Education

The Vietnamese Government pledges optimal conditions for New Zealand universities to strengthen educational cooperation in Vietnam, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung while visiting the Auckland University of Technology.

Australia’s New South Wales Department of Education and Communities, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training and EMG Education have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on expanding their cooperation.

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and her Japanese counterpart Akie Abe have announced plans to deepen cooperation in helping girls in developing nations finish their educations.

As many as 80,084 strip cartoons “I’m a little rhino” were presented to primary students in the central city of Da Nang at the international conference to popularise the elimination of rhino horn use.

Though the Ministry of Education and Training has put an end to the debate about the primary education reform by refusing to amend Circular No 30, parents are still protesting against it.

The southern Binh Duong Province's Food Administration yesterday inspected the canteens of 10 local schools for alleged use of substandard materials in food cooked for students.

Children needed more instruction on proper codes of behavior as recent Internet videos suggest they are lacking in discipline and social instruction, an expert said.

The Ministry of Education and Training and other related authorities should prepare for the smooth organisation of this year’s national high school graduation and university entrance exam, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged.

Vietnam needs to improve the quality and relevance of upper secondary school and technical and vocational education and training to fill the rapid growth in medium-skill employment under the ASEAN Economic Community.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam suggested establishing a joint working group on education during a reception for Danish Minister of Education Christine Antorini in Hanoi.

A retired teacher has been offering free classes to poor children of mountainous An Giang Province for 18 years.

School children in Ho Chi Minh City have demanded that authorities make their history lessons more interesting since they need to learn about their country's past.

The number of Vietnamese students is the second largest among the international students studying in Japan, according to the latest statistics from the Japan Student Services Organisation.

The nation got two big prizes at a March 1 awards ceremony of the 2015 Shell Eco-marathon Asia competition taking place in Manila, the Philippines, attended by more than 100 teams from 17 countries.

In a major change in Vietnamese education, the national high school graduation and the university admission exams have been fused into one.

Students at many schools in remote Dien Bien Province are late coming back to class after the Tet holidays.

The history of Da Nang and its relationship with the Hoang Sa Archipelago (Paracel Islands) will be introduced into the curricula at secondary and high schools in the central coastal city this year, officials have announced.

Nguyen Thi Lan volunteered to work as a teacher in remote Yen Bai Province after she graduated in 2007, and she is still there, working with ethnic minority students.

The Government encourages public universities to manage their own funding in order to improve the quality of education and human resources, PM Nguyen Tan Dung said during a recent visit to Ton Duc Thang University.