79 hospitalized in Ho Chi Minh City over suspected food poisoning
Ho Chi Minh City 11:29 28/11/2025Sixty workers and 19 high school students in Ho Chi Minh City were hospitalized on Thursday with suspected food poisoning after separate meal-related incidents, including two cases of moderate anaphylactic shock, according to local hospitals.
Japanese team finishes as runner-up at Vietnam cybersecurity student competition
Vietnam News 17:18 16/11/2025A Japanese team secured second place in Category A of the 2025 Cybersecurity Student Competition held in Vietnam on Saturday, behind the Vietnamese champions, while an Indonesian squad received a consolation award in Category B, according to results announced the same evening.
15-year-old student dies after school assault in north-central Vietnam
Education 08:41 07/11/2025A 15-year-old student at Thanh Hoa College of Agriculture in Thanh Hoa Province, north-central Vietnam died on Wednesday after being beaten by a group of schoolmates on campus, according to the victim’s family.
Ho Chi Minh City proposes free health insurance for students, senior citizens
Ho Chi Minh City 19:18 24/10/2025The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has proposed a plan to fully cover health insurance premiums for students and residents aged over 65, using more than VND2.1 trillion (US$80 million) from the city and central government budgets.
Record 529 students commit suicide in Japan in 2024
World 16:47 24/10/2025TOKYO -- The number of elementary, junior high and high school students in Japan who committed suicide in 2024 stood at 529, up by 16 from the preceding year and the highest since data became available in 1980, a government report showed Friday.
Student killed in fight outside school in Vietnam's Thanh Hoa
Education 14:01 18/10/2025Authorities in Thanh Hoa Province, north-central Vietnam are investigating a fatal altercation between two high school students that occurred outside the campus of Dang Thai Mai High School on Friday morning.
Male student dies as landslide destroys boarding house in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 15:12 08/10/2025A landslide early on Tuesday morning in Thai Nguyen Province, northern Vietnam destroyed a boarding house and killed a male vocational student while he was asleep.
39 students killed in traffic accidents in Vietnam’s Dak Lak in 9 months
Vietnam News 18:40 27/09/2025Dak Lak Province in Vietnam has recorded 73 traffic accidents involving students so far this year, leaving 39 dead and 43 injured, raising concerns about safety awareness among young road users.
Dozens of students hospitalized after breakfast food poisoning in central Vietnam
Vietnam News 16:28 26/09/2025At least 40 students from an elementary school in Quang Tri Province, central Vietnam were hospitalized on Friday after showing signs of food poisoning following their breakfast at school, a local official confirmed the same day.
Ho Chi Minh City schools set new daily schedule, no classes ending before 4:00 pm
Ho Chi Minh City 13:40 12/09/2025The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has announced a new official daily schedule for the 2025–26 school year, requiring all schools to remain open until at least 4:00 pm.
Vietnamese student dreams of becoming doctor to hear father’s voice
Education 16:01 11/08/2025In Quang Tri Province, north-central Vietnam, student Hoang Ngoc Thai Binh dreamed of becoming a doctor to cure his deaf-mute father to hear him speak, but the dream was shaken when, just a month before the national high school graduation exam, his father was diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer.
Vietnamese student honored with global ‘STEM for All’ award at International Physics Olympiad
Education 15:26 29/07/2025Tran Le Thien Nhan, a 12th-grade student from Quoc Hoc Hue High School for the Gifted in Hue City, central Vietnam has been named one of five global recipients of the 'STEM for All' award presented by French aerospace group Thales at the 55th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO 2025) held in Paris.
