Education

Vietnam has achieved notable successes in eradicating illiteracy, and efforts continue to advance this mission, the Ministry of Education and Training reported on International Literacy Day, which falls on September 8.

Đào Khương Duy, a seventh grader at Huỳnh Tấn Phát Secondary School in Bến Tre Province, has won the third prize in the International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People.

Approximately 23 million students officially began the 2023-2024 academic year as schools nationwide held opening ceremonies on Tuesday morning.

All the four Vietnamese students competing at the International Olympiad in Informatics 2023 have secured medals, comprising one gold, two silver, and one bronze, the Ministry of Education and Training said.

The scientific and educational organisation "Meeting Vietnam" presented 220 Vallet scholarships to outstanding students at high schools and universities in Thua Thien - Hue on September 1.

All 36 students of class 12B2 at Le Thanh Ton School in HCM City's Tan Phu District have won a place at leading medical and pharmaceutical colleges after graduating from high school.

The scientific and educational organisation “Rencontres du Vietnam” (Meeting Vietnam) has presented 175 Vallet scholarships worth 2.59 billion VND ( 107,135 USD) in total to outstanding Vietnamese students.

The online learning platform congdanso.edu.vn has attracted more than 15,100 people since its launch, and nearly 3,000 students and workers in industrial zones are guided in learning on the platform.

Authorities in Hanoi have proposed to build underground classrooms to serve the rising number of students as local schools have no more space for expansion.

The US Agency for International Development on Friday celebrated its successful partnership with Vietnam and Arizona State University to improve STEM education in Vietnamese higher education institutions over the last eight years.

At the conference to summarise the school year 2022-2023 for primary education, the Ministry of Education and Training revealed that over 52,000 grade one students did not pass the first grade.

All three teams with eight junior high school Vietnamese students from Hanoi's Giảng Võ Junior High School, who took part in the World Inventory Creativity Olympic (WICO), have bagged gold medals.

The US Mission in Vietnam is calling for applications from outstanding candidates to participate in the AY 2024 - 2025 Fulbright US- ASEAN Visiting Scholar Programme.

The People’s Council of central Da Nang city has approved free schooling for students from kindergarten to high school in the 2023-2024 academic year with a budget of 408 billion VND (16.3 million USD).

All five Vietnamese students have brought home medals, including two golds, two silvers and one bronze medals, from the 53rd International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2023 held in Japan from July 10-17.

STEAM for Vietnam, the American Centres in Hanoi and HCM City, and Hanoi University of Science and Technology have announced the collaborative launch of the “A Year of Robotics 2024” Programme and Vietnam VEX Robotics National Championship 2024.

All six Vietnamese students have won medals, including two gold medals, at the International Mathematical Olympiad 2023 (IMO) held in Japan.

Using discarded agricultural and fishery waste, a group of high school students have successfully researched and manufactured unburnt lightweight materials from shells and rice husks.

Three Vietnamese students have won a silver and two bronze medals at the 34th International Biology Olympiad held in the United Arab Emirates, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.