preschool education and has called on the private sector to
invest in building kindergartens to meet increasing demand.
Since
2016, the city has allocated more than 17 trillion VND (731.9 million USD) for
education and training development, according to the municipal Department of
Education and Training.
Thanks
to the fund, the city has created nearly 1,500 new classrooms each year,
including 300 for pre-school education.
Le
Hong Son, Director of the city’s Department of Education and Training, said the
rate of children aged 1-3 going to kindergarten accounts for 31 percent
and 86 percent for those aged 4-5.
The
city provides compulsory pre-school education for 99.6 percent of 5-year-old
Sunday, November 01, 2020 16:51
Vice NA Chairman Uong Chu Luu (R) hands over NA Standing Committee’s resolution on organising administrative units at the district and commune levels and establishing Thu Duc city to HCM City (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - HCM City held a ceremony on December 31 to
announce the
National Assembly Standing Committee’s resolution on organising
administrative units at the district and commune levels and establishing Thu
Duc city.
Addressing the ceremony, Vice NA Chairman Uong
Chu Luu said this is the first time the “city within a city” model has been used
in Vietnam, thus forming a highly interactive innovative urban area in the city’s
drink-driving,
by between 5 and 10 percent.
Under the city’s plan on traffic safety and congestion
during 2021, it will strive to address accident black spots and tackle 10 or so
traffic jam hotspots.
Public transport has been tasked with ensuring quality
services are provided, with buses to meet 17-18 percent of travel demand.
Street patrols, COVID-19 prevention and control
measures, scientific and technological application in transport management, and
communications campaigns raising public awareness about safe transport will
also be intensified.
Traffic order and safety have been called for during
the 13th National Party Congress and other important political events.
Thirty-three traffic hotspots were identified in Hanoi
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 16:44
School students from Quang Ngai province receive scholarships from the Vietnam Central Disaster Prevention Support Fund (QPT) s
Green Future programme. A total of 220 students from Nghe An to Binh Dinh were granted scholarships from the fund between November and December of 2020. (Photo courtesy QPT)
Da
Nang (VNS/VNA) - A total of 220 school students whose families
were affected by floods and storms from Nghe An to Quang Ngai provinces
received scholarships worth 2.2 billion VND (95,000 USD) from the Vietnam
Central Disaster Prevention Support Fund (QPT) for continuing their education.
QPT
said each student was given aid from 2 million VND (87 USD) to 3 million VND (130
All of imported frozen food samples in HCM City negative for SARS-CoV-2 The tests of all of the 100 samples of imported frozen food in Ho Chi Minh City have turned out negative for the corona virus SARS-CoV-2, the municipal Food Safety Management Authority said on December 30.
The testing was carried out in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Health, the HCM City People’s Committee, and the Food Safety Management Authority.
A total of eight working groups had been established to collect the samples that were tested by the city Institute of Public Health.
Earlier, the novel coronavirus had been detected on the packaging of imported frozen food in some countries.