Education

Although they manage to open increasing numbers of classrooms at the beginning of each academic year, HCM City authorities are unable to meet rising demand, leading to a chronic shortage of facilities as well as greater pressure on existing ones.

The Director of the General Department for Vocational Training, Duong Duc Lan, has welcomed revisions to Vietnam's Law on Vocational Training, saying they will improve the quality of the workforce.

Comprehensive scrutiny of Vietnam's education system was needed to improve the country's education system, said Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan.

As many as 1,660 English language teachers at secondary and high schools nationwide will undergo further training to sharpen their English teaching skills this year.

The MoET will carry out an English teacher quality assessment at colleges and universities nationwide in September.

The 6-strong Vietnamese team bagged three gold medals and three silvers at the 54 th International Mathematical Olympiad that took place from July 18-28 in Columbia.

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.