Education

Vietnam ranks 34th among the 80 countries and territories surveyed on general English skills, signifying a slight drop of three grades compared to the 2016 index.

The British Embassy in Vietnam has recently introduced J2blast software in mathematics and information technology to enhance skills in these subjects for students from three to 16 years of age.

Nearly 150 foreign and domestic participants discussed education policies and the future of international education at the APEC Future Education Forum held on November 15 in Hanoi.

The Hanoi-based Foreign Trade University has inaugurated an office for international cooperation in Japan, the first of its kind set up by a Vietnamese university in the northeast Asian country.

The number of Vietnamese students in the US has continued rising for 16 consecutive years and the figure is forecast to increase in the coming time.

Several Vietnamese education experts have expressed concern over the Ministry of Education and Training’s USD545.4 million project to train around 9,000 PhDs by 2025.

Twenty-year-old Nguyen Cam Tu from Vietnam was the only delegate to receive the leadership award at the APEC 2017 Voices of the Future (VOF) for her outstanding contributions to the freshly-ended event held in the central city of Da Nang.

The APEC University Leaders’ Forum took place in the central city of Da Nang with the participation of nearly 60 representatives from universities, businesses and State management agencies in the region.

Students of Lê Ngọc Hân Primary School won top prizes in the categories of NXT and EV3’s apprentices and veterans divisions in HCM City’s annual Robothon Contest 2017 for students of primary and secondary schools throughout the city.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the central and local agencies to focus their resources on developing three large universities into prestigious centres for training human resources, for Vietnam’s three key economic zones.

Outgoing US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius has announced that he will take a new post as vice chairman of the Fulbright Vietnam University after finishing his term.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has admitted that many teachers in Vietnam receive salary levels which are not commensurate with their efforts.

Since Vietnam signed a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union - Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan - the demand for skilled workers with Russian proficiency has increased.

United Overseas Bank (UOB) has partnered with the Foreign Trade University (FTU) to launch the finance industry’s first tertiary education program designed for small business bankers in Vietnam.

Many policies for the disabled remain impractical and have yet to help students with disabilities access tertiary 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.