Education

More than 2,000 people marched on the residence of Hong Kong's leader Thursday night as students escalated their protest action against China's refusal to grant the city full democracy.

Hanoi authorities have decided to appoint Dr. Dam Quang Minh, 35, as dean of FPT University.

Education is one of the bright spots in the multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Singapore.

Six Hanoi high school students will compete in the 11th International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) in Argentina from December 2-11.

The HCM City Department of Education and Training asked local schools to tighten control over student events after a pole dance was performed in a high school playground.

Hong Kong students Monday began a week-long boycott of classes, the start of what democracy activists say will be a wider campaign of civil disobedience against China's refusal to grant the city full universal suffrage.

Five secondary students from HCM City are set to take part in the World Robot Olympiad 2014, to be held in Russia in November.

Special night classes for adults from the Mong ethnic minority group are being held in Yen Bai Province in order to increase the literacy rate there.

As many as 300 candidates from ten ASEAN countries are expected to participate in the 10th regional skills competition at the My Dinh National Convention Centre in Hanoi from October 19-29.

As many as 660,000 rural workers received vocational training in the period 2010-2013, mainly in husbandry and fishery, as part of the national new rural development programme.

Vietnam National University, Hanoi and other universities throughout the nation should pay particular attention to nurturing the social and moral values of students as an integral part of the education process.

The outstanding results achieved by Vietnamese students at the International Mathematical Olympiad provide a solid foundation for the country to build mathematical development programs in the future.

A study, conducted by the Ministry of Education and Training, found that 1.1 million children between 5-14 years of age do not attend school, a workshop in Hanoi on September 11 heard.

Private high schools in HCM City are facing problems recruiting students for the new school year.

The Ministry of Education and Training has approved two sets of teaching material on anti-corruption to be used for colleges and universities.

An increasing amount of university graduates are being forced to take jobs that are not in the fields of their majors.

The Ministry of Education and Training has decided to combine the annual national high school exam and the university entrance exam from next year. At present, they are held separately.

ASEAN senior officials on education convened their 9th meeting in Vientiane , Laos on September 9 to prepare for the upcoming 8th ASEAN Education Ministers’ Meeting (ASED 8), also to be held in the Lao capital.

More than 22 million students started their school year across Vietnam on September 5.