Improving: K’Rể has developed some skills after three years at Sơn Ba Primary Boarding School. VNS Photo Hà Nam Viet Nam News Feeling pity for ‘smallest boy in Việt Nam’ who used to live isolated from the outside world, Đặng Văn Cương – the principal of Sơn Ba Primary Boarding School in the central province of Quảng Ngãi – persuaded Đinh Văn K’Rể’s parents to let him attend his school. Over the past three years, he has been treating and teaching K’Rể like his own son. by Hà Nam It’s 6am. As usual, Đặng Văn Cương, the head tearcher of the Sơn Ba Primary Boarding School – a small school in remote Sơn Hà District in the central province of Quảng Ngãi – wakes up and begins his day. His first job of the day is not answering telephone calls or enjoying breakfast, but … [Read more...] about The journey of Việt Nam’s smallest student
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The journey of Việt Nam’s mallest student
Improving: K’Rể has developed some skills after three years at Sơn Ba Primary Boarding School. VNS Photo Hà Nam Viet Nam News Feeling pity for ‘smallest boy in Việt Nam’ who used to live isolated from the outside world, Đặng Văn Cương – the principal of Sơn Ba Primary Boarding School in the central province of Quảng Ngãi – persuaded Đinh Văn K’Rể’s parents to let him attend his school. Over the past three years, he has been treating and teaching K’Rể like his own son. by Hà Nam It’s 6am. As usual, Đặng Văn Cương, the head tearcher of the Sơn Ba Primary Boarding School – a small school in remote Sơn Hà District in the central province of Quảng Ngãi – wakes up and begins his day. His first job of the day is not answering telephone calls or enjoying breakfast, but … [Read more...] about The journey of Việt Nam’s mallest student
‘Loner’ student shoots and kills 10 at Texas school
A 17-year-old student dressed in a trench coat and armed with a shotgun and pistol opened fire at his high school outside Houston on Friday, killing nine students and a teacher, before surrendering to officers, authorities said. Santa Fe High School, southeast of Houston, joined a long list of U.S. campuses where students and faculty have been killed in a spray of gunfire. The Texas shooting stoked the nation’s long-running debate over firearms ownership and came about three months after 17 teens and educators were fatally shot in Parkland, Florida. Students said the gunman, identified by law enforcement as Dimitrios Pagourtzis, opened fire in an art class shortly before 8 a.m. Students and staff fled and a fire alarm triggered a full evacuation. Classmates described Pagourtzis as a quiet loner who played on the football team. On Friday, they said, he wore the trench coat to school in Santa Fe, about 30 miles (50 km) southeast of Houston, on a day when temperatures topped 90 … [Read more...] about ‘Loner’ student shoots and kills 10 at Texas school
Koreans rush to study Vietnamese for new business opportunities amidst China’s boycott
Near the busy Gangnam Subway Station in Seoul, about eight private language institutions have already opened Vietnamese classes, as cited by Chosun Ilbo. "We increased the number of classes from one to 11 only a month after we opened the Vietnamese course. We've also increased teachers from two to five,” said a representative from a language school, as cited by Chosun Ilbo. More and more Koreans are studying Vietnamese to acquire language proficiency certificates, with 800 signing up for Vietnamese oral tests last year, an increase of 15 percent from 2016. 80 percent of the exam takers of the Vietnamese language in Korea are office workers from 30 to 40, as cited by Chosun Ilbo. The trend has shown itself ever since China has unofficially boycotted Korean products and services due to Seoul setting up the U.S.-made Terminal High Attitude Area Defense (THAAD) on its soil last year, sparking opposition from Beijing, who said THAAD’s powerful radar can penetrate deep into … [Read more...] about Koreans rush to study Vietnamese for new business opportunities amidst China’s boycott
Elderly teacher keeps going
Viet Nam News When Võ Thị Son was working, she would teach at a primary school in the morning. Then, in the afternoon she would teach poor children who could not afford schooling, in her home. Võ Thị Son retired ten years ago but she has carried on teaching the poor children in her home. The subjects she teaches are Vietnamese and Mathematics. by Trần Đình Phượng For 71-year-old retired teacher Võ Thị Son, teaching and going to the pagoda every day are important routines to stay healthy and enjoy peace of mind. She has been offering free classes to poor children at her residence — Châu Văn Liêm Ward in Ô Môn District, Cần Thơ City— for over 40 years. Son said she got married and had been living there since the 1970s. As a primary school teacher at the time, she was concerned about the poor children living around her home who could not go to school because their … [Read more...] about Elderly teacher keeps going