession of giant mid-autumn lanterns. For more than a month now, Hoang Ngoc Tung, a local resident in Tan Quang ward, has set aside his daily tasks to join with other residents in making a mid-autumn lantern. The lantern is based on the legend of the first ancestors of the Vietnamese people - Lac Long Quan and Au Co. Local residents hope to educate children about love of their homeland and remembering their place of origin. Tuyen Quang province boasts about 40 festivals every year, but the Tuyen Citadel Festival is unique, with hundreds of giant mid-autumn lanterns in the procession. The lanterns are associated with history, folk tales, fairy tales, and legends, and are a unique feature of the province, 140km north of Hanoi, which has recently become a new and … [Read more...] about Tuyen Quang busy preparing for lantern festival

Two 13-year-old Vietnamese boys are hospitalized at the Children’s Hospital 2 in Ho Chi Minh City after being submerged underwater for five minutes in a diving challenge with their friends last weekend. The children were still on ventilators for oxygen support, had intensive measures applied to protect their brains, needed drug transfusions, and received supportive antibiotic injections as of Monday, according to Dr. Vu Hiep Phat, head of the emergency department at the Children’s Hospital 2. The two children will continue to be actively monitored by doctors in the coming days, Dr. Phat said. The two boys went swimming with a group of friends at a location near their home, according to their family members’ account. During the swim, the kids in the group challenged the diving abilities of each other. While participating in the competition, the two 13-year-old boys were submerged underwater for about five minutes. When rescued, both were in an unresponsive state and given … [Read more...] about Diving competition leaves Vietnamese boys with serious lung damage after five-minute submersion

Nguyen Ho Hai, Deputy Secretary of HCMC Party Committee and Honorary Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City Red Cross Society offers gifts to pupils with difficult circumstances Attending the ceremony was Nguyen Ho Hai, Deputy Secretary of HCMC Party Committee and Honorary Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City Red Cross Society. Accordingly, Ho Chi Minh City Red Cross Society offered six RO water filter systems to schools in District 12 and the districts of Binh Thanh, Binh Chanh, Can Gio, Cu Chi and Nha Be. The total value is more than VND1.6 billion (US$68,600) sponsored by Ho Chi Minh City Lottery Company Limited. The delegates cut ribbon to put a RO water filter system into usage at Binh Quoi Tay Primary School in Binh Thanh District. Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Red Cross Society Tran Truong Son hands over the RO water filter system to Binh Quoi Tay Primary School in Binh Thanh District. Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Ho Hai reminded the touch period one year ago when HCMC … [Read more...] about RO water filter systems, scholarships given for needy pupils in HCMC