Hyperactive kids separated for special education
Ho Chi Minh City’s An Phu 1 Primary School knows how to make hyperactive students behave via a separate and fully-equipped classroom.
Deputy Minister: Vocational training top priority for education
Vietnam will prioritise vocational training in the coming years to ease the current shortage of skilled labourers.
Plan, Accenture cooperate in providing youth with vocational training
Plan International will link up with Accenture to provide vocational training for about 3,500 underprivileged young people in Vietnam and India.
You can now buy books on your mobile phone
A Vietnamese firm has launched an online book purchase service for mobile phones to help clients select and order books via cellphones.
ADB gives $190M in loans for new university
The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of USD190 million for a university which could serve as a model for Vietnam.
Well-rounded at 5
Many parents and Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi are forcing a well-rounded education on their five-year-olds despite their kids’ reaction.
Korean language studies popular in Vietnam
A growing number of Vietnamese students are studying the Korean language at university, mainly to work at Korean firms operating in their country.
Students taught value of money
The HCM City Department of Education and Training has been providing financial education for students as part of a soft-skills training programme.
Laws for private universities not clear enough: education official
The Government should have consistent policies for non-state universities to operate as non-profits, one educator said.
Textbook prices on the rise
The Education Publishing House has raised its textbook prices by an average of 16.9% in 2011.
Tests, competitions, and exams burdening students
A lot of tests, semester exams and competitions have been putting a hard pressure on primary school students.
New Ede language textbooks to hit classrooms this year
The Central Highland province of Dak Lak has completed new editions of primary school textbooks written in the ethnic Ede language.
The race to find a “good school”
Hanoi parents have been finding it difficult, and sometimes expensive, to find good primary education for their children.
New regulations won’t help stop compelled private tutoring
Despite Hanoi's new regulation on tighter management over private tutoring, educators are still dubious about its efficiency.
Vietnam, Laos sign agreement on educational co-operation
Vietnam and Laos have reached agreements on educational co-operation aimed at improving learning and teaching until 2020.
Vietnamese students turn their backs to social sciences
Educators have, once again, rung the alarm bell over the indifference of Vietnamese students to social science majors with record low registration.
Siemens donates software to Vietnamese universities
Siemens will donate software worth USD71 million next month to help Vietnamese universities develop the next generation of engineers.
The “read and write down” education
Vietnam’s education has been described as the “read and write down” education, which is believed to stifle the creative capacity of learners.
South Korea supports vocational training in Quang Tri
The Republic of Korea has provided a non-refundable aid worth USD4.7 million for construction of a vocational training school in Quang Tri.
Experts criticise new higher education bill
Educational experts have criticised the draft Tertiary Education Law for being virtually indistinguishable from existing regulations.
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