Education

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.

Cao Nhat Linh has become famous as an economic-law student at the Dong Do University in Hanoi for his passion for studying at the age of 85.

On October 12, 30 speakers from 10 nations and territories around the world attended an international seminar in Hanoi themed ‘English language education in the Industrial Revolution 4.0: Meeting the needs of the dynamic labour market’.

The 10th World Technopolis Association (WTA) University Presidents' Forum kicked off in the southern province of Binh Duong on October 11.

The Embassy Education Group announced its official debut in Vietnam at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 10.

As many as 88 outstanding graduates from universities and educational institutes in Hanoi in 2018 were honoured at a ceremony at Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam (the Temple of Literature).