Education

Vietnam has sent 13 vocational students to the 42nd Worldskills Competition in Leipzig, Germany.

More than 800,000 high school graduates nationwide sat for the first wave of university entrance examination on July 4.

During exam time at universities many landlords opportunistically increase their fees for accommodation because of high demand from students.

The Ministry of Education and Training has requested making environmental protection part of curriculums nationwide in 2014.

Amid rising school violence, many schools in Hanoi are trying to find ways to help students to decrease such behaviour.

The Ministry of Education and Training awarded Director of the British Council in Vietnam Robin Rickard a medal.

Many students at a training centre in Hanoi are instructed to learn sample literary essays to prepare for their university entrance exam.

A Chinese astronaut orbiting more than 300 kilometres (186 miles) above the Earth's surface delivered a video class to children across the country on Thursday, state television showed in a live broadcast.

Under a newly issued directive by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, corruption prevention measures will be taught at educational and training facilities from the 2013-2014 academic year.

The Japanese Government will give 243,000 USD to the expansion of a secondary school in central Thanh Hoa province and the building of a new primary school in northern Nam Dinh province.

A music night with the theme Thap Sang Uoc Mo (To Light up a Dream) will raise money for a fund that offers scholarships to poor and ethnic minority students who have excellent learning results.

Key English teachers have been trained in a new innovative English teaching method for primary schools which focuses on learners instead of teachers.

Nguyen Thuy Tien and 10 other students from developing countries have received the World Deaf Leadership Scholarship from the US Gallaudet University.

Several more colleges have been fined for failing to comply with regulations on joint training programmes.

Universities that were set up under a plan to build international standardised universities still have to rent infrastructure, an inspection has found.

The success of the 47th Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Council Conference has made a significant contribution to raising the image of Vietnam’s education, a senior education official has said.

The government should take measures to clear away substandard universities, one National Assembly agency said.

Vietnam hopes to have 60 scientific research organisations of regional and international stature by 2020.

Officials and specialists gathered in Hanoi to discuss the best ways to improve education for ethnic minority children.