Schools in Vietnam have been instructed to temporarily shut down amid the quick spread of coronavirus.

Departments of education and training, schools, English centres and hotels are taking preventive measures against the spread of the deadly coronavirus which has killed 213 in China as of Friday.

Students of Thanh Da Secondary School in HCM City’s Binh Thanh District have greater awareness of air pollution and measures to prevent it after an air quality index monitor was installed in the school a few months ago.

Students at a mountainous district in Quang Nam Province have a long walk to school because of difficult terrain.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has set the deadline for all schools and hospitals in urban areas go cashless in the next three months.

Teachers at schools in HCM City, especially kindergartens, have co-operated with health officials to clean and disinfect toys and the environment to ensure hygiene when a new academic year begins on September 5.

Kids at the private Sao Viet Kindergarten in HCM City’s Hoc Mon District are happy to put vegetable seeds in styrofoam boxes and water them in the garden.

Educational institutions in several provinces and Ho Chi Minh City are encouraging their students and staff not to use single-use plastic water bottles and straws as part of the UN’s global Beat Plastic Pollution campaign.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city of Da Nang’s education and training department has allocated a fund of VND40 billion (US$1.77 million) to upgrade and build new multi-sport arenas at 26 schools by 2022.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of hand, foot and mouth infections has surged at schools in HCM City, especially at kindergartens, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training will soon officially ask that schools nationwide review their facilities and stop using any deemed to be unsafe,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Stories about unsavoury incidents at schools have been doing the rounds a lot these days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cameras installed in classes are said to help oversee the behavior of students and teachers better and reduce school violence, but the presence of such a "supervisor" is threatens the privacy of those who are supervised.

 Thousands of schools damaged during April's devastating earthquake in Nepal have begun to re-open.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Parents complain that their children have too much homework but teachers say parents demand that their children study hard.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While parents and educators both agree that it is necessary to teach sex education in primary school, they cannot agree on the way to do it.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The beginning of every schoolyear ushers in terrific pressure for students to master the school curricula and perform well in examinations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities have decided that e-textbooks will be used at schools in the city instead of print textbooks, as part of its education modernization program.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more investors are pouring money into the education sector because of its low risks and high profitability.

VietNamNet Bridge – A student at HCM City University of Agriculture and Forestry recently spent seven hours trying to register for a course on the school's website. He finally gave up, and later discovered that the class had closed