Hear.Us.Now (HUN) is a special community project in which founder Lê Đình Hiếu and his team offer English lessons to hearing-impaired children. Photo courtesy of HUN Viet Nam News HCM CITY – In the heart of buzzing HCM City is a small group of young people teaching English to hearing-impaired students. They are part of the Hear.Us.Now (HUN) community project that offers education access to English language, computer science and life skills training. Led by Lê Đình Hiếu, the nonprofit HUN project proves that the impossible can be possible as long as group members deliver their best effort. The members of HUN are currently offering English lessons at Anh Minh Special School in the city’s Bình Thạnh District. Lê Đình Hiếu, who founded the project, has been recognised by Forbes as one of the country’s outstanding young faces. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, … [Read more...] about Hear.Us.Now offers English lessons to hearing-impaired
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Many universities set English as admission criterion
Students seek information about university admission requirements. — Photo tuoitre.vnViet Nam News HCM CITY – Several universities have included English as one of the criteria in their enrolment plans for the 2019-2020 academic year. HCM City Medicine and Pharmacy University, for example, has three enrolment plans for new students this year. Of the three, the second requires students have a TOEFL iBT 60 or IELTS 6.0 score. The plan is being used for one-quarter of medicine and pharmacy majors. Similarly, Foreign Trade University (FTU) for the first time will admit new students based on their high school performance and English competency. Applicants eligible for FTU’s enrolment plan should be high school graduates from specialised maths, physics, chemistry, literatures and language classes from specialised schools nationwide. They must have an IELTS certificate score of 6.5, or a TOEFL PBT of 550 or TOEFL iBT of 90 points. Many opportunities are also given to … [Read more...] about Many universities set English as admission criterion
In Phu My Hung Midtown complex, the most luxurious apartments are about to go on market – VnExpress International
Back to English Comments Companies - October 24, 2018 | 09:00 am GMT+7 The Peak is the fourth and the final component of the Midtown complex. Located on Tan Phu road, the main road linking the Southside District, Midtown, and the International Financial and Commercial District, The Peak is built on a land area of over 27,725 square meters (sq.m), including two developments coded M8A and M8B. The M8B includes 338 apartments, 74 percent of which are two bedroom apartments of 70-97 sq.m; 25 percent are 3 bedroom apartments of 104-121 sq.m, and the remaining apartments have an area of 141 sq.m each. The Peak is expected to be on the market this November.Saving the best for the last, these final apartment buildings carry many improvements. As its name, The Peak, suggests, the developers have reached a high point in the Midtown complex, right from the planning details, the interior and exterior designs, construction materials, and utility areas.Tan Gek Meng – the … [Read more...] about In Phu My Hung Midtown complex, the most luxurious apartments are about to go on market – VnExpress International
Schools crowded, hard for students to acquire advanced skills: city official
A class at Lương Định Của Elementary School in District 3, HCM City. — VNA/VNS PhotoViet Nam News HCM CITY — Two hundred teachers and administrators from senior high-schools, colleges and universities in HCM City have met with Finnish experts to discuss the education model in Việt Nam. “In Finland, every child receives the same education with learning done through innovative and fun games,” Kristina Kaihari, the Finnish National Board of Education’s counsellor of education, said. “In Finland education has no testing pressure for students. There is no test during middle or end of the school-year, no ranks for children or learning fixed subjects. “Instead, students are provided with the best studying environment, which can mobilise all their capabilities.” Schools are given authority to design learning programmes suitable for each individual based on the national system. All six-year-olds go to … [Read more...] about Schools crowded, hard for students to acquire advanced skills: city official
New dance shows come to Ha Noi
Smooth moves: Choreographer Lê Ngọc Văn (third from left) works with dancers from Việt Nam National Opera & Ballet for the first time. — Photo courtesy of VNOBViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — A night of dances will feature two pieces Bolero and Suite en Blanc by choreographer Lê Ngọc Văn at Hà Nội Opera House on October 17-18. Ballet dancers from the Việt Nam National Ballet and Opera (VNOB) will open the night with Bolero for the first time. The piece is choreographed by dancer Văn who is currently working at the English National Ballet Theatre. From beginning to end, Bolero will demonstrate simplicity but power. The audience will see the power of the dancers including VNOB soloist Đàm Hàn Giang and Thu Huệ through their simple but inspirational ballet moves. Through these moves, the dancers will show the mix of different characters, naive but also provocative, thrilling but … [Read more...] about New dance shows come to Ha Noi