Education

A 200-billion-VND project on vocational and Khmer script training targeting Khmer ethnic people in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is set to begin in March.

Teachers in the mountainous areas of Quang Tri Province visit every household to persuade pupils to go to school after Tet Holiday, and this year, they are also giving out lucky money as motivation and support.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to have all students learn English since the first grade starting in the 2018-2019 academic year, according to Nguyen Quang Vinh, head of the primary education division at the city’s Department of Education and Training.

Since its establishment in 1982, no female teacher has worked at a primary school in the central province of Nghe An because the working conditions are very difficult. The dedication of male teachers saves the day, Minh Đức reports.

For Vàng Thị Máy, a teacher at Hà Xúng Primary School in the northern province of Hà Giang, a day usually begins at 4 o’clock in the morning.

Vietnam has had a remarkably high number of post-graduates in the recent years. However, scientific research projects, which are considered the soul of universities in their quest to produce new knowledge for the world, have remained modest in both

Minister of Education and Training, who is also head of the State Council for Professor Title of Vietnam Phung Xuan Nha has been told to review the list of professors and associate professors who were appointed early this month.

HCM City plans to have all students learn English since the first grade starting in the 2018-2019 academic year, according to Nguyễn Quang Vinh, head of the primary education division at the city’s Department of Education and Training.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith on Sunday attended a ceremony to inaugurate a scientific and technological human resources training center in Vientiane, Laos.

The number of professors and associate professors in Vietnam has been on the sharp rise over recent years.

Avnet Asia Pte., Ltd., one of the world's largest distributors of electronic components and embedded solutions, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hanoi University of Science and Technology.

The Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM) and the National University of Laos signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation, in Vientiane.

AmCham announced the new scholars to not only receive financial rewards, but additional support in job skills training, internships, and job placement assistance.

Seven teams of students from five universities in Vietnam will participate at Shell Eco-Marathon Asia (SMEA) 2018 – Make the Future, which will take place at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore from March 8-11.

The Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology was presented with the ASEAN University Network - Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) accreditation on January 22.

Thirty Vietnamese have received the New Zealand ASEAN Scholarship Awards to study in New Zealand.

The UK Embassy in Vietnam, in collaboration with the Directorate of Vocational Education and Training, has just held a seminar on the two countries’ cooperation in occupational skills concerning education and training.

More universities in Vietnam should open programmes to foreign students as demand for study-abroad courses has increased, according to education experts.

Lecturers have said hundreds of students had been either being expelled or left universities because of boring curriculums and a lack of interest.