When mathematics teacher educators come under attack

On August 5 one of two assistant teachers in a class, identified only as Thu, manhandled and threatened students before pushing the boy into a wooden cabinet and shutting the door. Her acts were caught on the school’s CCTV. Another child in the class told her mother, Le Mai Linh, about this, and she informed the boy’s family and the school. The head teacher and her two assistants apologized to the family. But they were fired by the school. Linh's daughter had told her she was "constantly pushed, pulled, and punished [in class] perhaps [because] she cries a lot since she just got out of hospital." Do Minh Dan, the boy’s father, said he "was deeply shocked when he saw the video and furious with both the teacher and her employer." He blamed what happened on the kindergarten for hiring incompetent staff. The boy reportedly shows no ill-effects or trauma and soon returned to school. Thu was a contract teacher who had started working a month and a half earlier. On … [Read more...] about Hanoi int’l kindergarten teachers fired for locking child in closet

Luong Van Lam "In the whole human relation there is no slavery or torture so horrible as coerced, unwilling motherhood," wrote women’s rights campaigner Marie Stopes in her 1918 book "Married Love." This remains very relevant in Vietnam even today. I met Phuong, 21, a student, when I was doing interviews with unmarried women on birth control methods last year. The quiet, reserved young woman told me she and her boyfriend had been together for almost two years and that they had had sex "a couple of times." "We mostly didn't plan any of those. Sometimes we used condoms, sometimes we didn't." She said she hadn't thought she could get pregnant that easily since they "didn't have sex that regularly." "If I don't know about something, I'd just Google it," she said when I asked her how she learned about birth control methods. Her parents never had "the talk" with her about safe sex and other related topics. And like many other women I have interviewed, Phuong could not recall much … [Read more...] about Lack of sex education taking its toll in Vietnam

Obama went to the southern province of Long An on behalf of the Girls Opportunity Alliance to talk with local organizations and authorities and promote continued education for girls. She was accompanied by American actresses Julia Roberts and Lana Condor, NBC’s Today Show's co-anchor Jenna Bush Hager and Vietnamese actress Ngo Thanh Van. Michelle Obama hugs a former student who has overcome challenges to continue her studies. Photo by VnExpress/Manh Tung. She said she would like to see more contributions from the society to support teenage girls and would work with more celebrities to inspire people. "I want to support local educational organizations because they know clearly the challenges that local girls have to face. We will come up with the most feasible, sustainable solutions," Obama said at the Can Giuoc High School in Long An. She also joined a soft skills class for girls and talked with local members of Room To Read, a non-profit organization focusing on girls' … [Read more...] about Michelle Obama visits Mekong Delta, promotes girls’ continued education

Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and actress Julia Roberts are in Vietnam on behalf of the Obama Foundation’s Girls Opportunity Alliance on a trip to spotlight girls’ education. The Obama Foundation is doing its first ‘Leaders: Asia-Pacific’ program in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from December 10 to 14, bringing together 200 leaders from 33 countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region. Participants, who come from the public, private, and non-profit sectors, will join plenary sessions, skill-building workshops, and leadership training in the inaugural program. Prior to the gathering in Malaysia, Michelle Obama, Julia Roberts, and Lana Condor - a Vietnamese-American actress best known for her role as Lara Jean Covey in Netflix’s film series ‘To All the Boys I've Loved Before,’ are in Vietnam on Monday for activities ahead of their Malaysia program. The three women, together with Vietnamese actress Ngo Thanh Van, have met with local … [Read more...] about Michelle Obama, Julia Roberts in Vietnam for girls’ education program

In the next school year any students who has not had their vaccinations will be told they must be immunised to prevent diseases.—  Photo plxh.vn HÀ NỘI — In the next school year any students who has not had their vaccinations will be told they must be immunised to prevent diseases. That was the warning from Nguyễn Nhật Cảm, director of Hà Nội Disease Control Centre. In the first five months of 2019, Hà Nội saw 1,300 cases of measles, 20 times higher than the same period last year. And the number continues to rise. “In 2018, the percentage of fully vaccinated children under one-year-old in Hà Nội only reached 85 per cent.   “The “5-in-1” vaccine that can help fight against five common, potentially fatal diseases affecting infants - diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenza type B has been used less than other types of vaccine, … [Read more...] about Students to be fully vaccinated in the coming school year