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HCMC students stay home from next week
Raising fit Kids - 07/05/2021
More than 1.7 million students up to high school level in Ho Chi Minh City will stay home from next week and switch to online study.
Hanoi parents struggle to find day care for kids as schools close
Raising fit Kids - 07/05/2021
Hanoians struggle to find daily care for their children, who have been told to stay at home following the latest Covid-19 outbreak.
Vietnamese student at Harvard fights for international learner justice
Raising fit Kids - 22/07/2020
With the Trump administration wanting to bar foreign students from staying if their universities switch to online-only courses, Hien Anh has stepped up to fight for her friends.
Vietnamese students in US remain wary despite lifting of deportation threat
Raising fit Kids - 18/07/2020
A visa rule reversal has provided relief, but Vietnamese students in the U.S. remain worried about the stability of their status.
One student killed, 12 injured as tree falls at school
Raising fit Kids - 27/05/2020
A student has been killed and 12 others were injured after a large tree fell on them at a secondary school in HCM City’s District 3 on Tuesday morning.
In Vietnam, snake bites a risk in summer
Disease prevention - 22/05/2020
As summer arrives, so does an increase in the number of people bitten by venomous snakes.
Public question wearing of face shields at school
Raising fit Kids - 08/05/2020
Some people have questioned whether primary students should wear face masks and face shields all day long at school.
Government programme encourages marriage before the age of 30
Raising fit Kids - 08/05/2020
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a birth rate adjustment programme towards 2030 which encourages people to get married before the age of 30 and women to give birth to the second child before they get 35 years old.
Online teaching: long-term investments needed
Raising fit Kids - 08/05/2020
Non-state education establishments had to close the doors during the epidemic, but some of them began using online teaching activities.
Vietnam tests Covid-19 vaccine on mice
Disease prevention - 08/05/2020
Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No.1 (VABIOTECH), under the Ministry of Health, is testing an experimental Covid-19 vaccine on mice, according to Tuoi Tre newspaper.
51 private kindergartens in HCM City unable to survive pandemic
Raising fit Kids - 08/05/2020
Fifty one private kindergartens in HCM City have closed down, unable to afford rents and salaries to regular teachers amid the COVID-19 shutdown, the city Department of Education and Training reported.
HCM City’s health sector to resume immunisations
Disease prevention - 05/05/2020
The department last week told district-level medical centres, public and private hospitals, and vaccination centres to reschedule time frames for immunisation services to avoid crowds and inform those who need immunisations.
