Education

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has been told that it will put a heavy burden on students by including multiple foreign languages in the curriculum at general schools.

Several of Russia’s globally-rated universities conducted a fact-finding tour of Vietnam from September 25-30 to seek enrolments, student exchange programmes, and connections with local partners, the Russian Science and Culture Centre in Vietnam announced.

The German Chamber of Skilled Crafts Potsdam yesterday handed over a Letter of Acknowledgement to certify the equivalence of two occupational standards offered by the LILAMA 2 Technical and Technology College in Đồng Nai Province.

As many as 340 Australian undergraduates will take short-term courses and internship programmes in Vietnam in 2017 as part of the New Colombo Plan Scholarship Programme according to the Australian Embassy.

The IVS Boarding School is the first centre in Ho Chi Minh City to teenagers and those with gaming or internet addictions.

This year’s British Council New Directions in English Language and Assessment conference will be held in Hà Nội on 13 and 14 October 2016.

Samsung Electronics has partnered with the Thai Nguyen University of Medicine and Pharmacy to deploy its pioneering Smart Classroom solutions for training medical professionals.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has praised the Vietnam Association for Promoting Education’s chapters and members for their efforts and contributions to promoting study, talents, education reform to build a learning society.

Official reports show the percentage of unemployed young people in urban areas is higher than in rural areas and the proportion of unemployed workers with bachelor’s degree or other higher education degrees is higher than untrained workers.

A requirement that grade 1 pupils in the southern province of Dong Nai have to sign a pledge not to violate traffic regulations has met with opposition from some parents.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training will start the trial teaching of Russian and Chinese for grade 3 to 12 pupils from 2017.

The Mother Tongue - based Bilingual Education project funded by UNICEF in Vietnam has proven effective, benefiting teachers, pupils, and education managers in the beneficiary localities.

Vietnam has put cross-border education as the centrepiece of its bilateral economic cooperation talks with the UK since the election of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc earlier this year.

In a regular school in HCM City’s Cần Giờ District, a 13-year-old boy diagnosed with intellectual disability has been making gradual progress.

The Japanese language is being taught at some primary schools in Hanoi and HCM City, on a trial basis.

The Hue University in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on September 9 presented the Honorary Professor title to two professors Kiyoshi Morita and Kim Doo-chul, who are working at the Okayama University, Japan.

US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius, joined by Leon Fuerth, former National Security Advisor for Vice President Al Gore, and the youngest son of General Vo Nguyen Giap, Vo Hong Nam, visited Dien Bien Province to stress the importance

Strides have been made in Vietnam to eradicate illiteracy over the last seventy years, and efforts to promote literacy continue today.

As many as 1,000 pupils in the central coastal province of Ha Tinh have not returned to school as their parents have lost their jobs following the mass fish deaths caused by Formosa’s pollution incident.