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Clothing materials stuck at ports awaiting inspection

January 23, 2010
Clothing materials stuck at ports awaiting inspection

LookAtVietnam – Importers are complaining that they are having to wait too long to have clothing material cleared at ports, as examination agencies are under resourced. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Dispatch 32/2009, import garment products can only get customs clearance after they are examined by agencies to find formaldehyde and amines. The [...]

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Objections prompt ministry to halt changes in high school exam

January 15, 2010
Objections prompt ministry to halt changes in high school exam

Education ministry on Monday canceled its plan to release foreign languages from compulsory subjects of the annual high school graduation examination in response to the objections of educators and officials. Under the Ministry of Education and Training’s latest decision, foreign language together with literature and mathematics remained compulsory subjects for the graduation examination usually held [...]

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New laws offer medical aid, pensions for elderly

December 17, 2009
New laws offer medical aid, pensions for elderly

Laws to provide all Vietnamese aged 60 and above with special treatment will come into effect next year. They were announced by the Presidential Office yesterday. The Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu (L) at the meeting. (Photo: VNN)The laws, referred to as the Elderly Law and the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment, were [...]

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Tandem disease outbreaks among children strain HCMC hospitals

September 17, 2009
Tandem disease outbreaks among children strain HCMC hospitals

A nurse takes care of a child who has the hand-foot-mouth disease at HCMC-based Nhi Dong 1 Hospital Multiple disease outbreaks have hit Ho Chi Minh City children in recent weeks and hospitals are receiving patients in record numbers. Nearly 13,000 children were brought to the bigger pediatric hospitals in the city for examination on [...]

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VN’s historical exam results court UNESCO status

August 11, 2009
VN’s historical exam results court UNESCO status

The 82 doctor laureate steles at Hanoi’s Temple of Literature (Photo: SGGP)LookAtVietnam – 50 local scholars and scientists on Saturday reaffirmed that 82 historical doctor laureate steles at Hanoi’s Temple of Literature be recognized by UNESCO.  The scholars proclaimed at the conference aimed at collecting experts’ opinions on procedures to submit the historical doctor laureate steles [...]

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Health staff moonlight at public hospital

July 28, 2009
Health staff moonlight at public hospital

M. (R), one of the ring members who helps fast-track the ultrasound process at the Tumor Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, speaking with a Thanh Nien correspondent masquerading as a patient Over 100 people were waiting outside the ultrasound room of the Ho Chi Minh City-based Tumor Hospital. The patients, many of whom had [...]

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‘Virtual examinees’ cost universities 18 billion dong

July 21, 2009
‘Virtual examinees’ cost universities 18 billion dong

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of students who actually took the university entrance exams in 2009 was just 70 percent of the registered number. Universities have reported that they lost 18 billion dong due to the no-shows. Universities and academies had to prepare 2,000 exam places (21 exam places more than in 2008) with 49,000 [...]

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First exams for university entrance deemed a success

July 6, 2009
First exams for university entrance deemed a success

LookAtVietnam – About 640,000 university applicants nationwide took part in the first university entrance exam yesterday, July 5, an increase of 1 per cent over last year, according to the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET). In the two-day examination administered at 1,002 locations, 105 candidates were accused of exam violations. There were 84 cases [...]

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Vietnam’s research team in forefront of H1N1 fight

July 3, 2009
Vietnam’s research team in forefront of H1N1 fight

A researcher works at the examination center at Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Diseases Hospital A seven-member team has been working around the clock at the Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Diseases Hospital ever since the influenza A (H1N1) virus was discovered, looking for ways to fight it. As soon as the virus emerged in [...]

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Hospitals still slow, overcrowded as revamp project begins

July 2, 2009
Hospitals still slow, overcrowded as revamp project begins

Paperwork piles up at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tu Du Hosptial. LookAtVietnam – Hospitals in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are crowded and service is slow after a Health Ministry program to improve patient care began last week.  Tran Thuy Hanh, interim director of Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi, said two or three patients [...]

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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...