Vocational training in a mess
Vietnam has 1,700 vocational training schools which annually provide more than 1.6 million workers but the market is still running short of skilled labourers.
Development program sets this way, training goes the other way
Vietnam is seriously lacking manpower in some professions, while it has many redundant workers in other fields.
Homosexual youngsters ill treated at school
A majority of homosexual students are suffering from communal discrimination and violence, according to experts addressing a workshop in Hanoi.
Hanoian parents jostled to buy application forms
Hundreds of Hanoian parents spent sleepless nights queuing up in front of the Giang Vo Experimental School to buy application forms for their children's studying at the school.
Foreign language skill requirements make it difficult to produce PhDs
Universities complain that some unreasonable regulations have prevented many people to enter the training courses for doctorates.
Drop out students choose to work
The increasing number of students dropping out of school is a continual problem for educators in Dak Lak Province.
English centres closed overnight, students in limbo
Several English centres in HCMC leave their victims scratching heads after they suddenly shut down without paying refunds to students and salary arrears to teachers.
Vietnamese getting familiar to homeschooling
While homeschooling remains unfamiliar to many Vietnamese, the concept has recently been imported to the country by the parents who have the chances to work and live abroad.
Hanoi nursery schools enroll pupils through… lucky draws
State owned nursery schools in Hanoi have decided to organize lucky draws to choose pupils.
Holding exams in schoolyard, school sparks controversy
A Ho Chi Minh City elementary school has stirred up public controversy by having its students take their end-of-semester exams in the schoolyard.
Vietnam stresses need to reform education
The Ministry of Education and Training announced an action programme for the 2011-2016 period with a focus on education reform.
All Vietnamese students bag APhO medals
All eight Vietnamese students who competed in the 13th Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) in New Delhi won medals, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.
Universities and colleges face enrolment ban
Five universities and colleges are banned from enrolling new students for five specialties after an inspection revealed shortcomings in their training quality.
Australian education to be introduced in Hanoi, HCM City
An Australian education exhibition will take place in Hanoi and HCM City on May 12-13 respectively, with the participation of 14 private and public Australian high schools.
Vietnamese history goes viral
While many young Vietnamese find the subject boring at school, they are using sites like Facebook to learn history on their own.
Studying abroad points out flaws in Vietnamese education
An increasing number of students choose to study in other countries, posing challenges for the education system in Vietnam.
Less common foreign languages now attract more learners
Vietnam now witnesses the movement of learning less common foreign languages, because the language skills could be an advantage for Vietnamese to look for jobs.
Tuition exemption cannot help attract students to pedagogical schools
Students nowadays do not want to study at pedagogical schools to become teachers, even though they do not have to pay tuition for university study.
Non-state owned general schools lack students, superfluous teachers
Non-state owned schools now already prepare the enrolment plan for the next school year because of the lack of students.
International school graduates denied access to local universities
Graduates of international high schools operating in Vietnam are denied access to Vietnamese higher education, even though their schools are accredited in the country.
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