Remaining 130 abducted Nigerian students have been released, president's spokesman says
World 10:09 22/12/2025YENAGOA, Nigeria -- The remaining 130 Nigerian schoolchildren abducted in November from a Catholic school in Niger state have been released, President Bola Tinubu's spokesperson said on Sunday, following one of the country's biggest mass kidnappings of recent years.
School leaders dismissed after food poisoning sends 40 students to hospital in central Vietnam
Education 18:28 20/12/2025Local authorities in Quang Tri Province, central Vietnam have dismissed the principal and a vice principal of an ethnic minority semi-boarding elementary school after 40 students were hospitalized for food poisoning in September, officials said on Friday.
First Vietnamese student secures Monash ASEAN award
Education 16:27 10/12/2025Monash University in Australia has welcomed Truong Thi Hong Hanh from Ho Chi Minh City as the first Vietnamese student to receive a Vice-Chancellor’s ASEAN Award, the university’s new scholarship program supporting students from Southeast Asia.
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.
