Clip expresses gratitude toward doctors in COVID-19 fight A video clip comprising a series of paintings by children on doctors, who are called intimately as white blouse warriors during the COVID-19 fight, has been published recently by the Ministry of Health. The paintings by child artists are part of a campaign initiated by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). They depict doctors as white-blouse soldiers who have relentlessly fought against the pandemic, through which children’s gratitude toward health workers is expressed. The video also conveys a message of solidarity in the fight against COVID-19./. 110 foreign experts to be isolated for COVID-19 combat The administration of Quang Ngai province, central Vietnam, has outlined plans to put a total of 110 foreign experts into isolation in concentrated places in an effort to prevent the potential spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The foreign experts are scheduled to pass though Huu Nghi international border gate in the northern province of Lang Son and then travel to Quang Ngai to work for Hoa Phat Dung Quat Iron and Steel Integrated Complex. The provincial administration requested relevant agencies to create favourable condition for the experts during their travel and quarantine back in Quang Ngai. At present, Quang Ngai is yet to record any positive COVID-19 cases this year, although local authorities have advised relevant agencies to closely control people entering from COVID-19 hotspots in the fight against the virus. Cases that violate the Health Ministry’s COVID-19 prevention and control measures will be punished, whilst local medical workers will take samples for testing of relevant cases, especially foreigners currently working in Quang Ngai. Daily Mail hails Vietnamese driver as hero after saving life of local girl The Daily Mail newspaper of the UK has posted an article hailing the bravery of a local delivery …
Vietnam education reform
Digital conversion a breakthrough in education development: Minister
This was affirmed by Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha during a working session between a working group of the Prime Minister, led by Minister cum Head of Government Office Mai Tien Dung, and MOET leaders on the implementation of assigned tasks related to e-Government development and administrative procedural reform in the education sector. At the meeting, Dung, who is also head of the working group of the Prime Minister, hailed the achievements of the education sector in recent years, especially the efforts and creativity to perform tasks amid the COVID-19 epidemic, quickly shifting to online learning, adjusting the school year timeline and organising a safe and quality high school graduation exam. Dung urged the ministry and the education sector to continue to perform their tasks regarding the quantity and quality of teachers, compliance with new textbooks, university autonomy, e-government development and boosting administrative reform to save time and costs in administrative procedures within the sector. Minister Nha said that 2020 is a special year for the education and training sector due to the impact of COVID-19 and the continuous storms and prolonged flooding in the central region. The sector has tried its best to perform its tasks, with some of the tasks having been completed others still in progress, he said. Referring to the reform of administrative procedures and e-government, the education minister affirmed that this task is a focus of his ministry and the whole education sector. The MOET will review all unrealised tasks, restructure administrative procedures towards digitalisation and promote the construction of e-government in the education sector, as well as providing public services on the National Public Service Portal to benefit students and their parents, Nha affirmed. The ministry has also developed plans and received the support of the Ministry of Information and Communications, as well as a number of tech groups to …
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High school students invent 4-in-1 ATM run with solar power
Two female students from Tran Quoc Tuan High School have upgraded a so-called rice ATM into a 4-in-1 ‘Covid-19 prevention ATM which can disinfect hands and distribute instant noodle, rice and face masks. The students and their ATM A multiuse ATM has been at the entrance door to the school for the last two months. Every day, students queue up in front of the machine to get their hands disinfected and receive face masks before entering the school. They can also receive instant noodles and rice if they want. The ATM was invented by Vo Le Xuan Thuy and Ho Nguyen Minh Thu, 12th graders at the school. Thuy said in early 2019, she and former students of the school made an ATM distributing rice to needy people. The machine was created within a short time, so it was not perfect and it could not operate well. Thuy, together with Minh Thu, a classmate, decided to improve the rice ATM and turn it into a multiuse machine The idea of the two female students then got strong support from teachers. The machine was completed after 2.5 months. At that moment, Covid-19 broke out once again in some northern provinces and cities. They decided to put the ATM at the school’s entrance door to help prevent coronavirus spread. “We are happy that the machine has been running properly, with no trouble, though hundreds of students disinfect their hands and receive necessities every day,” Thuy said. According to Minh Thu, the machine is small, created with aluminum and steel frame. It has an automatic conveyor that provides face masks, noodles and rice; a hand sanitizer spray equipment; a tray that contains essentials; and sensor and machine control circuit. When students gets near the machine, the sensor will recognize them. Within one second, antiseptics, instant noodles, rice and face masks will be automatically pushed out from the machine. To make the machine, besides the existing ATM equipment, the students had to buy electronic devices and were commissioned …
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