Education

Vietnam and Italy have signed an action programme on educational co-operation for the 2019-2022 period and considered teaching Italian at a local public school.

A campaign entitled “Act for Children” was launched in Hanoi on June 1, the International Children’s Day, with the goal of stopping school violence and child abuse through raising awareness of families, schools and the community.

Three 11th graders and four 12th graders seized silver medals at the Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad 2019, which was held online on May 18.

Fake university diplomas are being offered for sale in many places in Hanoi and HCM City.

The Ministry of Education and Training has assured that there will be enough stocks of textbooks based on new curriculums for all school grades starting in the 2020-21 academic year.

A large medical school in Bac Kan Province is facing closure after failing to attract students.

A Vietnamese delegation learned about Australia’s experience in university governance and self-autonomy during their recent visit, as part of the Aus4Skills programme funded by the Australian government for the 2016-2020 period.

Developing global citizens has increasingly become a focus at tertiary, secondary and even primary levels of education, Prof Richmond Stroupe of Soka University in Japan said at an international TESOL conference in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnamese parents and students have complained about the organisation of the Vietnam Asian Science and Mathematics Olympiad held in Hanoi.

As many as 30 per cent of high-school students have decided not to apply for colleges this year according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Eight officials in Son La Province will be prosecuted for abusing their positions to adjust high school graduation and university entrance exam scores last year.

In his article on U.S. education, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink shares that it’s never too early to start looking for opportunities to study in the United States.

A primary teacher in Hai Phong City has been fired for hitting several pupils while doing an exam.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) and World Vision International (WVI) in Vietnam have signed an agreement on an initiative to 2022 to end physical violence against children at home and at school.

Vietnamese student Vu Hoang Long grabbed one third prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) 2019 which was held in the US from May 12-17.

Work started on the construction of three classrooms in Hoa My Tay primary school, Tay Hoa district of the south-central province of Phu Yen, in the framework of the Pacific Partnership 2019 programme.

Hanoi Department of Education and Training has proposed a plan to raise the tuition at public schools in the 2019-2020 school year.

The Ministry of Education and Training have lost a lawsuit related to the withdrawal of a doctorate degree from Hoang Xuan Que from the Hanoi National University of Economics.

Seven of eight Vietnamese students who joined Asian Physics Olympiad 2019 have achieved medals, including two silvers.