Tuesday , November 5 2024

World

Fashion

Teacher dismissed after inflicting corporal punishment

A teacher in northern Vietnam has been dismissed after she punished three third graders with caning that left bruises on their buttocks. The dismissal of Vu Thi Hoai, 24, came as she violated the Ministry of Education’s regulations on teacher behavior, Le Cong Thiep, head of Kien Thuy District’s Education …

Read More »

Taiwan to lift entry ban on Vietnamese workers

Taiwan will reopen its borders to foreign workers from four Southeast Asian nations, including Vietnam, from this month. The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) of Taiwan’s National Health Command Center announced Monday that employers may bring in foreign workers from Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam starting Feb. 15, as …

Read More »

Covid disrupts health services in over 90 pct of countries: WHO

Covid disrupts health services in over 90 pct of countries: WHO

Disruptions in basic health services such as vaccination programs and treatment of diseases like AIDS were reported in 92 percent of 129 countries, a World Health Organization survey on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic showed on Monday. The survey, conducted in November-December 2021, showed services were “severely impacted” with …

Read More »

17.1 mln children back in school after Tet

Around 17.1 million students have returned to school after the Tet holidays, including 600,000 middle and high school students in Hanoi who resumed classes on Tuesday after 10 months. The Hanoi middle and high school students, except those in sixth grade, were back after spending 10 months at home studying …

Read More »

17.1 mln students back in schools after Tet

Around 17.1 million students have returned to school this week after the Tet holiday, including 600,000 in Hanoi who resumed classes for the first time since May. All secondary and high school students in Hanoi, except 6th graders, have returned to school on Tuesday after spending 10 months studying online …

Read More »

Govt orders ministry to ‘protect’ Vietnamese stranded abroad

The government has approved a Ministry of Foreign Affairs proposal to organize flights to repatriate Vietnamese facing difficult situations abroad and unable to return by commercial flights. It in fact instructed the ministry to “develop policies and procedures to protect” Vietnamese stranded abroad. According to the ministry, many Vietnamese are …

Read More »

Three bridges expected to bring jolt to HCMC

The Can Gio, Cat Lai and Thu Thiem 4 bridges, worth more than VND21 trillion ($926 million), will help link regions and ease HCMC’s infrastructure bottlenecks. An artist’s impression of Can Gio Bridge. Photo courtesy of HCMC Department of Planning and Architecture The largest scale is Can Gio Bridge, with …

Read More »