Education

A survey jointly released by the Ministry of Education and Training and UNICEF has revealed that Vietnamese students face many problems. Less than 20% of students always feel safe at school.

Pupils in a poor village in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang are in need of financial support to replace their current compacted-earth built classrooms.

The environment in the country is “good” for the modernisation of technical and professional training, a project director of the Vietnamese Skills for Employment Programme (VSEP) has said.

The six Hanoian students who represented Vietnam at the thirteenth International Junior Science Olympiad in Bali, Indonesia from December 3-10, won a total of six medals, the city’s Department of Education has announced.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has requested schools to halt the organising of an online game contest following public worry about its violence.

The European Union (EU) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training launched a project on employability for graduates yesterday in Hanoi.

Eleven Vietnamese school students have won top prizes at the Australian Mathematics Competition and the Australia Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad held in Vietnam for the first time.

Vietnam ranks 8th out of 72 countries in terms of its scientific performance, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia and the Vietnamese Cambodian Association in Kampong Chhnang has inaugurated a school for overseas Vietnamese in the Cambodian province’s Boribo district.

Fifteen Vietnamese youth will participate in next year’s annual ASEAN-INDIA Student Exchange Program, January 15-18, in New Delhi, reports the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

Politburo member and Vice Chairwoman of National Assembly Tong Thi Phong hosted a reception with students who won prizes at International Olympiads and had the most outstanding performance on the 2016 national high school exam in Hanoi.

The private sector is crucial to building a standardised vocational training system by 2020, thus improving the quality of human resources to regional and world standards, heard a conference in Hà Nội on December 2.

Nearly 250 scientists from 40 countries are expected to participate in the Asiacrypt conference scheduled to open in Hanoi soon.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga has stressed that his ministry has not yet licenced any class providing training courses which allegedly help stimulate children's brains so that they can become more intelligent.

The Vietnamese student team has won 32 medals - 20 gold medals, 11 silver ones and one bronze - in the seventh World Mathematics Team Championship (WMTC) held in Seoul, South Korea.

A workshop was held in Tokyo from November 23-26 to enroll local students for Vietnam – Japan University in 2017.

The central city’s education and training department will launch free open-air libraries at 102 primary schools for all students and local residents next month.

IFProfs Vietnam, a professional social network for French-language teachers and professionals, has been launched by the French consulate in HCM City and the French Institute in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has expressed his hope that the Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) will achieve its target of ranking among top Asian universities and becoming a source of brainpower and start-up incubation.