Education

Ethnic minority children taught in both their native language and Vietnamese are more active and confident and fare better in educational settings, study found.

Banning children under five from studying foreign teaching programmes would help preserve Vietnamese culture, an official said.

The government has decided to lower tuition and provide exemptions for medical students for five majors.

Starting this year, all preschool-age children from ethnic minority groups in the Dak Nong province will be taught Vietnamese before entering first grade, according to the provincial People’s Council.

A lot of young bachelors, including the ones with two or three university degrees, have to lay by their degrees in wardrobe and take the jobs as blue collar workers.

From now on, school curriculum in the central province of Khanh Hoa will include lesson chapters on Vietnam's Sea and Islands, with pictures and documents showing the country’s sovereignty.

Universities are attempting to attract students for the 2013 academic year by lowering fees, opening new faculties, or scholarships.

Many vocational schools are facing a shortage of students as only 63.5% of people who passed the exams entered their schools last year.

Foreign-invested nurseries will not be allowed to receive local children aged below five, according to the government’s decree.

A new school in Hoa Binh Province was inaugurated under a public-private partnership between Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, local authorities and Boeing.

The Ministry of Education and Training will intensify management over foreign education institutions across the country this year.

Between 300 and 500 voluntary teachers from native English-speaking countries will come to Vietnam each year to work in schools following a landmark deal.

The MoET’s new regulation that allows students to bring tape-recorders and cameras in exams has caused concern.

Several educators have said that the country’s teacher training methods remain a shamble.

Students are hiring stand-ins to represent them in lesson in the run-up to Tet.

Vietnamese students are being bored by their literature lessons due to uncreative teaching methods.

Thousands of native-English speakers will be invited to teach English in Vietnam under an education cooperation agreement.

While a regulation on education quality verification has taken effect since January 6, many schools in HCM City said it’s unpractical and improper.

The government recently approved a project worth VND340 billion (USD16.3 million) on education development until 2020.