Education

Vietnamese parents do not attend the lessons at the schools, but in fact, they also have to learn hard to become the fellow-travelers of their children, who go to the first grade.

While the publishing of textbooks is monopolised by the Education Publishing House, the reference books market is lucrative.

Some private colleges are flouting regulations to attract students for the new school year.

Many international schools in HCMC are in a tough race to attract students by offering high-valued promotions as well as scholarships in the new school year.

There has been no increase in tuition fees at public schools for the last two years, but private schools never fail to increase theirs every year.

Many schools have failed to ban students from driving motorbikes to class despite their efforts.

More and more universities in Vietnam are using a well-known teaching methodology to improve training quality and improve learning in the classroom.

Lack of proper facilities and staff has put increasing difficulties on many semi-boarding schools in HCM City.

A hands-on French education method or the “La main à la Pâte” programme will be piloted at junior high schools in five districts in the 2012-2013 academic year.

Non-state owned universities and vocational schools have been quietly hunting for the students failing the university entrance exams--to invite them to study at their schools.

Approximately $40 million will be invested in the Higher Engineering Education Alliance Program during the 2013-2017 period.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong had a working session with the Ministry of Education and Training on comprehensive education reform on August 17.

The tuitions for different education levels have been kept unchanged, however, this does not mean that the financial burden on parents has been eased.

The People’s Council of HCMC has recently approved a policy lending educational support to children of families facing dire economic strains, who are on or below the poverty line.

The National Institute of Mental Health has recently received a number of students who have suffered from mental disorders or serious depression, and potential suicide attempts after returning home from studying abroad.

A province in the central region rejects candidates who graduated from part-time training programs when recruiting public servants in a bid to improve its public administration quality.

Dinh Quang Tuyen from the Hanoi University of Technology was announced as the winner of the 2012 Asia Pacific UniSim Design Student Challenge at the Honeywell Users Group Asia-Pacific Symposium.

Machine learning has become in fashion among the well-off families in big cities in Vietnam. However, educators have warned that the learning machine abuse would do more harm than good.

Graduated students as well as long-time employees are facing greater challenges in finding jobs amid the economic downturn.