Education

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam emphasised that Vietnam will continue to give autonomy to public universities after the pilot project on the autonomy of universities is completed in the next two months.

Lack of funding is a serious obstacle for lecturers doing research at universities in Vietnam.

The Singapore Embassy in Hanoi organised a ceremony on October 18 to present an ASEAN Scholarship to 12 Vietnamese high school students aged between 14 and 16.

Four Vietnamese universities have been recognised for the first time by France’s High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCERES) for meeting the international standards.

Vietnam National University, Hanoi has maintained its 139th ranking and Vietnam National University, HCM City climbed five places to 142nd in the QS Asia University Rankings 2018.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands opened the first-ever Vietnamese language class for Overseas Vietnamese in the country, on October 15.

The National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday agreed to delay the implementation of the new National Curriculum for Primary and Secondary Education, as requested by the Ministry of Education and Training.

The Prime Minister has approved a project to organise the 19th Asian Physics Olympiad in 2018 (APhO 2018) in Vietnam, which seeks to encourage the study and teaching of physics in schools, thus developing and nurturing talented students in

Fresh Academy - a training center focused on knowledge and practical application to support the development of Vietnam’s agriculture towards becoming a sustainable and advanced sector - has been officially established.

Associate Professor Van Nhu Cuong, who set up Vietnam’s first private high school Luong The Vinh, died at the age of 80 on Monday after three years fighting against liver cancer.

Fifth grader Đinh Thị Phương and her friends go swimming every day, but it is not a recreational activity.

The outcomes of a cooperation project on vocational training between the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) and the German Farmers’ Union (DBV) were reviewed at a seminar in Hanoi on October 5

Despite a raft of applications for nine lecturer vacancies announced in July, HCM City University of Transport has been unable to fill any of the positions.

Teacher Nguyen Van Minh of the Department of Veterinary Medicine at Vietnam National University of Agriculture has created many initiatives to create employment opportunities for his students.

Many areas in Da Nang City and Quang Nam Province in the central Vietnam are facing a shortage of school places due to the increased number of pupils which is the result of the boom in local industrial parks

A 59-year-old woman in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is teaching hundreds of local children to swim for free despite being deep in poverty herself.

Australian Ambassador Craig Chittick on Thursday announced the Australian Embassy will provide over AUD 488,000 in grants for alumni through the Alumni Small Grants Fund.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the UNDP, with support from the Japanese Government, launched the “Schools of Son Tinh” campaign on tsunami awareness and disaster prevention at Cau Giay High School in Hanoi.

The Swedish Embassy in Hanoi has launched the nationwide “Innovate Like a Swede” contest, to inspire sustainable development in response to the many challenges Vietnam faces in terms of climate change and sustainable development