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Over half a million poor students receive rice support

Deputy General Director of the General Department of State Reserves, Le Van Thoi, talks about the implementation of rice support for poor students.

The students working through Tet

VietNamNet Bridge - For Vietnamese, Tet is the time for family reunions. Those who earn their living far away from their families usually return home to celebrate Tet, but many students cannot.

Law to help school autonomy

 VietNamNet Bridge – An amended higher education law should create a clear legal environment for public universities to become autonomous, representatives of universities have urged.

Tuition hike could harm ethnic minority students

As universities become financially independent, ethnic minority students enrolled in special majors may suffer tuition fee increases when their institutions impose fee levels higher than the Government’s ceiling.

Dorms offer cheap rooms for poor students

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of dorms at universities in HCM City have set up programmes to offer free or low-cost dormitory rooms for eligible students.

Vietnamese Gov’t mulls poverty reduction

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue yesterday said poverty reduction policies should not be too excessive because that would eliminate people’s motivation to improve their lives.

Poor students get to grips with English

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourism in Ben Tre Province is growing, but many locals do not have the language skills needed to take advantage of this opportunity. That's why a 79-year-old has opened a free English centre in her home.

Scholarships give poor students chance to learn

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 10-year-old scheme to reduce the number of poor students dropping out before graduation has worked so effectively in the central region and it is likely to be expanded to other provinces.

Library brings books to poor rural area

 VietNamNet Bridge – Determined to help others despite her disability, Tran Thuy Nga opened a library for poor students.

Should poor students give up their dreams about higher education?

While others are bursting with joy as they have passed the university entrance exams, poor students feel more worried than happy: they now have to think about how to earn money to fund their four-year university study.

Poverty-stricken students to be encouraged to follow higher education

 VietNamNet Bridge – Should poor students be encouraged to follow university education? This question has recently become a matter of controversy on education forums.

Vegetarian eatery strikes right chord with students

 VietNamNet Bridge – Contrary to popular Vietnamese imagination, Tran Van Lanh, a 11th grade student, looks hale and hearty after more than two months on a mostly vegetarian diet.

Fairy godmother of Hue

 VietNamNet Bridge – An 81-year-old woman in Hue has been a source of help to poor students from elsewhere who come to the central city to study.

Education expert defences Hanoi’s high-quality public school model

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s plan to pilot 18 high-quality public schools would help significantly improve education quality and teachers’ incomes, one education expert has said.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 9/7

 Methadone treatment a success; Scholarships for poor students; Residents move from hydro catchment area; Over 20 quarantined with suspected flu virus

Slums of highland students

The homes of students of the Thuan Mang junior secondary school in Ngan Son district, Bac Kan province, are far from the school so their parents built tents near the school to facilitate the studies.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 25/2

Near-poor households to get preferential loans; $2b windfall to aid poor students; Youth arrested for attack on police; Workers unhappy with low wages; Human activity polluting, degrading nation's lands