A local education expert said training in penmanship and arithmetic memorisation should be dropped from primary school education because it lacks real educational value.
Students with severe disabilities will be allowed to enter universities and colleges without taking examinations, according to a recent joint circular on educational policies.
An education fund has been set up for the children of workers in industrial zones in several southern provinces, which includes to improve preschool education.
Education authorities in Quang Trach District, Quang Binh Province have been criticised for organising an outdoor swimming competition despite cold weather.
The Japanese Government will provide financial and technical assistance for the Can Tho University in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho to achieve its development goals.
A video clip in which two high school students beat their teacher after being slapped has stirred public concern over the behaviour of both students and teachers.
Rector of the Hanoi University of Science Nguyen Van Noi talks to the Vietnam News Agency about the preparations for the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad, which will be organised in Vietnam this July.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has stressed the need to renovate exams and education management at a February 13 conference held by the Ministry of Education and Training.
HCM City hopes to ensure that by next year all children from the age of one will be cared for at schools, according to the Secretary of the municipal Party Committee.
The director of the Higher Education Department said that the recent suspension of new admissions for 207 university courses was aimed at increasing the quality of education.
Only six percent of secondary school graduates in Vietnam go to vocational schools. More than a half of high school graduates go to universities and junior colleges.
A quarter of a billion children worldwide are failing to learn basic reading and maths skills in an education crisis that costs governments $129 billion annually, said the UN.
Vietnamese students win high prizes at many international competitions, but Vietnam is among the countries with the lowest labour productivity index in the world.