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In 2019, Thua Thien - Hue benefited from a non-refundable aid project worth nearly 6 billion VND (258,000 USD) that aims to increase opportunities and improve the role of people with disabilities during the 2018-2021 period, with funding from the USAID via the ACDC. … [Read more...] about USAID supports flood-affected people with disabilities in Thua Thien – Hue

ASEAN representatives push botton to kick off the countdown clock to mark one year to SEA Games in Hanoi on November 21. — Photo bvhttdl.gov.vn The event held at the Ly Thai To Garden next to Hoan Kiem Lake was part of activities to celebrate one year to the 31st tournament. … [Read more...] about Hanoi marks one year until hosting SEA Games

The chairman of the TMA Solutions Company, Nguyễn Hữu Lệ, noted that the Government was a big customer in the economy, especially in times of difficulty. Việt Nam needed to increase its budget to accelerate the building of an e-government and national database, connect relevant authorities, implement a 5G network, and encourage online meetings, Lệ said. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS NOVEMBER 24 (updated hourly)

The four confirmed deaths included a 51-year-old man from Hai Phong City in northern Vietnam. He was one of the crew members of cargo vessel Vietship 01 that got stuck in rough seas around 400 m off the coast of Quang Tri Province last month. After being rescued by military forces after days stranded at sea, he was taken to hospital for treatment and diagnosed with melioidosis. … [Read more...] about Four die of bacterial infection in central Vietnam following historic deluge

In 1945, Bưởi School was renamed Chu Van An High School but its educational and patriotic traditions have remained intact. Nowadays, Chu Van An High School is one of Vietnam’s three high schools of national standard along with Le Hong Phong High School in Ho Chi Minh City and Quoc Hoc High School in Hue City. Educator Chu Van An is one of the four Vietnamese personalities honored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) together with Nguyen Trai, Nguyen Du and Ho Chi Minh. Teacher Chu Van An was well-known as a straightforward man who passed the court doctoral examination but refused to become a mandarin. Instead, he opened his own school to teach local children. For the rest of his life, Chu Van An continued his teaching career and wrote books. He died of illness in 1370. After his death, an altar was erected in his honor in the historic Temple of Literature, in Hanoi, Vietnam's first university. In … [Read more...] about Beauty of the school named after Vietnam’s famous pedagogue Chu Van An