• Viet Nam leads region in closing gender gap

    KHANH HOA — Viet Nam has achieved the best performance in Southeast Asia in eradicating the gender gap over the past 20 years, said Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan at a seminar in the central province of Khanh Hoa on Saturday.
  • Young Only-Child Parents in China Rush to Find Playmates for Their Even Lonelier Children

    Thirty years of China's one-child policy has led to Chinese parents finding their lonely, siblingless children friends.

  • Vietnam’s HDI continues to rise: UNDP

    Vietnam ranks 113th out of 182 countries and territories in terms of its Human Development Index (HDI), according to the UNDP’s 2009 Human Development Report.

  • America's education gender gap

    In American schools, boys are underachieving and girls are excelling. This gender gap in academic achievement is evident as early as kindergarten. The longer students are in school, the wider the gap becomes.

  • Exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh opens

    An exhibition entitled “Ho Chi Minh and Lifelong Study” opened in Hanoi on October 2 in response to the “Studying and Following President Ho Chi Minh’s Moral Example” campaign and mark the Vietnam Study Encouragement Day (Oct. 2).

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