Education

Labour market-oriented training was a common trend in developed countries across the region and throughout the world that Vietnam needed to follow, said Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan.

There are plans to set up an official National Reading Day in Vietnam to encourage the once strong Vietnamese fondness for reading.

Vietnamese students have to learn harder and do more home exercises than foreign students, but this does not mean that Vietnamese are better than foreign.

The Japanese Government has agreed to help build the Nguyen Thi Minh Khai primary school in Tra Doc commune, Bac Tra My District, in Quang Nam province.

Vietnam urban parents have been rushing to bring the children to the classes where students can approach a modern way of learning math.

The Ministry of Education and Training is seeking opinions from agencies and the public for stricter standards to recognise secondary and high schools as nationally-graded level.

Despite the low demand and the low popularity of e-books and the widespread copyright infringement, the big guys in the hi-tech sector all are planning to digitalise textbooks.

Many parents in Hanoi have complained about excessive school fees, but have failed to petition school leaders as they are worried it would affect their children.

The Ministry of Education and Training has drawn up a plan to recompile textbooks for general school students, estimating cost VND70 trillion.

HCM City’s programme to use English for teaching science subjects has faced many difficulties.

The PM has issued a new regulation which will tighten the affiliation in education between Vietnamese and foreign organisations.

A recent conference on education reform pointed out some major flaws in the current Vietnamese education system.

Experts from Germany, ASEAN and international organizations will gather in Hanoi earlier this month for a regional conference on vocational training.

The 12th annual charity Fun Run at Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu My Hung Urban Area was hailed as a roaring success.

A lot of excellent university graduates refuse to go on the “red carpet” laid by the local authorities to attract talented workers.

All four members of the Vietnamese team have won medals at the 24th International Olympiad in Informatics held in Italy..

Tri Viet Publishing House has won a court case against foreign language study centres over a series of book copyright violations.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan to support vocational training and job creation for people living with disabilities in the 2012-2020 period.

The Ministry of Education and Training said that Vietnam strives to upgrade the training quality, while it does not intend to expand the network scale.