Education

Cooperation in education and training between Ho Chi Minh City and Germany’s Hessen state was discussed in Ho Chi Minh City on September 7.

The Vietnamese team to the 30th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2018) which took place in Japan from September 1-7 brought home four medals according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Many children from a village in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien have to cross a local stream to school by plastic bags.

Schools with classrooms built under the financial support Dantri/DTiNews readers organised new school year ceremony on September 5.

President Tran Dai Quang beat the drum to start the 2018-2019 school year at Chu Van An high school in Hanoi on September 5, on the occasion of its 110th founding anniversary.

The new school year ceremony was held nationwide on September 5 with nearly 24 million pupils attending, about two million higher than the previous year.

A total 179 Vallet scholarships worth nearly 2 billion VND (about 85,920 USD) have been presented to disadvantaged students in the Central Highlands and the south central provinces of Ninh Thuan and Khanh Hoa.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs have said they plan to reorganise and merge thousands of vocational facilities for better management and to be more efficient.

Professor Dr. Tran Xuan Nhi, talks to Khoa hoc & Doi song newspaper about a proposal to waive tuition fees for students from pre-school to the ninth grade in public schools.

The Kien Giang University signed a cooperation pact, on Phu Quoc island on August 31, regarding training and scientific research with two Cambodian universities.

Hanoi Department of Education and Training has proposed to allow two teachers per class due to the high number of pupils.

Schools across the country will hold ceremonies to launch the 2018-2019 school year on September 5, the Ministry of Education and Training has requested.

The southern province of Bình Dương is focusing on strengthening links between vocational training schools and companies and industrial parks to improve the quality of human resources.

The Ministry of Education and Training presented Orders of Merit and Certificates of Merit to the editor-in-chief and journalists at Dantri/Dtinews Online Newspaper for their outstanding contributions to the education sector.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested the construction of the Vietnamese-German University (VGU)’s new campus in the southern province of Binh Duong be accelerated.

500 Vallet scholarships worth VND25 billion (USD1.1 million) in total have just been granted to outstanding students from 58 high schools and six SOS Villages in the north.

Vietnam Airlines opened the first flight simulator complex in Vietnam on August 21, marking a milestone in its investment strategy for pilot training.

More than 1 million students from primary to high schools in Ho Chi Minh City officially entered the new school year on August 20.

The Ministry of Finance have proposed closing state universities which operate ineffectively to reduce the burden on the state budget during a meeting about the education sector in 2018.