Education

Large enterprises have been encouraged to increase their cooperation with education institutions to increase the expertise of the Vietnamese workforce.

An incident at a HCM City school in which many students tore up their history lessons after learning that it would not be on their final exams has stirred controversy.

A cooperation agreement in hi-tech engineer training was signed in HCM City by France’s Dasault Systèmes Group, the French Education Ministry and the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi.

A boarding school in the remote village of Ta Hoc, Son La Province is struggling with food shortages.

The PM has agreed to lower the current quota of 450 students for every 10,000 people to between 300 and 350 students by 2020.

Primary schools in HCM City face overcrowding because of the large number of children born in the lucky "Year of the Pig" (2007).

Private kindergartens have mushroomed in the new urban areas in Hanoi, but many offer low-quality services.

Students in Vietnam are increasingly opting for online university entrance exam training courses, according to education experts.

Parents push to gain acceptance for their children in prestigious schools may do more harm than good, some experts warned.

Many parents have left sex education to teachers despite education authorities struggling on how to discuss the topic.

The Ministry of Education and Training is planning to waive exams for first graders to reduce pressure on them and to stop kids being given private reading and writing lessons before they enter school.

Arts play a significant role in education by improving academic success and attendance at school, a British educator told a conference themed “Leading Generation for Creativity” in HCM City .

While many students show little interest in studying literature, educators have shown a lack of creativity in teaching the subject.

Vietnam’s achievements at the ninth ASEAN Skill Competition have contributed to improving the position of the Vietnamese vocational training sector in the ASEAN region..

While universities report the high percentages of graduates who can find jobs, job centers and local labor departments have reported the increasingly high unemployment rate.

A live online forum was held by Dan Tri/DTiNews this morning called, “What are the hot programmes?”

ISC-UKEAS and DTiNews are holding an online exchange entitled “What are the hot programmes?”, answering practical questions for students and parents.

US's Chicago state will close 54 schools and 61 school buildings by the beginning of the next academic year in the country's third-largest public school district.

Vietnam will do its utmost to increase the quality of education to a level available to people from other Southeast Asian nations.