Education

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.

Vietnam was ranked 31st among 72 countries regarding English language skills in the EF English Proficiency Index (EPI), prepared from the latest research by EF Education First, a global language training company.

Vietnam has some of the best university-based teacher training programs in the world, said Deputy Minister Nguyen Minh Hien of the Ministry of Education of Training at a recent forum in Hanoi.

The school walls have a fresh coat of paint and classrooms are crammed, but it will take longer to undo the damage done to thousands of Iraqi children who lived under Islamic State for more than two years.

Education-training is one of the top priorities of the Vietnam-New Zealand cooperation, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed.

The Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha admitted that the government had failed to meet the goals of the National Foreign Language scheme for the 2008-2020 period.

Vietnamese rank sixth among foreign students studying in the US, according to Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange.

University curricula in Vietnam will be shortened by up to one year, according to a new framework of the country’s national education system recently approved by the Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

The Vietnam team bagged 24 medals, including seven gold medals, at the International Mathematics and Science Olympiad 2016 in Indonesia.

The National Economics University needs to devise specific plans to promote comprehensive educational renovations to contrubute to building a start-up nation, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said.

President Tran Dai Quang has asked the University of Natural Sciences at Hanoi National University to strengthen scientific research activities, focusing on applied sciences.

The Ministry of Education and Training said it will shut down substandard doctoral training categories in order to improve the quality of PhDs in Vietnam.

Vinh University lecturer Tran Dinh Thang was the youngest of 65 lecturers and scientists newly recognised as professors at a ceremony in Hanoi on November 5.

Vietnam must improve its local education system to attract more foreign students to the country.

A university education may not be the only route to success in life, but it is a very popular one, especially among people with hearing impairment.

A land fund shortage has been blamed for overcrowding in Hanoi public primary schools, forcing students to attend school on weekends in several areas.

More than 500 primary and secondary school students in Hanoi, HCM City and central Da Nang city will take part in the annual Robothon Contest starting on October 30.