A Vietnamese delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Nguyen Minh Hong, is currently visiting Egypt to boost bilateral cooperation in information technology (IT) and to learn how to build a centralised IT centre for the future.

The Vietnamese government always gives priority to developing biotechnology during the country’s modernisation and industrialisation process while attaching more importance to biosafety.

On September 7, TeleHouse Vietnam Datacenter Joint Venture made its debut to provide all data-related services for businesses involved in telecommunications, finance and banking.

Eight districts and town in Dak Nong province have extracted over 5.7 billion VND to buy thousands of textbooks and books for students of ethnic minority in the province.

The Health Ministry presented the insignia “For People’s Health” to Gerd Stuckmann, doctor from the hospital of the Kantonsspital Winterthur University of Switzerland at a ceremony in Hanoi on Sept. 6.

(CPV) – To welcome the 2010-2011 school year, many activities to help children discover and develop living skills took place in Hanoi. Models of handicrafts drew the participation of children.

According to the Hanoi Department of Education and Training, in the 2009-2010, schools and districts in Hanoi supported 2500 disadvantaged teachers with 700 million VND.

The 2010 – 2011 school year is the first year the Ministry of Education and Training will implement a pilot project for teaching foreign languages in Vietnam through 2020.

Do Ngoc Linh and Ma Thi Thuy Tra, grade-12 students from Thai Nguyen province, have left Vietnam for the Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition in Sweden.

Hanoi mayor Nguyen The Thao pinned a plate “Project in celebration of Thang Long-Hanoi millennium anniversary” to the gate of the Hanoi-Amsterdam High School on the inauguration of the 2010-11 academic year on September 4.

Japanese non-governmental organisation, Pro-work Towada, directed by Nakano Shozo, will invite some of the teachers at Thang Cuong kindergarten in Yen Dung district, Bac Giang province, to visit Japanese kindergartens in order to learn about the education model from September 15 to October 13.

2,150 scholarships worth 12 billion VND were granted to outstanding Vietnamese students nationwide, marking the tenth year the Meeting Vietnam Organisation (MVO) has carried out the mission in Vietnam.

On September 1, a Vietnamese delegation attended an international fair on books in Moscow.

The signing ceremony of the cooperation plan between the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam and the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports took place in Hanoi on Augusts 31^st.

(CPV) – On August 31^st 2010, on the occasion of the new school year 2010-2011, State President Nguyen Minh Triet sent a letter to educational staff, parents, pupils and students nationwide, giving them best congratulations on the event.

After three years, the credit programme for students helped 1,900,000 students from 1,700,000 disadvantaged families through loans of 24,000 billion VND for study.

A period about the history of Thang Long – Hanoi will be taught at all schools in Hanoi right after the opening ceremony of the new school year 2010-2011.

(CPV) - The Education Publisher will present from 65000 to 70000 sets of textbooks to students of wounded and fallen soldiers.

French professor Odon Vallet on August 30 granted 377 scholarships worth 1.2 billion VND to outstanding students and pupils from the central provinces of Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Ha Tinh.

Chief Executive Officer of the LienViet bank has handed over to the southern Kien Giang province a school in Ban Tan Thinh commune where Khmer ethnic people live.