Education

The British Council Vietnam will hold the Study UK Exhibition with those attending having the opportunity to meet representatives from over 30 high schools, colleges and universities in the UK and gain access to study programs.

Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation, Truong Thi Mai, received a delegation of 81 former overseas Vietnamese teachers in Thailand on September 28.

The eighth European Languages Day 2018, which offers a unique opportunity for all budding and passionate linguists to take part in a multi-lingual environment will be held in Hanoi on September 29.

Economic development in recent years has shown the importance of the social sciences and humanities, but the number of graduates trained in these fields has failed to meet demand, according to experts.

The Ukraine-Vietnam Centre for Education Cooperation and Scientific Research has been set up at the Odessa National Polytechnic University of Ukraine (ONPU) under the leadership of Dr. Nguyen Thi Khanh Tien, a lecturer of the ONPU Faculty of Mathematics

The Vietnam-Japan University (VJU) signed an agreement with Japan’s ANA Holdings Co., Ltd to strengthen bilateral cooperation in training and research.

Hanoi capital city will include the two local heritage sites – the Thang Long imperial citadel and the Co Loa citadel relic – in the curriculum of local schools.

Disadvantaged students in 10 northern mountainous localities received “Vietnamese Seeds Fund” scholarships from Nhan dan (People’s) Newspaper on September 18.

September 22 and 23 fairs to provide Vietnamese students with information on studying in New Zealand.

More than 400 Vietnamese students from 51 universities across Russia gathered at the 2018 Obninsk Summer Camp, the third of its kind, held at Ivorga Recreation Park in Kaluga province on September 15-16.

By the time they arrive at university, it is too late for students to start learning programming, according to Google Brain Research Scientist Lê Viết Quốc, who argues that coding should become a larger part of the curriculum.

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has proposed to the Ministry of Finance to end tuition fees for secondary schools.

About 500 pupils are having to travel by boats through dangerous locations as early flooding damaged embankments and roads in Dong Thap Province.

The Government has not made any plans to reform Vietnamese language teaching in the coming years, said Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam at the meeting of National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Wednesday.

The Binh Duong-based Vietnamese–German University (VGU) celebrated its 10th founding anniversary (2008-2018) at a ceremony on September 9.

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.