Education

Many universities and colleges around the country, especially public institutions, have introduced counselling to enable students to choose appropriate courses.

Over 200 students in Ha Tinh province have had to brave a dangerous river, or travel ferry, to school for years.

The class will be volunteering for a non-profit organization and will write stories on the culture and people of Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a National Programme on Children Protection for 2011-2015 period.

Forty two Vietnamese students have received Master of International Accounting degrees from Swinburne University of Technology.

Cultural diplomacy is expected be taught as a subject in several major universities by the end of this year as part of a Government strategy.

More than 200 students in central Nghe An Province have had to commute to school by boat for years due to a shortage of funds for a bridge.

Ton Nu Thi Ninh, who is an experienced diplomat, said the education renovation process should be started with reforms in education levels.

Tôn Nu Huy Châu, the great-granddaughter of Vietnam's last King, receives her master's degree from Sogang University on Tuesday.

The departments of education and training are working to provide material support for students not to drop out of school after Tet.

The HiPT Group has signed a memorandum of understanding, agreeing to work together in training members of the labour force in the IT sector.

Physical education in Vietnam has been notorious for cultivating in students a hatred for sports with its rigid grading system and joyless drill.

Colleges and universities in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City must undergo assessment for whether they should be relocated.

Universities in Hanoi and HCM City are required to submit their plans for moving to the suburbs by February, but many have yet to draft them.

Chuong Thi Yen, a 26-year old teacher, cried when she learned of her new assignment to a remote area.

Those practising weight loss hypnotherapy will be interested in research published in medical journal, The Lancet, found that one in ten adults are obese.

In the absence of life skill training in schools, urban parents are sending children to unregulated psychological improvement centres.

Foreign students wishing to study at Vietnamese universities or colleges may soon be exempted from sitting for entrance examinations.

Vietnam has set a goal to build schools to provide education for more ethnic minority children.