Education

The British Council in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training organized the second Vietnam - UK Higher Education Forum themed “Global landscape in internationalizing higher education - standing in favour of quality to quantity”.

Leaders and senior officials from 13 universities and four colleges are participating in a training course on “Internal Quality Assurance for Higher Education Institution in Vietnam” which opened in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Ho Chi Minh City Study Encouragement Association on October 28 granted scholarships worth (77,400 USD) to more than 500 students.

An inspection by Nghe An Provincial People's Council has showed various problems in the operation of foreign languages teaching centres in the area.

Nursery schools in a poor district in the central province of Nghe An have boosted the implementation of a movement to make hand-made toys for the children.

RMIT University Vietnam awarded 110 scholarships worth a total of VND32 billion ($1.3 million) to prospective and current students at recent scholarship award ceremonies at its Saigon South and Hanoi campuses.

A special programme aimed at improving the training of Japanese language teachers in Vietnam was launched in Hanoi on October 24.

More than 400 international education experts from 20 countries in the world have come to Vietnam to attend the open education event in Hanoi from October 24 to 26.

The Government’s Decree 86/CP, which took effect on August 1, is expected to stimulate investment in education with a new regulation allowing foreign-funded schools to enroll more Vietnamese students.

The application of financial autonomy for universities in Vietnam is still on a trial basis and remains limited, according to experts.

Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) has climbed 15 places to rank 124th in the QS's top 500 Regional Rankings Asia 2019 category.

Vietnam was among the 25 countries and international organisations that participated in the 18th International Meeting on Early and Preschool Education in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico from October 18 – 20.

The Ministry of Education and Training has honoured 33 students who achieved high results at international and regional olympic contests.

The Ministry of Education and Training held a ceremony on October 19 to honour the Vietnamese winners of international Olympiads in 2018.

Many experts have raised concerns about the quality of language centres in Vietnam.

A primary school built with funds from Azerbaijan’s Heydar Aliyev Foundation has been inaugurated in Giap Trung commune in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

A woman in Khanh Hoa Province has won the Vietnamese Women 2018 Awards for her devotion to disabled children.

Vietnam still needs to rebuild over 150,000 substandard classrooms according to a survey from the Ministry of Education and Training.

The FPT Corporation and Vietnam Television (VTV) has kicked off the 2018-2019 Digital Race for all students at universities across the country and some schools in Asia.