Education

The US non-governmental organisation Pacific Links Foundation has granted scholarships to 650 disadvantaged female students from the Mekong Delta provinces of An Giang, Dong Thap, Kien Giang, and Tien Giang.

A draft project on renovating education and training has asserted the decisive role of education to the country’s sustainable development.

The use of computer-assisted language teaching, particularly on mobile devices, has enabled students to be more interactive and creative in their study of English, education experts said at a recent conference.

Hanoi’s plan to pilot 18 high-quality public schools would help improve education quality, one education expert has said.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has appealed for an improvement in pre-school education and wants management for the education sector to be further decentralised ahead of the 2013-2014 academic year.

The former minister of Education and Training said that there should be a separate education programme for gifted children.

The University of Sciences, under Thai Nguyen University, has renderedl 731 copies of university diplomas because of spelling errors.

Deputy minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thi Nghia shared about the shortcomings and low quality of pre-school education in Vietnam.

Japan will provide US$3.3 million in non-refundable aid for Vietnam within the framework of the Japan Human Resource Development Scholarships project in the 2014-2017 period.

The MoET has removed a controversial regulation that would have given bonus points to Heroic Mothers who registered for university entrance exams.

There are several inadequacies in the current textbooks and education programmes for basic education, an official has said.

More than 300 Australian students will come to Vietnam during the next 12 months to earn credit towards their Australian academic qualifications through clinical placements, short-term research projects and semester bussed exchanges.

All five Vietnamese students got medals, including two golds, at the 2013 International Physics Olympiad in Denmark from July 5-15, the Ministry of Education and Training said.

Twenty-six collectives and individuals were acknowledged in Hanoi on July 13 for their excellent performances in various aspects of life.

A group of Vietnamese seaplane pilots have completed their first training course in Canada.

Following public controversy, the MoET explained the regulation on prioritising Vietnamese Heroic Mothers who join university entrance exams.

Vietnamese Heroic Mothers will receive bonus points if they participate in university entrance exams, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Another 82 high schools in Ho Chi Minh City will offer financial education classes as part of a soft-skills training programme for the upcoming academic year, according to the city’s Department of Education and Training.

Vietnamese contestants bagged seven vocational certificates of excellence in the week-long 42nd Worldskills Competition, which commenced on July 2 in Leipzig, Germany.