Leaders of Qatar Airways and the VIP delegation on the Doha-Danang direct flight Qatar Airways will operate its Danang service four-times a week with a Boeing B787-8 aircraft, featuring 22 seats in Business Class and 232 seats in Economy Class. Passengers will be able to enjoy the airline’s superior entertainment system, Oryx One, offering up to 4,000 entertainment options. Danang is the third Vietnamese destination on Qatar Airways’ rapidly-expanding global network as Qatar and Vietnam celebrate 25 years of diplomatic relations. Qatar Airways flight QR0994 departed from Hamad International Airport (HIA) on Wednesday December 19 at 02:30 and landed in Danang at 13:20 local time. “Qatar Airways is very pleased to extend its reach into Vietnam by launching our third gateway into this beautiful country. The addition of Danang to our global network further demonstrates our commitment to the Far East region, a highly important market for Qatar Airways. And we are … [Read more...] about Qatar Airways breaks into Central Vietnam with new route to Danang
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Localities should continue improving ethnic boarding schools: Minister
Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha (Photo VNA) Yen Bai (VNA) – Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has suggested localities continuously improve the system of boarding schools for ethnic minority students. He made the recommendation while attending a conference in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on December 18 to review the 10-year development of ethnic boarding schools. He called for a focus on developing high quality human resources and improving the quality of care for boarding students, especially those from ethnic minority and mountainous regions. The minister took note of the constructive opinions raised at the event and pledged to remove difficulties in ethnic minority education. According to Chairman of the Yen Bai People’s Committee Do Duc Duy, the province is now home to nine ethnic minority boarding schools, including seven meeting national standards, with 88 classes and more than 2,900 students. Thanks to the … [Read more...] about Localities should continue improving ethnic boarding schools: Minister
Central Highlands prioritises teaching of ethnic minorities’ languages
Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Dak Lak (VNA) – Central Highlands provinces are improving education of ethnic minorities’ languages for primary and secondary pupils. Currently, the languages of Ede, Jrai, Bahnar, K’hor and M’nong ethnic minorities are taught for thousands of students in Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Lam Dong and Dak Nong province. Dak Lak alone houses more than 14,416 students studying these languages at 718 classes across 124 primary and secondary establishments. In recent year, the localities have organised communications campaigns to encourage parents to voluntarily enroll their children on ethnic language courses at school. Many local schools employ textbooks published by the Ministry of Education and Training in Ede, Jrai, Bahnar and K’ho languages for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders. In boarding schools for minority students, the education takes place in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades using local teaching programmes and documents. Since … [Read more...] about Central Highlands prioritises teaching of ethnic minorities’ languages
Time to act for the future of ASEAN
PwC Vietnam's general director shared her expert views with the audience at the Vietnam, Business Summit 2018 Growth in ASEAN David Wijeratne Last year marked the 50th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a unique achievement considering the regional conflicts and poverty which characterised the region in the first half of the 20th century. The ASEAN’s remarkable growth journey to become the world’s sixth-largest economy has been powered by its people, with the establishment of a formidable labour force and the subsequent creation of a wealthier middle class which has driven domestic consumption. Challenges to ASEAN’s growth However, against this backdrop, questions have been raised about the sustainability of the ASEAN growth story. Global economic growth has slowed in recent years and this has impacted all markets across the ASEAN. GDP growth in Singapore (or the developed ASEAN) dropped below the global average to 2.0 per … [Read more...] about Time to act for the future of ASEAN
Education reform needs improving teachers’ qualification, school facilites
Viet Nam News Minister of Education and Training Phùng Xuân Nhạ talks with Vietnam News Agency about education on the occasion of the start of the new school year. Floods and heavy rains caused bad damage to several northern provinces before the new school year. How did the education sector ensure all students could go to school on schedule? To prepare for the new school year, the Ministry of Education and Training and local governments made strong efforts to repair schools and classes and set up equipment for the new school year. This year, floods and heavy rains caused damage to schools of several provinces in the northern, central and Mekong Delta regions. For example, in northern Sơn La Province, the boarding school for ethnic minority students in Mai Sơn District was almost destroyed. Before the new school year started, I visited Sơn La Province to review preparation for the coming academic year. I did appreciate the hard work of the … [Read more...] about Education reform needs improving teachers’ qualification, school facilites