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On the morning of December 2, teacher Ha Huu Thach, principal of Le Quy Don High School in District 3, said that currently, the average class size is 35 students, tables and chairs will be rearranged to ensure distance regulations for the safety of students. According to the pilot scheme of two-week direct teaching for grade 12 students, the timetable is designed to be no more than four lessons in the morning, including Saturday mornings. Students study online on all afternoons. In-person classes will be for correcting assignments, testing out the new skills, language, or knowledge students have gained through the course of the lesson or overall topic, and teachers spend time reviewing the core knowledge of the program. At the same time, hand sanitizers, medical masks will be distributed for all classrooms, and more disinfection lights in the toilets will be installed. Moreover, a medical isolation room near the school gate will be built for the treatment of suspected cases. …

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For 12th graders, who will take their high school graduation exam next year, classes will continue online learning. Earlier, An Giang became the first locality in Vietnam to let students have a break to lift the pressure and tension of online learning, as an adaptation to the Covid-19 pandemic. It gave 176,000 primary school students a break from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5. The move was applauded by students, their parents, and teachers, as online learning was too much for some young students to handle and their parents had to step in to help their kids. An Giang has over 400,000 students of all grades. Among 160,000 students between 12 and 17, 84 percent have received their first Covid-19 vaccine shots. An Giang has recorded 23,675 Covid-19 infections, including 406 deaths. As many as 84 percent of the over-18 population have been fully vaccinated. …

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Ethnic minorities and rural populations face a range of challenges in accessing mainstream services and resources. The Helmets for Kids program aims to reduce brain injuries related to road crashes in school zones and the surrounding communities through increased rate of quality helmet use among children. These interventions have demonstrated their life-saving impact. In Thai Nguyen province, nearby Tuyen Quang City, a grade 5 student from a Helmets for Kids program school had been traveling on her way home from school, when a motorcycle suddenly crashed into the student’s bicycle. The helmet she had received through Helmets for Kids had protected her from a potentially severe head injury. This year, 5,828 helmets were distributed in Thai Nguyen and Tuyen Quang provinces to students, teachers, and staff at 8 schools. Teachers received interactive training on road safety. Furthermore, project schools will receive booklets on helmet safety as educational materials. The …

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Allowing students to return to schools was a legitimate desire of both parents and teachers. The Hanoi People’s Committee has decided to allow students of the fifth, sixth, ninth, tenth and twelfth grades living in 18 pandemic-free districts labeled "green zones" to return to school from November 8. There is still no specific plan for students in urban areas to resume in-person schooling. To ensure safety for students, classes have been disinfected, antiseptic solutions and electronic thermometers have been made available, and teachers have been trained to handle students showing Covid-19 symptoms. Following pandemic control measures leaves a double burden for teachers as they need to ensure a safe distance among students, a class would be divided into including the morning and afternoon shifts. “I want to go out and meet friends at cafes when the social distancing measures are lifted and I believe that my children also have the same desire. Children have had to stay at …

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Students of the Nguyen Binh Khiem Primary School in District 1 Students in other grades will continue their online study. Particularly, students in all grades of the Thanh An Primary School in Can Gio District return to classes for direct learning. Schools have to ensure the student density and a safe distance between classrooms in accordance with evaluation criteria for safe operation allowed schools to re-operate. Schools in Covid-19 alert level 2 areas will be allowed to operate half-day classes with 50 percent of the total number of the 1st graders per session of a day. In Covid-19 alert level 3 areas, first-grade students will return to a half-day class for three days a week. Every session of a day sees 50 percent of the total number of pupils. Schools in Covid-19 alert level 4 areas will continuously provide online learning to students. Stranded students in provinces who have not come back the city yet, individuals living in blocked sites and those with mandatory …

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Vietnam Design Week to nurture creativity from traditional culture With the theme "Awakening Tradition", from November 27 to December 3, Vietnam Design Week 2021 will take place at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature Complex) relic site located in Dong Da district, Hanoi. Tea pressed into cakes, printed with "Khue Van Cac" (Literature Pavilion) image, a souvenir product designed on the basis of traditional culture dedicated to the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam relic site. This event is organised by the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and partners. Design is an activity that involves many areas of life. Currently, serveral countries in the world have been considered as "creative design countries", when design elements are promoted to apply within their economic and social development. Therefore, Vietnam Design Week aims to encourage a change in design thinking, considering traditional values as an …

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Nation faces severe blood shortage during pandemic The Central Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (CIHBT) has announced it is facing a severe shortage of blood which is enough for use only in the next few days without further supplies. Blood storage now stands at only over 4,000 blood units, according to the CIHBT. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CIHBT had to cancel or postpone 80 blood donation drives in November with an expected reception of 25,000 units. When social distancing measures were eased and the nation started to implement the policy of safe and flexible adaptation to and effective control of COVID-19, the number of blood donations improved. However, after the number of new COVID-19 cases has increased recently in many localities, blood donations started to decline. Director of the CIHBT Bạch Quốc Khánh said the appearance of new cases in localities forced blood donation campaigns to be postponed or cancelled. The CIHBT receives just 300-400 blood …

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