Education

The local education and training sector has taken the full brunt of the prolonged impact of the COVID-19 outbreak over the past two years, thereby impeding its reform efforts, Education Minister Nguyen Kim Son has said.

Around 3,800 Grade 9 students in Hanoi’s outlying district of Ba Vi have returned to school from today, November 8, after a halt of more than two months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

One hundred and fifty teachers from 10 countries and territories in the Asian – Australia region have successfully completed a Vietnamese language training course hosted by the Foreign Ministry's State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA).

Students of some grades in only Ba Vi district of Hanoi can go to school from November 8, according to the latest document signed by Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung on November 6.

A programme initiated by Google in association with the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) of Vietnam has provided 650,000 people with digital skills training, 30 percent higher than the plan.

Many parents in Hanoi have expressed hopes that local schools would soon reopen although local schoolchildren have yet to receive vaccines against Covid-19.

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a well-known UK-based education organisation, has announced that 12 Vietnamese schools have made it into the global rankings of the top 675 universities in the QS Asia University Rankings (AUR) 2022.

Many small children in a remote mountainous district in Thanh Hoa Province are having to walk long, difficult roads to school.

The King Technologies Co. Ltd. (OpenNet) and the human resource development fund for the Vietnamese community in Cambodia signed an agreement in Phnom Penh on October 28 to provide scholarships for Cambodian students of Vietnamese origin who are studying

Many localities in Vietnam have temporarily closed schools again after local students were confirmed as Covid-19 cases.

The Australian Embassy in Vietnam and Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training have launched the second phase of the Vietnam Australia Human Resource Development program, valued up to AUD50.1 million from 2021 to 2025.

The first schools in HCM City reopened on Wednesday morning after being suspended for nearly 170 days during a long social distancing period for Covid-19 prevention.

The Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM) has been placed among the Top 601 group worldwide at the Times Higher Education (THE)’s 2022 World University Rankings for the subjects of Social Sciences and Business - Economics.

The US Mission to Vietnam is seeking candidates for the 2022 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic and Professional Fellowships.

Six teams are representing Vietnam at an ongoing International Blockchain Olympiad (IBCOL 2021) which is underway in an online format.

Schools in HCM City are preparing to reopen from next January according to a local official.

Vietnamese 5th graders achieved the highest rank in terms of learning outcome assessment in the Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) for the 2018-2021 period, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has agreed with the Finance Ministry’s proposal to help needy students with electronic devices to serve their online learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two Vietnamese student has secured the third prize at the 2nd ASEAN Youth Social Journalism Contest 2021 for their social media campaign to raise awareness about plastic consumption among young Vietnamese people amid the COVID-19 pandemic.