Education

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.

French President Francois Hollande talked to students at the Vietnam National University-Hanoi (VNU-Hanoi) on September 6 during his State visit to Vietnam from September 5-7.

Work on the new site for the Alexandre Yersin French school was kicked off this morning, September 5, prior to the visit of French President Français Hollande to Vietnam.

Nearly 23 million pupils nationwide will attend the opening ceremony for the 2016-2017 academic year on September 5.

Despite low tuition and the 100-period (one period of 45 minutes) curriculum, the majority of general school students are not interested in vocational training programs. They attend the vocational classes just to receive bonus marks.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has requested that tuition fees at all education levels should be made public.

Hundreds of parents in Nghe An Province have gathered at a local primary school to protest against the Ministry of Education and Training's new Vietnam Escuela Nueva education programme.

Hanoi will organise a ceremony at Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam (Literature Temple) in Hanoi on August 28 to honour 100 outstanding valedictorians from universities and institutes based in the capital in 2016.

The Bac Ninh High School for Gifted Students, the most modern in Vietnam, was inaugurated in Bac Ninh city to welcome 1,200 students in the new academic year.

The decision by Chairman of Ha Tinh Province People's Committee Vo Kim Cu to use USD47,610 from the local budget to subsidise a local private nursery school has stirred public ire.

The Ministry of Education and Training has encouraged schools across the country to voluntarily continue applying the new model of learning and teaching, called the Việt Nam Escuela Nueva (VNEN).

Public preschools and primary schools in HCM City are struggling to recruit enough teachers to meet enrolment this year, according to the city’s Department of Education and Training.

Vietnamese students were presented with four medals, including two golds, at the 28th International Informatics Olympiad recently held in Russia.