On the morning of August 15, the Tien Giang Department of Education and Training held a ceremony to honor and congratulate 579 outstanding students in the academic year 2016-2017.

A seminar to introduce a life skills programme used in preschools and primary schools, called POKI, was held on August 15 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Ho Chi Minh City Information and Communications Department yesterday launched the ninth Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Awards under theme of "New height in digi-tech".

Analog television signals will be switched off in 15 cities and provinces on August 15, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) said.

The third open mathematics festival was launched on August 13 at the Hanoi University of Technology by the Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics.

Vietnam's higher education institutions need to take initiatives in surveying and understanding the supply and demand in the human resource market to improve their training quality, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has suggested.

JICA and MARD signed a Grant Agreement in Hanoi on August 10 to provide a grant aid of over US$16.65 million for the Project "Emergency Reservoir Operation and Effective Flood Management Using Water related Disaster Management Information System".

The Vietnam Software Association (VINASA) has launched a programme to choose Vietnam's top 50 IT companies 2017, aiming to honour the leading IT firms and connect promising partners inside and outside the country.

Vietnamese security company BKAV has launched the second generation of its made-in-Vietnam smartphone, known as the Bphone, with a price of VND9.8 million (US$431).

The second Vietnam IT Outsourcing (VNITO) Conference will take place at Quang Trung Software City (QTSC) in Ho Chi Minh City from October 19-20, offering a closer look on Vietnam's software industry and investment environment.

On August 7, over 280 thousand students from primary to high school in the province officially entered the school year 2017-2018. Particularly, kindergartens will start school again on August 14.

The People's Committee in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau liaised with the Department of Construction on the construction of preschools, educational facilities for workers' children in the province two days ago.

The 8th International Advertising Equipment and Technology Exhibition (VietAd 2017) opened at the Phu Tho Indoor Sport Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on August 3.

Deputy Director of HCM City's Department of Health Nguyen Huu Hung has instructed city districts to speed up the opening of new general health care clinics for patients with HIV.

Almost 400 Vietnamese and foreign scientists and experts, in the area of nuclear energy, participated in the Vietnam Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology (VINANST-12), which opened in Nha Trang, on August 2.

Vietnam has a solid foundation for information technology but must constantly strive to be globally competitive, Hajime Hotta, co-founder of Innovatube and president of Cinnamon AI Labs, said at the Hanoi technology event at the weekned.

Vietnam's telecommunication carriers have installed approximately 43,000 base transceiver stations (BTS) of fourth generation (4G) technology across the country, covering an estimated 95% of the country's population.

The 12th National Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology will take place in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa from August 2-4.

The Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship Program (JDS), provided by the Japanese Government in non-refundable aid, has been officially launched.

On July 28, the Tien Giang provincial People's Committee (PPC) worked with Tien Giang Vocational College. Deputy Chairman of the PPC Tran Thanh Duc, leaders of provincial departments attended this working session.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh asked the Ministry of Education and Training to teach traffic culture and awareness of following traffic laws in preschools and primary schools to increase knowledge of traffic safety.

Ministry of Information and Communications reported that total information & technology industry's turnover reached around US$ 31.34 billion in the first six months of the year, increased 15 percent compared to the same period of last year.

Viettel Telecom Corporation officially launched the 'Vietnam Internet of Things (IoT) Hackathon 2017' – a national IoT competition, at a press conference held in Hanoi on July 24.

This is the first time a Vietnamese football team has been crowned champions in a U-15 Southeast Asian championship.

Scientists are compiling a crop structure map for the Mekong Delta to counter growing climate change impact in the region known as the country's food granary.

Prof. Gerardus't Hooft, the 1999 Nobel Prize laureate in Physics, arrived in Vietnam on July 23 to attend the 'Exploring the Dark Universe' conference held in Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh province, on July 24-29.

Vietnam has won four gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 58th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2017, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

The Department of Education and Training yesterday held a meeting to honor and congratulate 477 outstanding students.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade in cooperation with the German Embassy in Vietnam, Siemens, and German Industry and Commerce Vietnam (GIC/AHK Vietnam) jointly organized a business conference themed "Digital enterprise – on the way to Industry 4.0".

Rencontres du Vietnam Association and the People's Committee of the central province of Binh Dinh yesterday organized a ceremony to establish Neutrino Physics Group.

A total of seven rare animals, including six white-breasted waterhens (amaurornis phoenicurus) and one Asian palm civet (paradoxurus hermaphroditus), were released back into the wild of the Son Tra Nature Reserve.

Vietnam has pledged efforts to promote the application of information and communication technology (ICT) in poverty reduction and sustainable development, said Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen The Phuong.

The Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam on the construction of a Centre for Nuclear Energy Science and Technology (CNEST) in Vietnam during the recent Russia visit by President Tran Dai Quang.

Vietnamese students obtained three gold medals and one silver medal after competing with 297 their peers from 76 countries and territories.

Vietnam was ranked 47th among over 127 economies surveyed in the global innovation index (GII) report 2017, the highest ranking to date, up 12 places compared to last year's report.

26 students from 8 countries: Australia, New Zealand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh, South Korea and Vietnam took part in the Syngenta connection 2017 that was organized from June 25-July 7 in Vietnam.

The drip irrigation has the ability to maintain an equal moisture degree in the soil that contributes to improved productivity of crop plant.

Tens of black-shanked, douc langurs (Pygathrix nigripes), an endangered species, have been spotted in the Chua Chan mountain in the Suoi Cat commune of Xuan Loc district, in the southern province of Dong Nai.

On July 12, Tien Giang Department of Training and Education reported that the graduation rate of the province reached 98.51%.

Vietnam's Bach Ma National Park in Thua Thien Hue province has been selected for the construction of the world's first saola breeding centre, which is scheduled to be inaugurated in late 2017 or early 2018.

Vietnamese military-run telecom giant Viettel has commenced using the Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) submarine communications cable system since early July.

On the afternoon of 4-7, Deputy Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Tran Thanh Duc and leaders of departments and agencies came to work with VNPT Tien Giang.

On the afternoon of July 6-7, the delegation of the Provincial People's Committee led by Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Van Huong worked with the Department of Education and Training.

A total of 70,900 new domain names ending in ".vn" were registered in the first six months of this year, bringing the total ".vn" registrations to 408,382, three times more than six years ago.

Southeast Asia's first outdoor astronomy park will be built on 12ha of land in Viet Nam.

Vietnam's international connectivity will be improved once the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT)'s internet service via the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) is offered in July.

A Vietnamese student who sent nearly 1,500 emails to employers while attending college in Canada is now reaping the rewards of his determination.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed Decision No.932/QD-TTg to appoint new officials for the National Council for Water Resources.

As per the plan of drowning prevention for kids of People's Committee in Ho Chi Minh City, the city strives to have 40 percent of primary and secondary students who are taught survival swimming skills.