Education

Children at some kindergartens in the northern mountainous province of Son La have fires to keep warm in their classroom in these chilly cold days.

Several universities have included English as one of the criteria in their enrolment plans for the 2019-2020 academic year.

The Government has approved a project to ensure proper nutrition and improve the physical fitness of students.

Many parents in Hai Phong City have expressed anger after local schools announced that only primary pupils with good grades could go to school while a teaching competition was being carried out.

The lack of infrastructure is said to pose a big challenge for the implementation of the new National Curriculum for Primary and Secondary Education.

A hammer-wielding man wounded 20 children in an attack at an elementary school in Beijing Tuesday with three suffering serious injuries, local authorities said.

Talky Bird, a free app using Artificial Intelligence (AI) recognition technology to help those learning the Japanese language, has been launched on the App Store.

The German parliament has approved the “Bildungscampus Deutscheland” (German education campus) project in Ho Chi Minh City.

While universities in large cities have been developing well, schools in provinces have not been able to enroll enough students.

The Ministry of Education and Training has unveiled a new general educational curriculum which aims to reduce pressure on students and allow them to choose subjects they enjoy.

Below is a selection of five highlights of Vietnamese education in 2018.

Two Vietnamese universities were named in the list of the world’s 300 leading global universities on sustainable development.

Schools in southern China are using chip-powered "smart" school uniforms to track their students in a bid to tackle truancy and boost attendance, according to state media.

A teacher in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a school girl.

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam has instructed the education sector to strictly deal with a case in which the headmaster of an ethnic minority boarding school in Phu Tho Province was accused of molesting many boy students.

It is necessary to equip young people with a mindset characterised by innovation and enterprise, and empower them with the future skills needed for them to succeed, an expert told an international conference that opened in HCM City on Tuesday.

Representatives of Republic of Korea (RoK) companies operating in Vietnam granted 90 scholarships worth a total VND900 million (US$38,700) to 90 needy Vietnamese students who have recorded outstanding academic results at a programme held in Hanoi.

Each young Vietnamese should be ambitious and fearless to follow start-up dreams and bring prosperity to the country, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

Vietnam is facing a shortage of teachers for disabled children.