Education

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.

A seminar on studying in Japan is scheduled for Melia Hotel in Hanoi on November 15 with the participation of more than 85 Vietnamese and Japanese universities and colleges.

The 7th Innovative Youth Festival kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on November 8, attracting the participation of thousands of students.

The Vietnamese Students Association in the UK organised an annual congress with the aim of consolidating the organisation to be able to effectively represent more than 8,000 Vietnamese students in the UK.

A stage project focusing on rhino protection will be carried out at nine primary and secondary schools in HCM City, with an aim to raise awareness of the importance of saving the species.

A ceremony to honour 50 elite Vietnamese students who recorded high results in their academic studies and have won international prizes has been scheduled for November 3 in Hanoi.

The 2014 National Robothon Contest is set to kick off in Ho Chi Minh City on November 1 with the participation of 62 teams from across the country, the HCM City Education and Training Department announced on October 28.

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the Department of Education and Training to pull the plug on its pilot project and replace it with an integrated English teaching curriculum.

Twelve Vietnamese students, aged between 14 and 16, have received ASEAN scholarships to begin their study in Singapore.

Dinh Dinh Nhan has become the first Vietnamese student securing GISF, an international security certification, with a score of 87 percent.

Several international and private schools in Hanoi charge very high tuition fees, sometimes reaching the hundreds of millions of VND per year.

The Ministry of Education and Training has issued an exemption to foreign languages for the high school graduation exam next year.

Vietnamese students took home three silver and seven bronze medals at the 11th International Mathematics and Science Olympiad (IMSO) held recently in Indonesia.

A six-storey primary school in HCM City has been forced to hold its flag-raising ceremony on the top floor due to limited space.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien threw her support behind a proposal to include literature in the entrance exam for medical universities.

Authors of 105 winning projects at the 10th national contest for children’s initiatives were honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 12.