VietNamNet Bridge - The news that a seventh grader and her parents only knew about her pregnancy on the day she gave birth has rung the alarm bell over Vietnamese students’ lack of sex education.

In Vietnam, IT university graduates are plentiful, but the number of IT engineers qualified to meet requirements in the fourth industrial revolution is insufficient to meet demand.

VietNamNet Bridge - Following 2016, considered by meteorological agencies to be the hottest year since 1880, hot spells this year are expected to come later and will be less severe.

 VietNamNet Bridge - An entertainment music show called “The Classic Timeline” will be held at Heritage Space, 1st Floor, Dolphin Plaza, 6 Nguyen Hoang Street, My Dinh 2, Hanoi on April 29.

Luong Ngoc Khue, director general of the Medical Examination and Treatment Department under the Ministry of Health, speaks to the Hai Quan newspaper about the need to rein in the careless use of antibiotics in Viet Nam.

Photos of many memorable moments during the national liberation war, captured by Minh Loc as a field reporter at the Vietnam New Agency, have been presented to the public at a recent exhibition.

More than 860 people were killed in work-related accidents last year in Viet Nam, according to a report from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

  Unseasonable rain earlier this year has damaged 40,300ha of crops in the southern province of Dong Nai, according to its Department of Agriculture and Development.

 Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen agreed on various measures to bolster the countries’ multi-faceted relations at their talks in Phnom Penh on April 25.

 Vietnam hopes for New Zealand’s cooperation and support in training personnel and enhancing capacity for judicial officials to meet international integration requirements, said Deputy Minister of Justice Le Tien Chau.

 There is plenty of room for Vietnam and Angola to expand cooperation, especially in the fields of agriculture, education, healthcare, and telecommunication, according to President Tran Dai Quang.

 Vietnam-Republic of Korea Strategic Partnership

 Approximately 12 million Vietnamese adults, or about one of every 5 people, suffer from high blood pressure, said Deputy Director of the General Department of Preventive Medicine Truong Dinh Bac on April 25.

VietNamNet Bridge - After the first performance in August 2013 at the Saigon Opera House, the ballet “Cinderella” will be on stage again at the HCM City Opera House on April 28 and 29.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Under the Spring Cinema program of the Goethe Institut in Hanoi and HCM City, the movie “Are You Ready for the Next Level” will be screened in Hanoi and HCM City on April 26.

VietNamNet Bridge - ‘c.r.e.a.m inc’, an art/culture street entity and brainchild of Gia Luu, a Vietnamese born American currently residing in Hanoi, will take place in Hanoi on April 27.

 The recent economic growth rates in Vietnam and the rising young middle income class have garnered much interest among entrepreneurs looking for potential e-commerce opportunities.

 National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Speaker of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s NA Chung Sye-kyun discussed multiple issues regarding bilateral relations during talks in Hanoi on April 25.

 President Tran Dai Quang called on New Zealand to join the economic development in Vietnam via increasing trade and investment during his reception for New Zealand Foreign Minister Muray McCully in Hanoi on April 25.

 The first official visit to Laos by Nguyen Xuan Phuc in his capacity as Vietnamese Prime Minister from April 26-27 is set to solidify the countries’ cooperation, which has been growing over the last 55 years.