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Sacre Bleu: students shun French language specialty in Vietnam 

December 30, 2011
Sacre Bleu: students shun French language specialty in Vietnam 

  Students of French department at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education Poor career prospects have left fewer and fewer students choosing French as their major in Ho Chi Minh City, according to a report by the Tuoi Tre newspaper. The report cited the HCMC University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), one of the country’s hubs [...]

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Sacre Bleu: students shun French language specialty in Vietnam 

December 27, 2011
Sacre Bleu: students shun French language specialty in Vietnam 

  Students of French department at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education Poor career prospects have left fewer and fewer students choosing French as their major in Ho Chi Minh City, according to a report by the Tuoi Tre newspaper. The report cited the HCMC University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), one of the country’s hubs [...]

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Vietnam urged to improve midwifery services 

November 14, 2011
Vietnam urged to improve midwifery services 

  Up to 1,000 women die every day as a result of pregnancy-related complications globally, and 5,500 newborns die in the first week of life because of a lack of adequate medical care A midwife examines a pregnant woman in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan. The United Nations has called on Vietnam to invest [...]

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Vietnam advised to improve workforce skills 

November 12, 2011
Vietnam advised to improve workforce skills 

  While Vietnam’s economy continues its rapid growth and attracts more foreign investment, the country needs to place greater emphasis on increasing the skills of its workforce, according to ManpowerGroup. In a press release announcing its latest research paper “Building a High-Skilled Economy: The New Vietnam,” Linh Nguyen, general manager of Manpower Vietnam, a subsidiary of the US-based workforce [...]

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Vietnamese university students short on job skills: WB report 

October 20, 2011
Vietnamese university students short on job skills: WB report 

  Vietnam’s higher education is still facing many challenges in delivering skills to students despite the fact that access to higher education has been growing fast over the last decade, a World Bank report says. The report, titled: "Putting Higher Education to Work: Skills and Research for Growth in East Asia" was released Thursday. According [...]

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Vietnamese teenagers join US camp for community service 

August 23, 2011

  Over a hundred teenagers from in and around Hanoi joined a US Embassy camp for communication skills and community service last week, the embassy said in a release on Tuesday. The youth camp, which is part of the English access microscholarship program, was held Friday to Sunday in Ninh Binh Province. The camp provided [...]

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Excesses at 'semester in army' teen camps worry parents 

July 15, 2011
Excesses at 'semester in army' teen camps worry parents 

  “Semester in army“ – a popular training program for teenagers – has left several parents worried after a report in the Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper revealed teen campers could get more than they bargained for. The story, published July 8, quoted the mother of a 17-year-old girl as saying the one-week course she [...]

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A class act 

June 11, 2011
A class act 

  Author, playwright and director plays all the roles in her plays Nguyen Thi Minh Ngoc, a well-known writer, director, playwright and actress, in an act at the University of Phan Thiet, the central province of Binh Thuan last month. Ngoc held a mini-tour of her monodramas around three universities. Last month, Nguyen Thi Minh [...]

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Bears pack park for summer 

June 5, 2011
Bears pack park for summer 

  The members of  Ho Chi Minh City’s Great Bear Club have poured into the park for a summer of exercise and fun Members of the Sao Bac Dau (Great Bear) Club stand ready for review at Tao Dan Park on Sunday Last week, summer officially began for Vietnam’s school children. On Sunday, it seemed [...]

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Labor export a strategy that works 

April 4, 2011
Labor export a strategy that works 

Vietnamese workers in Libya prepare to fly home from an airport in Egypt. Around 10,000 Vietnamese workers have been evacuated due to the violence in Libya. A big challenge for a labor exporting country like Vietnam is protecting its workers’ rights, so that they are not cheated by recruitment agencies and/or overseas employers, Max Tunon, [...]

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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...