Education

Professor Ngo Bao Chau recently brought attention to several weak points in Vietnam’s higher education system.

Nearly 200 delegates from universities around the globe are gathering at the Vietnam Education Dialogue 2014: Higher Education Reforms (VED 2014) in HCM City from July 31 to August 1.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on July 29 met Professor Ngo Bao Chau, the first Vietnamese to win the Fields Medal, the highest professional honour a mathematician can attain, and the Education Dialogue Group.

Using case studies in university curricula will help meet the need for a highly qualified workforce in the ASEAN economic community that takes effect next year, a professor of Vietnam National University's Technology University in HCM City said.

Vietnam always favours the development of science – technology talents, including those in the chemical science, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at the closing ceremony of the 46th annual International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) in Hanoi on July 28.

Work will officially start on a new British University Vietnam (BUV) multi-million main campus in Ecopark Township – one of the eco urban areas in northern Hung Yen province – in September.

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

Students attending the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) visited Bat Trang ceramic craft village in Hanoi on July 22.

The HCM City Department of Education and Training has ordered the closure of a local primary school for autistic children due to maltreatment of students.

More than 550 teachers and students from 77 countries and territories, including two observes, attended the opening ceremony of the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) in Vietnam’s Hanoi capital on July 21.

Vietnamese students have bagged three gold and two silver medals at the 45th International Physics Olympiad taking place in Astana, Kazakhstan from July 13-21, placing overall among the top ten.

Over 291 students from 75 countries around the globe have registered to compete in the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO 2014) scheduled to be held in Hanoi from July 20-29.

The Ministry of Education and Training is considering a new regulation on the methods of assessment for primary school students that would overhaul the grading system.

Vietnam has won three gold medals, 2 silvers and one bronze at the 55th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in South Africa.

The HCM City People's Committee has asked the Department of Education and Training to re-evaluate its pilot Cambridge programme and not to replace it with an unapproved integrated English teaching curriculum.

Vague regulations and hard realities often prevent disabled students from getting into their desired universities, confusing educators.

More than 1.6 million rural labourers received vocational training between 2010 and 2013 under a project on rural vocational training until 2020, it was announced at a July 4 meeting of the Central Steering Committee for implementing the project.

More than 571,000 high school students nationwide began the national university entrance examinations on July 4 seeking a place at one of the 141 universities and colleges.

Students from around the country have been flocking to the Temple of Literature in Hanoi to pray for luck before the upcoming university entrance exams.