Education

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.

A university in Khanh Hoa Province has been found to have worked with a college in HCM City to illegally enrol students for a continuous training programme.

A special Vietnam-Japan education forum has been held in Tokyo to mark the 40th anniversary of the two nations’ diplomatic ties.

Disadvantaged children and their demands for education have drawn the attention of many delegates at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City.

Several underprivileged students in HCM City have been forced into the role of domestic help for their landlords after being provided with free or discounted accommodation.

A request that press agencies must report exam cheating to local authorities before publishing stories has been widely rejected.

Only between 40% and 50% of graduates from universities of medicine and pharmacy in HCM City can find a suitable job, an agency has said.

A large number of reference books with inaccurate information on Vietnamese history, geography and culture, are stirring up public concerns over their negative impacts on children.

Vietnam and the German State of Hessen will work hard together to make the Vietnamese-German University a high quality educational centre in the country and region.

Vietnamese students who studied abroad are also finding it difficult to find suitable jobs on their return to Vietnam.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino signed a law Wednesday giving children three extra years of schooling, one of his key reforms aimed at lifting the country out of poverty.

Many primary schools in HCM City are still facing various difficulties in applying the new national English training programme due to teacher and funding shortfalls.

Twelve Vietnamese students have departed for the US to attend the International Science and Engineering Fair 2013.

Russia will grant 335 scholarships to Vietnamese undergraduate and post-graduate students in 2013.

An official believes that due to the scarcity of jobs, people are looking at other options rather than continuing tertiary education.