Fake degrees become a real problem
The business of buying and selling fake diplomas and English certificates allows students to shirk a real education.
Portraying Vietnam as a brand
A workshop to be given by the British Council will ask the question of how Vietnam should market itself to the rest of the world.
Foreign firms provide career guidance to Vietnamese students
Intel, Dell and Yahoo! Vietnam will tie up with local firms to provide a series of career path guide programmes for Vietnamese students.
Lac Hong University wins robot contest
Lac Hong University from the southern province of Dong Nai will represent Vietnam at the 2011 Asia-Pacific Robocon contest.
British University Vietnam to open new campus in Hung Yen
The first British-owned institution in Vietnam will open its new main campus in the northern province of Hung Yen.
Libraries want more funding for children
The Government should allot libraries more funds to buy books, newspapers and comic books for children and upgrade their facilities.
Young people turn backs teaching careers
Fewer students opt to take the entrance exam for teachers’ training schools due to high rate of unemployment after graduation.
Vietnam wins two bronzes at APhO 2011
Vietnam has won two bronze medals and three credits at the 12th Asian Physics Olympiad 2011 held in Israel.
Robocon Vietnam finds candidate to Asia-Pacific contest
Thirty-two robot teams from institutions across Vietnam will fight to get a ticket to Asia-Pacific Robot Contest.
Parents prefer private schools to state-owned ones
Private schools have become more attractive than state owned schools in the eyes of high income parents.
Few male teachers for kindergarten schools
HCM City is seriously lacking in qualified nursery male teachers, since there are few takers for kindergarten teaching.
Pronunciation improvement for primary students
The Hanoi Department of Education and Training said it had helped improve pronunciation and spelling of Vietnamese in primary schools.
Education Festival 2011 promotes advanced education
The Ho Chi Minh City Education Development Festival 2011 opened on May 7 at the Phu Tho Indoor Sports Stadium in District 11.
Few takers for technical schools in Vietnam
Technical universities in southern Vietnam are finding it more and more difficult to motivate students to study.
Bond issue to pay for dorms
The HCM City National University, which is building a giant dormitory complex for students, has sought USD24 million from the city.
Vietnam, Germany sign educational accords
Vietnam signed two accords of educational and research cooperation with Hessen State of Germany in Wiesbaden.
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.
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