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“Can you believe it, our Thăng Long (Ascending Dragon) has become Hạ Long (Descending Dragon)!” exclaimed one graduate of the school, one of the top public schools in Hanoi. Vietnamese students unhappy about the number of entrance exams they need to take High-school finals: one exam, two purposes This year, nearly 86,000 students had to sit for the entrance exam to get into the public high schools in the city. The accumulated scores of the previous years were not counted. Students must pass the exam to get a place at the city’s public high schools. But the public schools can sit only 63,000 students at most, which means only 73 per cent of the city’s high school-age students will get a place to study. The rest can apply to private schools or vocational schools. This makes the exam even more dreadful for students and places even heavier pressure on the parents. “I’m here to apply for a reassessment or wait for the school to lower its … [Read more...] about Feeling the heat with high school exams

Thua Thien-Hue Province will play host to a kite festival scheduled to take place on June 8-15 as part of a range of activities to develop the local tourism industry over the course of the summer. This year’s week-long festival will run with the theme of “Honouring Hue kite flying art” and will be held in Tu Tuong park and Ngo Mon square. A wide selection of cultural activities are set to take place during the festival. There will be a kite art exhibition held on June 8-12, in addition to a kite making and decoration workshop which will run on June 8-9 in Tu Tuong park. A special music and fashion show will open the festival in Tu Tuong park at 8pm on June 8.  An artistic display of kite flying is due to transpire between 4pm and 6pm on June 8-9 in Ngo Mon square. Other activities planned by festival organisers include folk games, kite drawing, and a kite making competition.  VOV/VNN Ba Duong Noi kite flying festival The annual kite flying festival of … [Read more...] about Hue week-long kite festival scheduled in June

The 30th Southeast Asian Games will be Tran Thi Yen Hoa’s last, but she expects to go out with a bang in the women's 110m hurdles. Tran Thi Yen Hoa (right) runs to the finish line at the 2017 SEA Games' 110m hurdle in Kualr Lumpour. — Photo webthethao.vn Hoa is the only member of the national athletics team who has a master's degree in sport training that is still competing. “It is my third SEA Games and will be my last,” said 29-year-old Hoa four weeks ahead of the biennial tournament. “And I have prepared everything for this last time.” Nam Dinh Province-born Hoa shone when she was younger with medals for her school and the province at the National Games. At the age of 14, Hoa became a member of the Military athletics team where she competed for six years. “Under the Military jersey I also pocketed a number of local titles. It was really a good environment nurturing talents but I still wanted a change and decided to become a student of … [Read more...] about Tran Thi Yen Hoa saves the best for last

A car manufacturing plant in Vietnam (Illustrative image. Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s socio-economic performance in July continued to see positive developments with equal growth in all the three sectors, namely macro economy, industrial production and services. According to the General Statistic Office, the index of industrial production (IIP) in the month rose 14.3 percent, the highest level since February this year. In the first seven months of this year, the country’s IIP recorded the highest rise of 10.9 percent since 2012.  The processing and manufacturing industry posted the strongest growth of 13.1 percent. Despite a year-on-year decline of 1.7 percent to 19.5 billion USD in July export turnover, that in the seven months rose 15.3 percent to 133.7 billion USD. The total retail sales of goods and services in July saw the highest growth of 13.3 percent since 2014. The newly-registered and increased foreign direct investment (FDI) in … [Read more...] about Positive economic index in July

Participants in the inaugural ceremony pose for a photo beside the busts of Vietnam's President Ho Chi Minh (L) and the Philippines’ national hero Jose Rizal at Thai Nguyen University (Photo: baothainguyen.org.vn) Thai Nguyen (VNA) – Busts of the founder of modern Vietnam President Ho Chi Minh and the Philippines’ national hero Jose Rizal were unveiled at Thai Nguyen University in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on May 2. The inaugural ceremony was attended by Philippine Ambassador to Vietnam Noel Servigon, representatives from the Vietnam-Philippines Friendship Association and local officials. The two statues were created by painter and sculptor Nguyen Manh Duc from the Vietnam Central Fine Art Company under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. They are positioned at the campus of the International School of Thai Nguyen University. Jose Rizal (1861 – 1896) was a national hero of the Philippines. He led the La Liga Filipina (The Philippine … [Read more...] about Busts of Vietnamese, Philippine heroes unveiled in Thai Nguyen