Disaster recovery lessons learned

We developed a web-based “questions-bank” system and each student will be given random questions. Their answers will be collected and rated normally. As well as online exams, students would be re-examined in traditional ways when they are back at school to verify if the students master the knowledge or if there is anyone sitting behind the students during the exam but teachers cannot see on the screen. … [Read more...] about Vocational school tries e-learning during COVID-19 crisis

"Patient 17" was the first to start the second phase of infection in Vietnam on March 6 after the nation had gone 22 days straight without recording any new cases. She was confirmed infected four days after returning from London and spread the virus to at least four people. … [Read more...] about Covid-19 recovery: Hanoi discharges 27 patients

He asked the government to provide Hanoi with 15,000-20,000 testing kits so that it could carry out quick coronavirus tests on a large scale, especially in wards at Bach Mai with dialysis patients, HIV patients and outpatients and people who donate blood frequently. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus outbreak at hospital difficult to contain, says Hanoi chief

Current weather condition in the Northern region including the capital city of Hanoi get worse with deep cloud and small rainfall in this morning. Thunderstorm is likely to trigger lightning, hail and blustery. From now to next week, the Southern region is expected to bath in roasting climate with sunshine, unseasonal tropical rain, thunderstorm, lightning and strong winds. Amid the predicted weather situation in the North, Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention, General Director of Vietnam Natural Disasters Prevention and Control Mr. Tran Quang Hoai has just signed and sent the Official Letter No. 28 to the Northern and North- Central provinces and cities to ask preventive measures.  From the beginning of the year, unusual natural disasters above have consecutively occurred in 15 provinces and cities of the Northern and North-Central regions, causing one person death, 29,008 damaged houses and 4,969 hectares of devastated paddy, fruit and … [Read more...] about Northern region forecast to suffer heavy downpour

Founded in 2007, the non-profit charity foundation Temasek focuses on funding and supporting capacity improvement programmes in Asia and the world, which aims to enhance the capacity in the fields of health care, education, public administration, urban management and disaster response. … [Read more...] about Singapore’s Temasek Foundation International presents ventilators to Vietnam