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The list of extra fees, which raise up to VNĐ7.5 million ($322), of Sơn Đồng Primary School in Hà Nội’s Hoài Đức District. – Photo vov.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Hà Nội People’s Committee has instructed Hoài Đức District authorities to investigate reports that a local primary school is collecting large sums as extra fees, causing outrage among parents. In a communication on Wednesday city chairman Nguyễn Đức Chung ordered the district chairman to check how much extra fees Sơn Đồng Primary School has been collecting. The total fees it collected must not exceed the cap prescribed in the Government’s Decree 86/2015/NĐ-CP on tuition fees of public educational establishments, he warned. He said the report must be submitted before September 10. On September 3 a video clip posted on social websites showed many parents protesting the collection of extra fees of up to VNĐ7.5 million (US$322) by the school. The next day the school’s principal, Nguyễn Kim Oanh, met with … [Read more...] about Hà Nội requires to clarify the collection of extra fees at primary school

Helmet distribution program benefits 10 primary schools The Saigon Times Daily Students of a primary school in HCMC wear helmets donated by the Helmets for Families program - PHOTO: COURTESY OF AIP FOUNDATION HCMC - Since January, the Helmets for Families program has carried out a number of educational campaigns and helmet distribution events in 10 primary schools in three districts of HCMC. Four new primary schools in Nha Be District with more than 11,300 students and 530 teachers and school staff have been selected for the 2019-2020 program, which is implemented by the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation and supported by Abbott. The selection was based on traffic situations around the schools, economic needs of the community, and helmet wearing rates among the community. A special component of this year’s program included the coordination of meetings between health professionals, parents and teachers from the four new program schools. Parents and teachers … [Read more...] about Helmet distribution program benefits 10 primary schools

HCM CITY (VNS) — A project to improve meals at primary schools that began in HCM City in 2012 will be expanded to two schools in Hà Nội. The project standardises menus and creates tools for schools to educate students about nutrition, according to Takaaki Nishii, president and CEO of Ajinomoto Company Inc in Japan. Speaking at a press meeting held on Tuesday in HCM City, Takaaki said the project was part of Ajinomoto Việt Nam's corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, which focus on education in Việt Nam. The project developers have also donated menu development software and a standard model of a kitchen to the primary schools. As of last year, the project had served 213 primary schools in HCM City, 72 in Đà Nẵng and 100 in Hải Phing. The company has also co-operated with the National Nutrition Institute and medical universities in HCM City and Hà Nội to set up training programmes for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition. — VNS … [Read more...] about School nutrition project expanded to primary schools in Hà Nội

Officials from Korea’s HansaeYes24 Foundation and the HCM City Department of Education and Training at a ceremony last Wednesday to start a programme that will gift 10,000 children’s books to primary schools in the city’s outlying districts. — Photo courtesy of HansaeYes24 Foundation Viet Nam News HCM CITY — The HansaeYes24 Foundation will donate 10,000 children’s books to primary schools situated in HCM City’s outlying districts for them to celebrate Việt Nam Book Day on April 21. The programme seeks to give young students useful books on various subjects like science, culture, history and children’s stories and 100 bookshelves to 100 primary schools at the end of this month. The foundation said it was committed to carrying out the annual programme, which was launched last year, in the next few years to encourage and develop a reading culture among young students and raise public awareness of the importance of reading for school-aged children. The foundation was … [Read more...] about Korean charity to gift 10,000 books to HCM City primary schools

A student of Ninh Xá Primary School is given medical care at Bắc Ninh General Hopsital after having lunch at school on Thursday. — VNA/VNS Photo Diệp Trương Viet Nam News BẮC NINH — Authorities in the northern province of Bắc Ninh are testing food samples taken from Ninh Xá Primary School as 52 students of the school suffered from food poisoning after eating lunch at school on Thursday. After eating the school lunch, the students were reported to have headache, stomachache, vomiting and diarrhea. They were taken to Bắc Ninh General Hospital and Bắc Ninh Province Maternity and Pediatric Hospital . Doctor Nguyễn Văn Dũng, head of Communicable Diseases Department at Bắc Ninh General Hospial, said that the students were infected with bacteria or gastrointestinal disturbance. All the students were discharged from the hospitals on Thursday night and Friday morning. As many as 945 students of Ninh Xá Primary School ate lunch at school on Thursday. They … [Read more...] about 52 students get food poisoning after eating school lunch

The car that the teacher of Vân Hồ Primary School reverses and kills one student last Thursday.— VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — National Committee for Traffic Safety has ordered the Ministry of Education and Training to direct all schools nationwide to ban car parking in school premises or on pavements near schools. The order is to be enforced during school hours. The move comes in the wake of the death of a primary school student and injury of another when a teacher was reversing her car, with the registration number 26A-054.29, in Vân Hồ Primary School in the northern mountainous province of Sơn La last Thursday. In December 2016, a second grader in Hà Nội’s Nam Trung Yên Primary School was hit by a taxi while playing on the school grounds. The taxi, carrying the principal and vice principal, rammed into the student and fractured his right leg. The committee has, therefore, decided to issue the order to tighten safety for students … [Read more...] about Car parking banned in all school premises

Students of a Hà Nội's kindergarten do morning exercise in a pavement. While some districts in inner Hà Nội lack land to build schools, dozens of pieces of land in the suburbs of the capital city are left fallow, or used for other purposes. — Photo baogiaothong.vn HÀ NỘI – While some districts in inner Hà Nội lack land to build schools, dozens of pieces of land in the suburbs of the capital city are left fallow, or used for other purposes. According to local authorities, many schools in inner Hà Nội, such as in the Hoàn Kiếm and Ba Đình districts, are seriously overcrowded due to uncontrolled population increase. Trần Huy Hoàng, chairman of the Hoàng Liệt Ward People’s Committee in Hoàng Mai District, told the Tiền phong (Vanguard) newspaper that by the end of last year, the district had 32,627 people. However, that number has now blown out to 51,666. The reason for the increase was a series of new residential quarters in the ward being opened for use in September last … [Read more...] about Population increase outstrips school building

Police and army force join hands with teachers and students’ parents to clear mud inside the Mường Xén Town’s Primary School in Nghệ An Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News NGHỆ AN — Kindergartens, primary schools and secondary schools in mountainous areas of the central province of Nghệ An were unable to open for the new school year after devastation caused by Typhoon Bebinca, Vietnam News Agency reported. Most of the affected schools were located in mountainous districts of Kỳ Sơn, Tương Dương and Con Cuông. According to recent reports, as of Monday, the secondary boarding school for ethnic minorities in Con Cuông District is still under a metre of water. Primary schools in Bồng Khê Ward and Mậu Đức Commune are also heavily flooded. Equipment including desks, chairs and stationery has sustained severe water damage, making it impossible for the schools to open. According to Lê Thanh An, head of the Education and Training Department of Con Cuông District, the … [Read more...] about Nghệ An: New school year delayed due to Bebinca

A recent proposal to stop schooling on Saturday received applause from parents and students, but was frowned upon by schools over fears of breaking curriculum guidelines.—  Photo thanhnien.vn HÀ NỘI — A recent proposal to stop schooling on Saturday received applause from parents and students, but was frowned upon by schools over fears of breaking curriculum guidelines. In the latest meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee this month during which the draft amended Law on Education was discussed, the Committee on Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children chairman Phan Thanh Bình said citizens did not fully support forcing students to go to school on Saturdays like several schools, mostly secondary schools and high schools, were practising. He explained that both parents and teachers were against the arrangement as it cut short the weekend when families spend time together. The education committee, therefore, suggested schools stop teaching on Saturdays. A … [Read more...] about No more school on Saturdays: parents big yay, schools refuse

Students have lunch at a school in HCM City. HCM City officials have suggested setting up standard kitchens at both private and public schools to ensure safe, hygienic meals. — Photo laodong.com.vn HCM CITY — HCM City officials have suggested setting up standard kitchens at both private and public schools that have over 1,000 students to ensure safe, hygienic meals. Many schools use outside food caterers to provide meals to students. At a workshop held on Thursday in HCM City, Nguyễn Thị Huỳnh Mai, the deputy head of the Food Safety and Hygiene Division, said that five food poisoning cases had occurred in the city in the first four months, compared to a total of six last year. Of the five cases, more than a half occurred at schools, Mai said. There were no cases in 2012 and 2013. The latest food poisoning case was at Trần Quang Khải Primary School in District 1, she said. The division discovered the main cause for poisoning because Chinese barbecue … [Read more...] about City schools urged to offer hygienic, homemade meals