HCM City, Sept. 18 -- Ho Chi Minh City plans to roll out restrictions on mobile phone and electronic device use during break times at schools, starting from the 2025-2026 academic year. The initiative will be piloted at 16 schools before expanded across the city from January 2026, heard a conference held by the municipal Department of Education and Training on September 18. To ensure the policy's effectiveness, schools will adopt multiple measures, including communications campaigns to raise students' awareness about the risks of overusing electronic devices, and organisation of alternative activities like sport events, cultural performances, folk games, reading sessions, and life skill clubs.

Director of the department Nguyen Van Hieu s...