Hanoi to spend big on improving locals’ stature
Hanoi plans to spend more than 363 billion VND (15.5 million USD) on activities to help raise local people’s average height between 2018 and 2025.
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Hanoi plans to spend more than 363 billion VND (15.5 million USD) on activities to help raise local people’s average height between 2018 and 2025.
Dak Lak province is initiating a programme to help prevent drowning accidents among children, including free-of-charge swimming classes.
Given the insatiable demand on swimming classes for kids in the central coastal city of Da Nang, numerous hotels within the locality have held swimming training courses at their facilities
The 2018 Asian Women’s U19 Volleyball Championship, LienVietpostbank Cup, opened in the northern province of Bac Ninh on June 10 with the participation of 15 teams from the continent.
A pedagogy university in Ho Chi Minh City is struggling financially after implementing a tuition-free policy issued twenty years ago.
People who are not residents of Ho Chi Minh City can now apply for civil service jobs. The criterion requiring household registration in the city for civil service applicants has been abolished.
Former US women’s national team footballer Linda Hamilton and coach Lisa Berg had a training session with Vietnamese female footballers as part of the Sports Envoy programme in Da Nang on April 25.
Physical education is considered as important as academic education, but the role of physical education is limited in many schools, showing the need for more investment in infrastructure and manpower in the field.
A master plan to develop the physical strength and height of Vietnamese people in the 2011-30 period is expected to gradually enhance the quality and longevity of the Vietnamese people.
The Japanese International School was inaugurated in Hanoi on May 7.
Vietnamese sport wrapped up a successful 2015 at international tournaments with 457 gold, 355 silver and 321 bronze medals.
Forty-five excellent athletes are getting special training and treatment to prepare for Olympics qualifying tourneys, the General Department of Sports and Physical Education said.
Inappropriate dietary and lifestyles have hindered Vietnamese people from preventing and treating contemporary diseases, health experts have warned.
Vietnamese athletes will compete at various tournaments in January with the ultimate goal of earning at least 15 tickets to the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
Vietnam and Cuba have committed to promoting technical cooperation in sport by exchanging coaches and specialists as well as sharing training materials.
One in three children aged between 10 and 15 in Ho Chi Minh City has belly fat, which according to scientists is more significant than body fat percentage unlike hitherto believed, a survey has found.
