Education

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.

Students from the smallest ethnic minority groups at all education levels will be exempted from education fees beginning in March.

Every year during Tet employees in many companies expect high bonuses, while for teachers the bonuses are slim to none.

Vietnam has set a target date of 2015 for completion of its program to provide pre-education to every child under the age of 5.

The Ministry of Education and Training has decided to give new books to schools in six recently flooded central provinces.

Ho Chi Minh City will implement three preschool education projects totaling USD135 million extending until 2015.

Vietnam will increase stipends for those who qualify and study overseas using the state budget.

The President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations received a delegation of 13 professors, and experts from New York University on an official visit to Vietnam.

FPT Polytechnic College’s director is pushing for Vietnam to increase and improve work-study programmes.

Students are in desperate need of textbooks that meet international standards to receive an adequate education.

Preschools in Hanoi are nearly 3,000 teachers short, said an official of the Department of Education and Training.

Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan received delegation of 52 returning overseas students from the USA, Japan, England and other countries in Hanoi.

The Vietnam Golf Association (VGA) is developing a programme to identify talented young golfers in schools across the country.

Almost 30 robots have started teaching English to youngsters in a South Korean city in a pilot project designed to nurture the nascent robot industry.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed a decision to set up an advanced mathematics research institute.

The Ministry of Education and Training said the total state budget dedicated to education for 2011 is expected to be $254 million.

With 34 golds, 16 silvers and 14 bronzes, the Vietnamese team ranked fourth at the 15 th Asian University Games (AUG).

Relevant authorities in Vietnam are finding it hard to help HIV/AIDS-infected children go to schools.