Vietnam is home to many foreign teachers who have fond memories of their students and their activities together, especially on Vietnamese Teachers’ Day.

By the end of September this year, Vietnam had 101,291 HIV/AIDS positive people, 16,528 of whom have developed full-blown AIDS and 9,554 have died of the disease.

A visually impaired girl in central Ha Tinh province has not only triumphed over her disability to graduate from university, but is now working towards her master’s degree.

Nation strives to meet target of educating disadvantaged kids

The HelpAge International (HAI) and the Big Lottery Fund of Britain has launched the first ever project in Vietnam to improve the living conditions of the elderly who are affected by the global AIDS pandemic.

Founded in October 20, 1930, today, VWU is 75 years old. Over the past 75 years, the Union has grown up in strength. The nation-wide emulation movement launched by the Union has attracted millions of women throughout the country, contributing to the national patriotic emulation movements, raising the status and position of the women and the women’s union as well.

On the International Day for the Elderly people 1st October, the VWU in cooperation with Help Age International Organization (HAI) held a press conference on the topic “The Role of the Elderly Women on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care for HIV Infected People, Orphans and Vulnerable Children”.

It is normal to pass an entrance examination to University, but passing with maximum scores in all 3 subjects is rarely seen. Surprisingly, one of few people who broke the record was a sticky rice vending girl in Nghi Xuan commune, Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province - Nguyen Thi Quynh Giang, the champion among newly admitted students of Vinh Pedagogy University.

According to Dr Nguyen Quoc Chinh, Vice Director of the Center for Family Health and Family Planning in Ho Chi Minh City, the Green Questions Club is a part of a reproductive healthcare project co-implemented by Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health and the Youth Cultural House

40 people took part in two training courses in photography held jointly by AIDS and Community Magazine and ActionAid Vietnam