Education

The East Asia and Pacific region has seven of the top ten performing education systems in the world, with schools in China and Vietnam showing significant progress, according to a new World Bank report.

Five Vietnamese universities have been listed in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings, an annually issued rating which provides an insight into the region's 400 leading institutions.

Team LH-EST of the Lac Hong University, based in southern Dong Nai province, has won the UrbanConcept – Battery Electric sub-category of the Shell Eco-marathon Asia in Singapore.

Lawmakers should reconsider the feasibility of a draft regulation asking primary school teachers to have university diplomas given that up to 40 per cent of primary teachers currently fail to meet this requirement.

The Vu A Dinh scholarship fund, established in 1999, aims to support ethnic minority students from poor families who achieve outstanding academic performances, said former State Vice President and Chairwoman of the fund Truong My Hoa.

The global programme Youth Career Initiative (YCI), which aims to equip disadvantaged youth with the skills to work in the luxurious hospitality industry, concluded its 2017-2018 training programme in Hanoi.

An exhibition is underway in Hanoi, displaying over 50 photos, documents and items reflecting the old Vietnamese education and examinations.

The Mecklenburg – Vorpommern (MV) state of Germany wants to enhance cooperation with Vietnam in training Vietnamese caregivers for work in German, according to an official of the MV government.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Ngo Duc Manh had a meeting with of Vice Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sergey Sakhrai in Moscow on March 2, discussing new cooperation directions.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan highly valued cooperation between Vietnam and Germany, including educational collaboration.

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.