Education

The lack of English proficiency is not uncommon among new graduates," said Dr Nguyen Ngoc Hung, head of National Foreign Language Project's management board.

While office and business workers have been anxious these days to know how much they will get for Tet bonuses, teachers say Tet bonus proves to be an “abstract dream” for them.

Hundreds of primary school students in Chu Van An Primary School in northern Haiphong City will no longer have to carry heavy bags to school this year.

Vietnam has recently won second prize in an international programming contest held in Japan.

Teachers colleges need to improve their training methods since students graduating from them lack skills, according to experts.

Strengthening international co-operation is one of the ways to develop the study of mathematics in countries like Vietnam, experts have said.

The demand for temporary workers for the coming Tet holiday in HCM City has picked up over the last fortnight.

Vietnam may not achieve its goal of churning out one million IT workers by 2020, experts said.

The Le Van Tam Primary School in Kon Tum Province currently has ten combined grade classrooms with only one teacher each.

Internal strife has been ruining the education environment at local private universities where economic interests now dominate attention.

Teachers, and even parents, have pointed out myriad mistakes in textbooks currently used to teach K-12 students.

Many students find it difficult to get a job after their graduation as they have little idea what career they wish to pursue.

These days it’s common to hear about violence in school and find videos on the internet of students fighting each other.

Education and Training Department in Nghe An Province has found that 31 out of 113 inspected schools overcharged their students.

Fifty-five percent of students wish to work for foreign-invested companies, showed an annual survey by Nhan Viet Management Group.

Six Vietnamese high school pupils have won medals at the eighth International Junior Science Olympiad.

From next year, vocational schools and higher education institutions can decide their own levels of enrollment, said a circular recently issued by the Ministry of Education and Training.

Training courses offered by pedagogy universities to existing primary-school teachers have shown good results, said an official.

Students at vocational schools will be taught communication skills as an optional subject, said the Ministry of Education and Training.