Education

Campus France - the French national agency for the promotion of higher education, international student services, and international mobility - held a Vietnam Day in Paris on April 24 to provide an overview of Vietnam’s university system and the

A floating school, the first of this kind in Vietnam, with modern equipment, has been put into use in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long.

The Minister of Education and Training said that widely-reported VND34 trillion price tag for a new education reform plan was a mistake.

A new version of an e-book device has been launched in Vietnam as part of the effort to promote education reform in the country.

A number of schools in Nghi Xuan District, one of the poorest districts of Thanh Hoa Province, have been left abandoned after being used for just a few years.

Pham Ngoc Phuong, a spokesman for the Ministry of Education and Training, explained how over VND34 trillion will be spent on education reform.

Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan has suggested the Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organisation’s Regional Language Centre improves the professional skills of English teachers in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Education and Training is considering a plan to spend VND34 trillion on reforming textbooks and curriculum for general education.

Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan has met his Singaporean counterpart HengSweeKeat to discuss the operations of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation, as well as ways to foster bilateral cooperation in education.

During an online meeting with authorities, many Vietnamese students who are studying abroad showed curiosity about job opportunities in Vietnam after graduation.

Many universities are facing difficulties in enrolling disabled students following a recently-issued regulation on special incentives for these candidates.

Eight Vietnamese students will compete at the 15th Asian Physics Olympiad 2014 (AphO) in Singapore from May 11-15, according to the Department for Testing and Education Quality Accreditation under Ministry of Education and Training.

Authorities in Danang city have recently warned parents and students about the rising number of cases where students were kidnapped in the city.

Up to 30% of university graduates are attending vocational schools and additional courses after being unable to find a job in their chosen profession.

Many teachers in Vietnam complain that they are facing difficulties in giving real life examples for their anti-corruption lessons, fearing the students might become disillusioned.

President Truong Tan Sang on April 3 inspected the progress of the Vietnam-Japan University project in the Hoa Lac High-Tech Park in the west of Hanoi.

A mobile school, to be towed by a truck, one of the two schools of its kind funded by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), has been launched in the Mekong Delta.

The Vietnamese capital of Hanoi and the Lao capital of Vientiane have outlined an educational cooperation programme in the coming years, including increasing visit exchanges to share experience in teaching and management.

The non-government organisation Saigon Children’s Charity (SCC) will raise about 750,000 USD for the building of kindergartens in two poor districts in the southern province of Kien Giang.