Who is to blame when kids drown?
perspectives | 386894381Schools often get all the opprobrium when children drown, but they are not the only ones responsible for their students' safety; parents are as well.
We need to be mindful parents
perspectives | 386634381Losing a child is difficult to accept for any parent, but to lose a child through suicide is absolutely unbearable. Sadly, cases of child suicide are rising in Vietnam.
How history is taught, not how long it's taught for
perspectives | 385534382The problem with learning history in Vietnam isn't about how many years one must study it in school, but about how the subject is taught.
We are what we eat, but we pay no attention
perspectives | 385374382City folks are dealing with obesity and their rural counterparts with its opposite. Both are forms of malnourishment that do not receive sufficient attention.
We should all care about the dangers of data collection
perspectives | 384264382Back in 2008, Google claimed that they could outperform U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in predicting when and where flu outbreaks would peak.
There are no bad students
perspectives | 382574382Many years ago a student told me: "My high school teacher told me that I was stupid and not good at anything."
March 15 seems so close and yet so far
perspectives | 381304383Tour bookings are already coming to us from Europe, but some German tourists said they would love to visit Vietnam but are hesitant because visa guidelines are unclear.
The people of Ukraine don't deserve war – no one does
perspectives | 381264382When the gunfire and explosions that maimed Ukraine reverberated across the world, memories of my youth 10 years ago in that beautiful country came back to me.
Vietnam should tom-tom its medical prowess, achievements
perspectives | 380904384I have just received a notice from the European Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
The problem with Vietnam's deference to hierarchy, seniority
perspectives | 379724383Hierarchy and seniority have always been a feature of Vietnamese society. While they may foster respect between people, they also discourage fairness, transparency and progress.