Education

Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Primary School- Tra Doa branch- the 50th school funded by Vietnam Children's Fund and the sixth sponsored by FedEX company made its debut at Binh Dao commune, Thang Binh district, central Quang Nam province.

All eight members of the Vietnamese team have bagged prizes at the 17th Asian Physics Olympiad held in Hong Kong, China from May 1 to 9.

Education is an attractive sector for foreign investors. However, investors should be aware of the opportunities and the challenges in investing in the sector.

The 3rd Festival of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics will take place in Hanoi on May 14-15 to promote STEM education and inspire the passion for science and technology among students.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with Hiroshi Hase, Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, in Hanoi on May 4, describing education as the countries’ best co-operation realm.

The goals of the preschool education development program – all 5-year-old children would go to preschool by the end of 2015 – proved to be unattainable.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has asked provincial departments of education and training to build swimming pools in schools to give swimming training to students.

The Que Phong Boarding School project which received a gigantic USD1.85 million in investment has remained abandoned for a year now, leaving hundreds of students temporarily to live and study at different places.

An increase in the number of students in Đắk Nông Province are posing challenges for the education sector as the demand for school facilities and teachers increases, an official said.

The Department of Education and Training in HCM City has asked city districts to begin using the Vietnam Escuela Nueva (VNEN) methodology at more local schools in the 2016-2017 academic year.

The Department of Education plans to ask the city to issue detailed regulations on private services for students who must attend school in either a morning or afternoon shift.

The Director of the Academy of Social Sciences said there is a major shortfall in the number of PhDs being handed out in 36 areas of research, meaning Vietnam is struggling to fill posts with sufficiently qualified people.

Most of gradute students are struggling with adapting to the real workplace, even after experiencing apprenticeships, researchers from the HCM City Pedagogical University have claimed after a two-year study.

Teachers in Lai Chau Province experience harsh conditions, including having to ford rivers or climb up narrow mountain paths to get food for their schools.

The Ministry of Education and Training held a ceremony in Hanoi on April 20 to officially hand over Hanoi Science-Technology University (HSTU) to the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met the manager board of the Vu A Dinh scholarship fund and its “For beloved Hoang Sa – Truong Sa” club.

It is estimated that the country needs approximately 7,770 teachers of English for primary schools based on the Ministry of Education and Training's National Foreign Languages Project by 2020.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested Harvard should focus on macro policy recommendations for Vietnam while receiving Professor Thomas J. Vallely in Hanoi.

Vietnam’s leading property developer Vingroup and the Vietnam National University have signed a cooperative agreement under which Vingroup will inject VND30 billion into its Student Talent Fund.