Posts Tagged ‘ Boarding Houses ’

Ha Noi tackles student housing problems

August 29, 2009
Ha Noi tackles student housing problems

The capital will launch projects to build such dormitories for some 100,000 students next month.LookAtVietnam – The capital will launch projects to build dormitories for 100,000 students next month, according to Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Phi Thai Binh.More than VND600 billion (US$33 million) has been earmarked by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung [...]

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The volunteer Americans

August 6, 2009
The volunteer Americans

An American volunteer and a Vietnamese boy in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre.LookAtVietnam – A group of Americans has adapted to life in Ben Tre as part of a summer volunteer program.  It was first a strange site to see the large group of big American kids walking barefoot through the mud along [...]

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The volunteer Americans

August 4, 2009
The volunteer Americans

An American volunteer and a Vietnamese boy in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre. A group of Americans has adapted to life in Ben Tre as part of a summer volunteer program. It was first a strange site to see the large group of big American kids walking barefoot through the mud along the [...]

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Short on room and board

July 3, 2009
Short on room and board

A high school student (L) arriving in Ho Chi Minh City Thursday for the college examinations seeks help from the youth volunteers at Mien Tay Bus Station With few rooms left to rent in the major cities during university exams, students from the provinces find a helping hand extended by a group of volunteers. Nguyen [...]

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City test prep courses spark rural student migration

June 10, 2009
City test prep courses spark rural student migration

A student (R) arrives at a Ho Chi Minh City bus station and a volunteer (L) helps her with her luggage and a bicycle she brought from home. Determined to pass university entrance exams this summer, new high school graduates from provinces across the country are arriving at big cities to sign up for entrance [...]

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High school students getting ready for final exams

May 21, 2009
High school students getting ready for final exams

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 1,000 examination sites throughout the country have been announced. However, some students will still have to travel 40 km to sit for their final exams. With the new method of organising high school final exams this year, under which students go to designated examination points rather than their high schools, [...]

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The dream of a dormitory room

April 22, 2009
The dream of a dormitory room

VietNamNet Bridge – In many state-owned universities, only one of every 18 students has a bed in a dormitory. Many people-founded universities do not have dormitories. Only one of every 18 students has a bed in a dormitoryThang Long People Founded University plans to enroll 1,900 students in the 2009-2010 academic year, raising the total [...]

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Country students revise for their exams at home to avoid ‘price storm’

March 5, 2009
Country students revise for their exams at home to avoid ‘price storm’

In the times of the ‘price storm’, when the extra classes’ fees and subsistence expenses are escalating, a lot of students have decided to revise for exams themselves, instead of going to extra classes. Manh has decided to revise for exams himself, instead of going to extra classes“If I go to Hanoi to attend preparatory [...]

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Dropping out because of ferry-boat fee

February 24, 2009
Dropping out because of ferry-boat fee

The Ca Mau Education and Training Department has reported that 2,458 students have dropped out so far this year, including 392 students who dropped out because they don’t have money to take ferry boats to the schools. Students in U Minh district take ferry boat to schoolStudents in Dam Doi and U Minh districts in [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...