Education

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.

Many high-schools in HCM City have announced that current teaching programmes do not address the real needs of students.

Several education experts said that the high unemployment rate among university graduates was warned about ten years ago, but the government has seemed to ignore it.

The UK-based Westminster Kingsway College will implement a British Council-sponsored project at Vietnam’s Kien Giang Vocational College to improve students’ vocational skills.

The Ministry of Education and Training has approved a pilot programme for teaching of foreign language at nursery schools following demand from many parents.

The PM has approved the establishment of the Vietnam-Japan College under the Vietnam National University in Hanoi.

Over 300 delegates from around the globe gathered in Hue city for a March 15-16 dialogue addressing global standards for education reform.

Many parents said the Ministry of Education and Training should not ban the teaching of foreign languages for pre-school students.

German companies are ready to help Hanoi develop quality human resources to meet its socio-economic development tasks.

A teacher from the Hanoi-Amsterdam High School pointed out some of the reasons many students are turning away from social subjects, a trend that has been underway for many years.

Vietnam now tops Southeast Asia in the number of doctors, but the country is ranked among regional countries in being one the lowest in scientific research effectiveness.

Vietnamese students have won second and third prizes for math and science at the Search for SEAMEO Young Scientists (SSYS) 9th Regional Congress held in Malaysia from March 3-7.

The Ministry of Education and Training has allowed a number of universities to renew admissions for 62 courses after meeting requirements for teaching staff, one official said.

A group of retired teachers in central Quang Ngai province have opened a free class for disabled children in the area.

Foreign students planning to study in Vietnam are required to fill their information in Vietnam International Education Development (VIED)'s official website within 30 days of their arrival in the country.

Vietnamese students rank fifth in the world in spending time at extra classes, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Vietnamese high school students will have to take four subjects in order to graduate, a decision which some say will strike a death blow to the subject of history.