Education

Concerns about severe school shortage have been raised as Hanoi is flooded with apartment building projects without new parks or schools.

Vietnamese students won three gold and one silver medals at the 49th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) that has concluded in Thailand.

Hundreds of parents have joined lucky draws to get a place for their kids at State-owned pre-schools, especially in Hanoi’s new urban areas, due to the severe shortage of public facilities there.

The Education Ministry on July 7 defended the surprising surge in the number of perfect scores in the latest national high school examination results saying they were concentrated in traditionally studious areas.

The Nam Cuong Corporation, in cooperation with the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and the Italian landscape development group EGO International, will build an astronomy park in Hanoi.

Fulbright Everest Launchpad, a free English teaching programme for 40 11th and 12th graders around the country started on Monday.

Hanoi People's Council have approved a resolution to raise tuition fees at state schools from the next school year in an attempt to improve teacher salaries.

A model of advanced schools in which students learn soft skills, English and computer skills in a modern facility has been expanded to nine more public schools after approval by the HCM City People’s Committee.

The HCM City People’s Council’s Cultural and Social Affairs Board has instructed the city’s Department of Education and Training to speed up school construction to meet the increase in the number of students.

The Ho Chi Minh City Vietnamese Students’ Association and Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh City officially opened the second International Student Science Forum (ISSF) 2017 under the theme ‘Industry 4.0 and building the smart city’.

Over 866,000 students across the country gathered at 2,364 testing locations on June 21 afternoon to complete all registering procedures for the three-day National High School Exam, the most important exam students spend 12 years preparing for.

Many students are flocking to the Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s first university, before their high school graduation exams which are scheduled to take place from June 22 to 24.

Four universities in Vietnam have been evaluated and accredited for meeting international standards by the High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCERES) in France.

The Vừ A Dính Scholarship Fund will provide the Mở đường đến tương lai (A Brighter Path) scholarships to at least 33 ethnic girls to enable them to complete high school and tertiary education in the next seven years.

Vietnam has provided universal early and pre-school education coverage according to Vice Minister of Education and Training, Nguyen Thi Nghia.

A Vietnam-Japan student exchange programme will take place in the Japanese prefecture of Nagasaki from July 9-20, with four teachers and 26 high school students in Ho Chi Minh City taking part.

Six Vietnamese students won five silver and one bronze medals at the 2017 Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad (APIO), an online programming competition hosted by Australia on May 13, the Ministry of Education and Training announced.

PM Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a plan to allow students with financial difficulties to borrow a maximum of VNĐ1.5 million (US$65.8) per month to help students pay for their tuition and subsistence allowance since tuition and service and

Students at Nguyễn Đình Chiểu School in HCM City now have something to look forward to when they get up every day to go to class.