Education

Three universities in Vietnam have continued to be selected to the Asia University Ranking 2021 of Times Higher Education Magazine for a second time.

KKR, one of the world's largest investment firms, has unveiled details of an investment of US$100 million made in EQuest Education Group through the KKR Global Impact Fund, according to business news outlet DealStreetAsia.

Six Vietnamese students have pocketed medals, including two golds, at the Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad (APIO) 2021, the Ministry of Education and Training said on May 26.

The Vietnam team won two gold medals, and one student has a perfect score at the Asian Physics Olympiad 2021 (APhO).

A Vietnamese project has won the third prize at the 2021 Regeneron ISEF Grand Awards, making Vietnam one of 34 countries and territories to be honoured among 81 taking part.

Students from Hanoi bagged one gold, two silver, and a bronze at the 2021 Nordic-Baltic Physics Olympiad, the municipal Department of Education and Training announced on May 14.

Many localities in Vietnam have allowed local students to take an early summer break during the current Covid-19 outbreak.

Schools in many localities have announced an early summer holiday due to the spreading Covid-19 pandemic.

Hanoi authorities have decided to temporarily shut down schools amid the on-going Covid-19 outbreak.

Four Vietnamese universities have entered the Impact Rankings 2021 by the Times Higher Education (THE) on April 21.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Monday announced the launch of a digitalised education platform to prevent 540,000 students being left without schooling due to coronavirus or conflict.

The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations has opened a training course for UN staff officers with the support of the US’s Global Peace Operations Initiative.

The HCM City People’s Council has revised plans to improve the salaries of new preschool teachers in an effort to address the shortage of teachers at local preschools.

A programme called “Dieu uoc cho em” (Wishes for children) has been launched to call for resources to support the development of education in extremely difficult areas.

The Ministry of Education and Training has just allowed local schools to organise online classes to support or replace school classrooms.

Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City has been selected as one of 21 regional training centres of the Belgium-based International Society of Nephrology (ISN).

The three winners of this year’s Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) contest organised by USAID and Dow Vietnam have been announced.

Joint training programmes and scientific research between universities from Vietnam and Australia have connected students, lecturers, and research institutes in both countries

A school in the northern city of Hai Phong will open a class teaching Korean from the 2021-2022 school year.