Programme helps children in capital city come back to school
The Hanoi Youth Union and the Hanoi Children's Council launched a programme to help children in the capital city overcome difficulties amid COVID-19 and get ready to start the new school year.
The Hanoi Youth Union and the Hanoi Children's Council launched a programme to help children in the capital city overcome difficulties amid COVID-19 and get ready to start the new school year. (Photo: Hanoi Youth Union)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Hanoi Youth Union and the Hanoi Children's Councillaunched a programme to help children in the capital city overcomedifficulties amid COVID-19 and get ready to start the new school year.
According to the Organising Committee, in the context of thecomplicated development of the epidemic, at the beginning of the new schoolyear, the education sector continues to deploy online teaching methods forstudents throughout the city. With a large number of students in the suburbandistricts, especially those with difficult circumstances, online learningis still a problem due to lack of learning equipment or reliable internetconnection.
The programme, which will run throughout September, is ameaningful activity for the children of poor and near-poor households living in the capital city.
Organisations and individuals will support new and used electronic devicesthrough the Hanoi Youth Union's local chapters or send it directly to the HanoiYouth Union (14A Phan Chu Trinh street, Hoan Kiem district). Donors who donate cash cantransfer via the account number provided by the Hanoi Youth Union.
Based on the list of children and householdsunder difficult circumstances reviewed and verified by its local chapters,the Hanoi Youth Union will give gifts directly to those in need./.
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Students across Hanoi will celebrate the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year with a virtual ceremony, to be broadcast live on the TV and radio channels of Hanoi, amid the complicated developments of COVID-19 in the city.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered authorities to seek proper vaccine sources and make students a priority group for vaccinations so they can return to school.
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A 21-year-old Indian tourist was successfully resuscitated and treated by doctors at Hoan My Da Nang Hospital after a near-drowning incident left him in critical condition. After three days of intensive care, the man was discharged from the hospital and has since returned to India.
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The Hanoi Youth Union and the Hanoi Children's Council launched a programme to help children in the capital city overcome difficulties amid COVID-19 and get ready to start the new school year. (Photo: Hanoi Youth Union) 
