Education

Education minister questioned at NA hearing

Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan was quizzed by National Assembly deputies, focusing on tertiary and vocational training quality, graduates’ high unemployment rate, and the implementation of educational and textbook renovation.

Three Vietnamese students to compete at MOSWC 2014

Three Vietnamese students will participate in the final round of the Microsoft Office Specialist Word Championship 2014 in California, the US, from July 27-30.

Students of certain majors to enjoy tuition reductions

The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training has issued a circular offering tuition fee reductions for students of many majors, including the traditional arts and useful health research.

Vietnamese universities seek ties with foreign partners

Domestic universities have more opportunities than ever to improve quality because of Vietnam's integration with the rest of the world, a member of the National Council for Education and Human Resource Development has said.

Work starts on Con Co Island’s first school

A ceremony was held in Con Co island district, central Quang Tri province on June 8 to kick off construction on a kindergarten and primary school on the island.

Parents worry over content of children's comics

Many Vietnamese parents have expressed concerns over troubling content in children's comic books which are widely available at bookstores and on internet.

PM agrees to set up Fulbright Vietnam University

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has adopted a project to establish a Fulbright Vietnam University under the non-profit foreign-invested university model.

East Sea tension included in high school graduation exam

The on-going tension on the East Sea following China's illegal placement of an oil rig inside Vietnam's exclusive economic zone has been included into this year’s high school graduation literature exam.

900,000 students sit final high school exams

More than 900,000 high school students nationwide started the national graduation exams today, June 2.

Test results not reflective of real education

Many schools in Vietnam have been reporting extremely high test results, while the actual quality education is deficient.

Vocation enrolments continue to decrease

More and more students are opting to choose senior high school instead of vocational school in HCM City as enrollment continues to drop for the 2014-15 academic year.

Dedicated headmaster in poor central highlands commune

A headmaster in a remote district of Gia Lai province has won the respect of the local community for personally borrowing hundreds of millions of VND to build a school.

University plans to open international marine law faculty

The headmaster of Hanoi Law University, Phan Chi Hieu, said that the university is preparing a plan to open an international marine law faculty for submission to the Ministry of Education and Training this year.

Local students excel at Asian Physics Olympiad

All eight Vietnamese students have won prizes at the 15th Asian Physics Olympiad (AphO 2014) in Singapore, according to the Department for Testing and Education Quality Accreditation under Ministry of Education and Training.

Three Vietnamese universities in Asia’s top 300

Vietnam National University (VNU) – Hanoi remained the country’s top university based on the latest rankings released by QS (Quacquarelli Symond), leading two other Vietnamese schools in the list of Asia’s best universities.

HCM City to alleviate teacher shortage

Authorities in HCM City are working to solve an ongoing shortage of preschool teachers, which is becoming a serious issue in meeting demand and quality standards for early childhood education.

Students turn away from education training universities

This year, pedagogical universities in Vietnam have received a sharp fall in the number of applications after a warning about the teacher redundancy.

Two Singapore universities listed Asia’s top ten

The National University of Singapore (NUS) emerged as top and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) jumped to seventh in Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)’s Asia university rankings in 2014.

Vietnamese students to compete at Intel ISEF 2014

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) held a ceremony in Hanoi on May 9 to meet with 16 Vietnamese students who will attend the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF 2014) in the US, from May 11-16.