Education

The Government wants public colleges to become autonomous in order to be competitive, but many of them are worried about such a move, especially the financial aspect.

Despite being dubbed the leading economic sector of HCM City, the city’s tourism sector is struggling with a lack of qualified human resources.

Experts have objected to several provisions of a draft decree on foreign investment in education saying they need further clarification and revision.

Ahmed Abdelsattar was 14 when Islamic State swept into Mosul and declared a caliphate in 2014. Fearing he would be indoctrinated and sent to fight by the militants, his parents took him out of school.

Vo Tuong An, who won scholarships from more than 10 prestigious international universities and is co-founder of International Catalysts Empowerment organisation, has implemented a new education project to help pupils on Ly Son Island.

The education sector of the central city of Da Nang has taken measures to help children learn to swim together with skills to survive in drowning accidents.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training has requested Hoa Sen University to explain why a professor wore shorts during giving lectures.

The Ministry of Education and Training has unveiled that four of the brightest high school students have been chosen to compete at the 49th International Chemistry Olympiad this coming July 6-15 at Mahidol University in Thailand.

Registration for the 2017 high school graduation and college entrance exams has drawn to a close after 20 days, with nearly 860,000 students registered, the Ministry of Education and Training announced.

Many Vietnamese parents want children to study majors which are thought to be easy to get a well-paid job after graduation, but often ignore what the children actually want to study.

Vietnam has made major strides in caring for, educating and protecting children over the past 27 years since the country became the first in Asia and second in the world to ratify the implementation of the UN Convention on

Nguyen Le Hoai Anh, a 12th grader from Lao Cai provincial High School for Gifted Students, was awarded by the provincial People’s Committee, on April 17, for winning a full scholarship from Stanford University worth USD 286,000.

Only 30% of graduates are able to do their work sufficiently well for their employers, said Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong from the ICT Department of Navigos Search, provider of executive search and management consultancy services in Vietnam.

Schools and police alike in Hanoi have been unable to keep up the ban to prevent pupils from using motorbikes to go to schools.

Weak English skills are a major problem for university students, with many of them unable to graduate despite good results in their majors.

The Ministry of Education and Training has just held the International Higher Education Day in Vietnam 2017 in HCM City, gathering 58 education institutions worldwide.

In a cloud of red dust, a car stops in front of the emergency ward of the Đà Nẵng Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital.

Many parents in HCM City who want to admit their children to public high schools are worried that they won't be able to compete.

Some 70 percent of graduates from vocational colleges or schools found jobs with starting salaries from 3.6 million to 7 million VND in 2016.