Education

Number of Vietnamese students returning home from USA on the rise

There has been an increase of 40 percent of USA overseas Vietnamese students returning to the homeland.

HCM City runs short of land for new schools

With district-level authorities taking inordinately long to approve construction of new schools, the city is facing a shortage which is exacerbated by the unavailability of land.

Sacrificing their own land to better the community

Ho Van Binh decided to donate over one hectare of his farming lands to local authorities in order to build a high school.

ADB supports Vietnam’s secondary education development

Programme worth $71M aims to support secondary education reform to meet the changing needs of Vietnam’s labour market.

Cooking a book for immigrants

The Vietnamese language edition of a Korean cookbook hit bookstores at the end of last month.

Keep our kids safe: Traffic safety campaign

Traffic safety education for primary school children can help to reduce the number of traffic accidents in Vietnam.

Van Wert graduate returns from project in Vietnam

It was interesting to see how the Vietnamese students were more reserved personally until you got to know them, said Heather Farr.

Vietnam: Persuading overseas students to return

The government is tackling its ongoing brain-drain problem by persuading students who went overseas to study to return home.

Vietnam plans to send 1,000 PhD followers abroad

Vietnam will increase the number of annual PhD scholarships to 1,000 for the 2010 intake.

Vietnam, Canada boost educational cooperation

The Government of Canada always sees Vietnam as a priority in its educational cooperation, said Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam.

Three university complexes to be constructed in HCMC

Ho Chi Minh City plans to allocate 2,400 hectares of land for the construction of three new university complexes.

Hats off to young teachers in remote areas

Young teachers are devoting their lives to teaching in Van Kieu, a remote village in the Quang Tri Province.

VNU’s College of Technology meets ASEAN standards

The quality of IT bachelor training at Vietnam National University, Hanoi has been recognised to meet ASEAN standard.

High tuition fees for major cities

Five major cities in Vietnam are set to have the highest tuition fees in the country, said Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan.

Chu Van An’s student wins English contest's 1st prize

Nguyen Linh Nga received the top award at the second Olympic English Contest for Hanoi High Schools.

Dangerous bridge scares pupils away from school

Over 40 pupils have been absent from a school in Kien Giang for several days because they are scared of falling off a bridge.

Pilot programme to teach English to third graders

Can Tho, Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang, Hanoi and Hai Phong cities were selected for a pilot programme on teaching English to third graders.

Vietnam advised to weed out the majority of universities

Prof. Tran Thanh Van, an overseas Vietnamese professor believes that Vietnam should remove many universities and keep only the best.

CSU professors teach business and economics in Vietnam

A partnership between CSU and Foreign Trade University in Hanoi is giving some CSU professors the opportunity to teach abroad while learning about different cultures.