Education

Vietnam has sent 70 specialists to Russia to receive nuclear technology training, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Le Dinh Tien informed.

Many students from other provinces in HCM City choose to find temporary jobs or do social work during Tet instead of returning home for the festival.

The HCM City authorities have agreed on recruitment policy for foreign preschool teachers, in light of the current shortage.

After being fined for violating regulations, Raffles International College Hanoi offered to reimburse any unhappy students.

The Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics in Hanoi held its inauguration ceremony on Jan. 17.

Hundreds of primary pupils in Can Tho City joined a painting contest with the theme of preventing violence in school.

The Ministry of Education and Training plans to ask the Government to allocate land and funds to develop preschool education in the Mekong Delta.

Schools in Vietnam have not paid attention to teach soft skills to their students.

Over 100,000 students studied abroad in 49 countries and territories in 2011, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

The Ministry of Education and Training will review the success of the “Friendly Schools, Active Students” programme among schools.

Many students in Son La Province these days have to huddle themselves in their thin clothes in the icy cold.

The Ministry of Education and Training will continue inspections of universities and colleges nationwide to ensure they are operating with adequate facilities and number of lecturers.

Vietnamese universities will give applicants more choices in the next school year that starts in September as they are going to offer several new majors.

University lecturers have recently voiced their concern that Vietnam’s education has been “staying alone” and it does not have the international connection.

The second phase of the Enhancement of French in Southeast Asia project is expected to popularize the French language among young people in the region.

Vu Minh Quang, father of a seventh grader at Trung Nhi Junior Secondary School, noticed a contradiction in his son's English.

Local universities which are using a large number of visiting lecturers and unwilling to enroll fewer students are racing to recruit lecturers and expand campuses.

According to a survey conducted at 50 high schools in HCM City, many students spend money wastefully, outside of parental supervision.

The Ministry of Education and Training has closed down unlicensed undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programmes at four HCM City schools.