Social development
Key reforms proposed in draft Teachers Law
SGGP Newspaper has conducted an interview with Director General Vu Minh Duc of the Teachers and Educational Managers Department on the draft Teacher Law to be presented at the 8th session of the National Assembly this month.Director General Vu Minh Duc first mentioned the updates ...
E-health and judicial records provided via VNeID nationwide
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is Chairman of the National Committee for Digital Transformation, chaired an online conference to implement the expansion of the electronic health record system and the issuance of judicial record certificates via the app VNeID nationwide. These online services via ...
Vietnam triumphs at UN human rights review: Official
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has approved Vietnam’s National Report under the fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), with the country accepting a record 84.7% of recommendations, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet has said.He said at the September ...
Potential of digital applications in healthcare sector
The Ministry of Health has required all first-class hospitals across the country must apply electronic medical records (EMR) by 2025. The second and third-class hospitals have been asked for the EMR application by 2027.The “Digital Transformation Ecosystem in the Healthcare Sector” project developed by elSAGA ...
Translated by Kim Khanh
Free e-learning platform about child nutrition launched
A free online e-learning platform dedicated to childcare and nutrition named Little Sun was upgraded and relaunched on Thursday.Its courses cover key topics such as maternal care during pregnancy and breastfeeding, complementary feeding, care for sick children and assessing children’s nutritional status. Based on the Ministry of ...
Bac Giang focusing on developing mountainous, ethnic minority-inhabited areas
The northern province of Bac Giang will keep focusing on effectively implementing projects, programmes, and policies to boost the development of mountainous and ethnic minority-inhabited areas, according to deputy head of the provincial Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Truong Van Bao.In the 2024-2026 period, the ...
First health science institute in Mekong Delta to open in 2025
The first Health Science Institute in the Mekong Delta is set to open in the first quarter of 2025. The institute, located in Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city, will support teaching, learning and research activities for lecturers and students in health-related fields of Nam ...
Low wages, high costs force tough family decisions
According to a survey conducted by the Institute for Workers and Trade Unions (under the Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour – VGCL) in 2023, wages are a key factor in marriage and childbirth decisions, at 53.7 per cent and 72 per cent respectively. Meanwhile, ...
Healthcare sector to speed up use of AI for better service
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging diagnostics helps doctors reduce working time and make decisions faster with higher accuracy, Dr Mai Hong Son from the Military Hospital 108 shared at a medical conference in Da Nang city on the weekend.Vietnam now has ...
Viet Nam to host UNESCO conference on geoparks in Asia-Pacific region
The 8th International Conference of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network for the Asia-Pacific Region will take place from September 5 to 17 in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang.Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc told reporters on August 22 that under the ...
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