Posts Tagged ‘ Finishing ’

Vietnam takes 17 golds after two days at SEA Games 

November 15, 2011
Vietnam takes 17 golds after two days at SEA Games 

21-year-old Nguyen Thanh Phuc (C) at the podium after finishing first in the women’s 20km walk; Photo by Kha Hoa. With 11 gold medals on Sunday, Vietnam has won a total of 17 gold medals after two days at the 26th South East Asian Games in Indonesia. Twenty-one-year-old Nguyen Thanh Phuc won the first gold [...]

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Children find life away from the street

September 20, 2009
Children find life away from the street

HCM City street children escape the rigours of street life by learning to paint and as they do they see a different world. Pham van Duc(thord from right) with his students at the paiting workshop.LookAtVietnam – HCM City street children escape the rigours of street life by learning to paint and as they do they [...]

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Indians to refine business skills at ‘finishing schools’

August 11, 2009
Indians to refine business skills at ‘finishing schools’

British training firm Speak First instructor Steve Bavister (L) conducts a class at the Indian School of Integrated Learning in Mumbai on August 5. The traditional image of finishing schools is of the Swiss Alps, where elegant young ladies from well-to-do families learn to walk, talk and make conversation before entering polite society. Now India [...]

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Bad career guidance causes big waste

May 15, 2009
Bad career guidance causes big waste

VietNamNet Bridge – The competition to get into high schools and universities has become fiercer and fiercer because the number of examinees is much larger than the number of enrolment slots. Students of Hung Vuong Vocational SchoolIn 2007, when nearly 400,000 students failed the high school final exams, an official of the Ministry of Education [...]

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17,000 students won’t be admitted to state owned high schools

March 19, 2009
17,000 students won’t be admitted to state owned high schools

The number of seats for 10th classes in state owned high schools this year is expected to decrease by 1,100 in HCM City, while the number of students finishing secondary schools is expected to increase by 4,300. According to the HCM City Education and Training Department, in 2009-2010 school year, state owned high schools 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...