Education

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.

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.