Education

Even though students in Vietnamese schools in are allowed to choose among five foreign languages, English has attracted the majority of learners at the expense of other languages.

More than 400 students from 72 HCM City high schools are participating in the municipal Department for Education and Training’s Q&A competition on ASEAN and its Charter.

E-learning plays an important role in today's classrooms, with positive and negative results, a university lecturer said at a recent workshop on IT in schools held in HCM City yesterday.

President Truong Tan Sang has asked Hanoi Law University to actively work to become the nation's leading institution in training legal professionals.

The Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thi Nghia discussed solutions to private kindergartens after the most recent child abuse case.

Many schools in the capital are struggling to overcome skills and infrastructure shortages to deliver quality student health care.

Refresher courses cannot help English teachers improve their listening and speaking skills. The lack of qualified teachers may lead to the failure of the national English teaching programme.

Hanoi authorities have been seeking measures to tighten control over private kindergartens after the most recent child abuse case at Phuong Anh Kindergarten, HCM City.

The Hanoi Department of Education and Training has asked all teachers and students to sing national anthem at ceremonies.

Even though the Ministry of Education and Training has agreed to let universities hold their own entrance exams next year, many universities expressed reluctance.

The English skills of many domestic teachers in Vietnam still fail to meet requirements, though a national foreign language scheme has been in place for three years.

As many as 75% Vietnamese students do not understand the majors that they are choosing to study at universities, according to a survey.

An overall lack of life skills is among reasons attributed to risks for young people, such as stress, depression and even suicide, an education expert said.

The low training quality, the lack of students and the huge bank debts that schools have incurred--after throwing money into land and investment deals, would all drive a lot of universities to death.

Many Vietnamese students remain passive in their studies and hesitant to speak during class, one expert said.

According to several experts, Vietnam's education system still has many problems that must be addressed despite good results from the PISA test.

Vietnamese students surprised the world with their high rankings in science and maths in a report on global education, an official said.

Australia’s leading healthcare company Sanofi has announced its program of cooperation with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the Society of Endocrinology - Diabetes Vietnam (VADE) to control diabetes in Vietnam.

Asian nations cemented their top positions in an eagerly awaited report on global education on Tuesday, as their students continued to outshine Western counterparts in maths, science and reading.