Education

On the occasion of Australia Day (January 26), Vietnam News presents an article by Australian Ambassador Hugh Borrowman.

Toyota Motor Vietnam and the Ministry of Education and Training have presented scholarships to 59 outstanding students from nine universities in the north.

The US Department of State has announced that it is now accepting applications for its Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD) for emerging student leaders from Vietnam.

Hanoi University of Science and Technology has completed the procedures to become an official member of Asia-Oceania Top University League on Engineering (AOTULE) network.

The first group of students being sponsored by the Australian Government's New Colombo Plan to undertake short-term study in Vietnam this year has arrived in Hanoi.

A seminar has been held in Ho Chi Minh City to seek ways to promote sustainable development of education and training in the Mekong Delta region, which lags far behind other areas in the field.

Many teachers in HCM City are worried about how to better monitor their students' health status after recent deaths and health problems of students at schools.

One of Hanoi’s largest job fairs will be organised by Danish Ambassador John Nielsen on January 19 at the Hanoi Foreign Trade University for students and young people looking for their first step on the career ladder.

The Research Centre for Applied Mathematics in Economics, Finance and Banking was launched in Hanoi on January 12 by the Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (VIASM) and the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV).

A two-month inspection into the admission capacity of 93 non-state high schools across Hanoi will be conducted by the city Department of Education and Training starting next Monday.

The Embassy of Japan in Vietnam has announced a new programme under which the Japanese Government will provide full scholarships for Vietnamese teachers and students in 2015.

Authorities of southern central Binh Dinh province has given KinderWorld, a Singaporean education group, the green light to build two educational facilities in Quy Nhon city.

President Truong Tan Sang on January 7 met 102 outstanding students in Hanoi on the 65th anniversary of the Student Traditional Day and the Vietnamese Student Association.

A man from the Jrai ethnic minority group in Gia Lai Province wants to pass on what he learned during his studies in the US to local compatriots.

Many English teachers in Vietnam were unable to communicate in English, and Vietnam needs to improve its foreign language teaching methods, a teacher of English said.

Foreign teachers employed by short-term training institutions, preschool education institutions and compulsory education institutions in Vietnam no longer need to have at least 5 years of experience in the disciplines they lecture as previously required.

Young teachers in HCM City are facing tough competition, with about double the number of applicants for available school positions.

A night class for ethnic minority people in Dak Nong Province has successfully helped eliminate illiteracy in Long Son Commune in Dak Nong Province.

A rise in violence at Vietnam's schools has been blamed on a lack of moral education in schools, and the lack of counsellors to help troubled students, educators say.