Education

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.

Universities want closer vocational links with business in Vietnam to speed up the transfer of tertiary graduates into viable jobs.

The ground-breaking ceremony of the Vietnam-Japan University has just been held at Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park in Thach That district, Hanoi in the presence of State President Truong Tan Sang and other Vietnamese and Japanese officials.

The Pfizer Thailand Foundation has granted scholarships to three outstanding students at the Hanoi Medical University.

Vietnamese students have bagged two gold, two silver and one bronze medals at the 11th International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) held in Mendoza city, Argentina.

Several Vietnamese writers are considering legal action against Vietnam Education Publishing House for using their work without permission.

Vietnam Ambassador to Russia Nguyen Thanh Son recently honoured Sofia Kortrikova for her decades of distinguished teaching and mentoring of Vietnamese Russian language students.

Twenty-five ethnic minority students from southern localities, who made outstanding academic performance in the 2013-2014 school year, were honoured at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 5.

Parents and teachers are continuing the practice of double-shift classes for primary school students in spite of a ban by the Ministry of Education and Training.

The French Embassy in coordination with Campus France will hold tertiary education festivals at the Pullman Saigon Centre in HCM City on December 6 and the Pullman Hotel in Hanoi on December 7.

Vietnamese students won seven prizes at the Digital Youth Award, an international robotics contest held in Malaysia.

Vietnam has made significant headway in English language education, but needs to move faster to achieve its targets, an expert from a US-based global education company that draws up the annual English Proficiency Index has said.

The Hanoi-based Australia Embassy on November 28 hosted a ceremony awarding scholarship certificates to 161 outstanding Vietnamese researchers and managers.

Students and teachers from 20 junior and senior high schools in Hanoi gathered at a workshop on November 26 to share their opinions on how to build safe, accountable and child-friendly schools.

The Vietnam-Korea Vocational College of Technology in northern Bac Giang province has just officially inaugurated and launched its 2014-15 academic year.

The National Assembly discussed the draft project on textbook reform yesterday, the national holiday for teachers.