Education

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.

The Hanoi Department of Education and Training in collaboration with the Non-Governmental Organization Plan in Vietnam launched a safe, friendly and equal school project in Thach That high school in Hanoi on October 11 in response to International Day

The US on October 7 granted US$20,000 to the Da Nang disadvantaged youth (REACH) centre, which specialises in providing vocational training, career advice and job placement services to disadvantaged youths.

Many universities in Vietnam have creating rules forbidding their students from wearing jeans, thin clothes and slippers to class.

Three students from the University of Communications and Transport in HCM City have been suspended from school for sexually harassing a female classmate.

In at least one education expert's opinion, the public might have to pay increased textbook prices because of royalty fees due to authors.

The Russian Ministry of Education and Science wishes to expand its education and training cooperation with Vietnam, Minister Dmitry Livanov said in a meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Vu Luan in Moscow on October 3.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has called on the Vietnam National University- HCM City to make every effort to become a Vietnamese "brand name".

The new regulation on assessment for primary school students is expected to be a breakthrough for Vietnam’s education system, one official has said.

Belgium will present 30 full scholarships to young Vietnamese professionals within the framework of its Indicative Cooperation Programme with Vietnam for the period of 2011-2015 with the aim of supporting the country’s socio-economic development.

A life-long learning week was launched in localities across the country on September 29 to raise public awareness of building a learning society.

A high school teacher in Quang Ninh Province has been suspended from her work for her violent behaviour toward a student.