Education

Students in the central city of Danang returned to school on September 14 as the Covid-19 outbreak has been brought under control.

Preschool teachers in extremely difficult villages, communes, in coastal areas and islands will enjoy an additional allowance of VNĐ450,000 ($20) per month, due to a new decree.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Anh Tuan has visited High School 251 named after President Ho Chi Minh in Kiev on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day and the new academic year of 2020-2021.

The Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual school launched its 2020-2021 school year at a ceremony in the Lao capital of Vientiane on September 11.

Vietnam voiced concern over an increase in attacks against schools and use of schools for military purposes during a UN Security Council (UNSC) Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict on September 10.

A handbook on COVID-19 prevention and control in schools have been approved by the Ministry of Education and Training.

The plan to relocate many universities from central Hanoi areas has remained committed to paper, with this being blamed for worsening traffic.

Schools throughout Vietnam held ceremonies today, September 5, to mark the new school year amid the on-going Covid-19 pandemic.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong on September 4 called upon the education sector to overcome the challenges posed by COVID-19 on the eve of the new 2020-2021 school year.

The Vietnam National University-Hanoi branch, the Hanoi University of Science and Technology and the Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City branch continued to be selected to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the second time this year.

Manufacturing firms are increasingly focusing on offering quality childcare services to ensure they retain workers.

English continued to be the subject which saw the lowest scores in the national final exams this year.

Schools in Hanoi have been ordered to simplify their coming new school year opening ceremonies as part of efforts for Covid-19 prevention.

Thousands of students in HCM City are facing a shortage of classrooms at public schools for the new school year.

All the four Vietnamese students competing at the International Biology Olympiad 2020 won prizes, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

South Korea on Tuesday ordered all schools and kindergartens in the greater Seoul region to switch to online classes as authorities battle multiple coronavirus clusters.

More than 400 Lao students are expected to return to Vietnam via the central province of Quang Tri.

All six members of the Vietnamese team competing at the 13th Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad (APIO) 2020 online have won medals, the Ministry of Education and Training said on August 22,

Students at public schools in Danang City will not have to pay tuition fees for the first four months of the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year to ease the burden posed by Covid-19.