Hanoi pledged to continue efforts to well quarantine people who enter Vietnam from abroad and prepare conditions for paid quarantine when the Government reopens international flights.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Anh Tuan has visited High School 251 named after President Ho Chi Minh in Kiev on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day and the new academic year of 2020-2021.
Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha said in the 2020-2021 academic year, the education sector has to complete the dual goals of effectively preventing COVID-19 pandemic and fulfilling yearly targets. Towards those goals, various measures have been designed.
The risk of another outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is still latent, therefore, Hanoi leaders have asked local agencies to be vigilant and strengthen measures to prevent the pandemic from spreading.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Education and Training has ordered the heads of local educational institutions to strengthen preventive measures against COVID-19 for the opening ceremony for the upcoming new academic year.
More than 50 provinces and cities nationwide have announced schedules for the new school year and prepared scenarios to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc agreed on the increase of testing capacity with simple procedures, during a cabinet meeting on COVID-19 prevention and control held on August 21.
The Ministry of Education and Training has announced a draft circular providing three e-learning methods for the new academic year this August due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns.
President of the Switzerland-Vietnam Friendship Association (SVA) Anjuska Weil has expressed her deep impression on the Vietnamese government’s efforts in preventing the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Cabinet of Thailand has approved a reduction in Land and Building Tax this year of 90 percent to help ease economic disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ten of the 11 categories of main consumer goods and services have recorded price hikes in October, with the strongest month-on-month increase, 1.04 percent, seen in the food and food services group.
Vietnam recorded a year-on-year rise of 2.5 percent in the consumer price index (CPI) during January-September, marking the lowest increase seen in three years, the General Statistics Office said.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked central localities and natural disaster prevention and response forces as well as the whole community to focus on overcoming consequences of recent flooding, and ensuring safety for students as the new academic year has started.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan joined teachers and students of the Thap Muoi High School in Thap Muoi district, the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, in a ceremony starting the 2019-2020 academic year on September 5.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 5 beat the drum to kick off the 2019-2020 academic year at Son Tay High School in Hanoi’s outlying Son Tay township.