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School has become a second home for many ethnic minorities students in the mountainous districts of Cao Bang Province in recent years. A student receives help in studying from a teacher of Kim Cuc Secondary School, which is applied boarding school model, in Cao Bang Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Chu Hieu The boarding school model, which provides meals and dorm for students, has helped reduce the number of students who drop out of school. Nguyen Hai Yen, principal of Kim Cuc Secondary School in Bao Lac District, said the model made it easier for teaching and studying. In 2019-20, the school has 183 students, of which 98 per cent stay at the school. Yen said most of them were ethnic minorities and lived tens of kilometres from the school. For nearly three years, a small room at Kim Cuc Secondary School has been a second home for Ha Minh Hanh, an eighth grade student. Hanh said before she lived in Phieng Tac Village, and had to walk more than 9km along a narrow mountainous road … [Read more...] about VN’s boarding school model encourages more students to class

Students at the opening ceremony of the new school year at Khmer-Vietnam Tan Tien friendship primary school in Phnom Penh on November 5 Phnom Penh (VNA) – Children of Vietnamese Cambodians studying at the Khmer-Vietnam Tan Tien friendship primary school in Phnom Penh began their 2018-2019 school year on November 5. Built by the Vietnam-Khmer Association, the Khmer-Vietnam Tan Tien friendship primary school is the largest Khmer-Vietnamese bilingual school in Cambodia. It provides kindergarten-to-fifth grade education that can enable its students to study in public schools in Cambodia and Vietnam. The opening of the new school year was attended by Ambassador of Vietnam to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh, and representatives from the Education, Youth and Sports Department of Phnom Penh, the Khmer-Vietnam Association, among others. Addressing the event, Vice Director of the Education, Youth and Sports Department of Phnom Penh Uk Channtha hailed the efficiency of the teaching … [Read more...] about Vietnamese-Cambodian children in Phnom Penh start new school year

The carcass of a cow lies on the trail leading to Bermo. (Photo: AFP/Marco Longari) It was noon and 45 degrees Celsius on the ninth day of their quest to reach new pastures. There was no tree anywhere, no shelter at all for his family, 27 sheep and six camels. "We heard that the first rain has fallen in the north. That's where we're going," the turbaned herder said, as he filled up a water bottle at the side of the road. An arduous trail lay ahead: more than 100 kilometres across the arid wastes of southern Niger before the family reached their goal. There at Bermo, they counted on joining thousands of other herders, spending a few months in verdant hollows on the edge of the Sahara, famous for their moist air, juicy grass and water. The annual migration of the nomadic Fulani community - also called Peuls - is a vast caravan of herder folk that tails back to neighbouring Nigeria. Women and children perched on donkeys already overburdened with bags of jute, plastic containers, … [Read more...] about Climate change threatens end of trail for Niger’s nomadic herders

Alex Newbigging, managing director of Jardine C&C Group On July 30, Jardine Cycle & Carriage (Jardine C&C), a leading group with long-term diversified interests in market-leading businesses across Southeast Asia, announced the Jardine Cycle & Carriage Scholarship, which partner six established universities to support about 70 students. Reaffirming its commitment to grow alongside Southeast Asia, Jardine C&C established university scholarship programmes to sponsor the tuition of students in six countries in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam. Through a series of endowments and donations that are long-term in nature, Jardine C&C’s support for the partner education institutions will run in perpetuity or for a sustained period of 8-12 years. In the next 10 years, about 70 Southeast Asian undergraduates will receive the scholarships. Alex Newbigging, Jardine C&C Group managing director, said, “The launch of the scholarship reinforces Jardine … [Read more...] about Jardine C&C launches regional university scholarship programmes

My love affair with pho began way back in 1980, after moving from a small town in British Columbia, Canada to attend an art college in Vancouver. And like many students living in cramped rooming houses with only a hot plate to cook, I was always searching for eateries that served fast, inexpensive food. That’s when I discovered My Tan on Broadway Avenue, which was among the first Vietnamese restaurants in Vancouver. The restaurant was operated by a family from Vietnam, who came to live in Canada. I had my first bowl of pho at this little restaurant, which quickly became one of my go-to eating places during my college years. A bowl of rare beef, tendon and tripe pho served at a restaurant in Victoria, Canada. Photo: Chris Bradshaw Once you become exposed to Vietnamese pho, you start to look for it wherever you go. In the mid-1980s there were only a few places that served pho in Vancouver, but word spread quickly in art school of a little family-run Cambodian/Vietnamese noodle … [Read more...] about My love affair with Vietnamese pho