Vietnam education reform

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 … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MARCH 3

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 … [Read more...] about Digital conversion a breakthrough in education development: Minister

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 … [Read more...] about High school students invent 4-in-1 ATM run with solar power