Education

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.

Dao Tuan Dat, headmaster of Einstein High School in Hanoi shared his thoughts on the tradition of giving presents on Vietnamese Teachers' Day on November 20.

An unofficial survey of students in Ha Tinh Province carried out by a teacher suggests that Vietnamese students may spend too much time studying and not enough learning real life skills.

Doong Village, Quang Binh Province is an area that only has seven students and special teachers.

Vietnam values its co-operation on training and education with international partners, including the European Union, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga said in his speech at the EU–Vietnam higher education policy forum in Hanoi.

In the fourth annual edition of the English First English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) for 2014, Vietnam moved up to 28th place from 33rd.