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The average IB diploma score for BIS Hanoi’s Class of 2022 is 35 points, well above the global average of 32. The British International School Hanoi (BIS Hanoi) has announced the achievement of its students in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) for the 2021/22 academic school year. For the …

A bidding process that requires hospitals to buy the cheapest medical products and tools is worrying doctors, who warn low-quality products directly impact patients’ health. A renowned surgeon at an unidentified hospital in the north, returning home after midnight one day, could not sleep: His conscience was troubled by the …

Pakistan’s flooded southern Sindh province braced Sunday for a fresh deluge from swollen rivers in the north as the death toll from this year’s monsoon topped 1,000. The mighty Indus River that courses through Pakistan’s second-most populous region is fed by dozens of mountain tributaries to the north, but many …

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed letting workers enjoy a break of seven or nine days for the next Lunar New Year holiday. In a proposal sent to collect opinions from relevant units, the ministry suggests that the holiday to welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year, …

Ukraine and Russia traded fresh accusations of shelling at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Saturday, as its operator warned of the risk of a radioactive leak. The Zaporizhzhia plant in southern Ukraine has been occupied by Russian troops since early March. Kyiv and Moscow have repeatedly accused each other …

Teams of drillers are working long hours to build wells to fight a devastating drought sweeping parts of China, farmers in Jiujiang city in the country’s central Jiangxi province told Reuters on Saturday. “These villages, all of them, are particularly dry,” said Gao Pucha, 42, who led one drilling team …

Only 26.7% of Vietnamese trainees returning from Japan are able to find jobs immediately, which is half the figure in Thailand and the Philippines, a new report says. According to the report on development of industrial human resources in Vietnam released by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), as of …

Two provinces and Can Tho City plan to build an 80-kilometer road across two main tributaries of the Mekong River to link them. Authorities from Can Tho and Dong Thap and Kien Giang provinces met on Friday and agreed to submit a proposal to the Ministries of Planning and Investment …

A man in central Vietnam’s Nghe An Province was fined VND11 million ($469.74) for erratic speeding on a highway. Nghe An traffic police on Saturday said the unnamed 48-year-old man lives in Dien Chau District. Besides the fine, his license will also be revoked for two to four months. On …

Lack of attention and infrastructure lead to frequent crashes at an intersection in HCMC’s Hoc Mon District though no deaths have occurred yet.     Nightmare intersection in HCMC finally gets traffic light Nightmare intersection in HCMC finally gets traffic light