Education

The Ministry of Education and Training will consider adding Vietnam’s successful defence against China's 1979 invasion of the north and battle of the Paracel Islands 1974 to school history books, said a ministry official.

Authorities in the capital city planned to earmark 70 billion VND (3.1 million USD) for vocational training in 2016, with priority given to rural labourers and people with disabilities.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) announced on February 18 the enrolment of 1,300 candidates this year for Project 911.

Concerted efforts need to be made by the education sector to fine-tune the quality of English language teaching in primary schools, paving the way to meet the nation’s new education programme.

Dozens of students at Phan Huy Chu High School in Hanoi were banned from classes on February 16 just because of their hair colour.

An English contest for primary and junior high school students (English Champion 2016) will be launched in Hanoi, Danang, and Ho Chi Minh City on March 5-April 9.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has given directions to the upgrading of the website www.tiengvietonline.com.vn, designed for overseas Vietnamese.

Financial autonomy has helped many universities in HCM City improve their facilities, human resources, scientific research and training quality, thereby building a brand name both locally and internationally.

The Ministry of Education and Training has proposed reducing the time spent on tertiary training to 3-4 years from a current 4-6 years.

Nearly 700 students from 47 secondary and high schools took part in the American Mathematics Competition (AMC 10/12) held at Chu Van An High School in Hanoi.

Around 150 domestic and foreign scientists, including several Nobel laureates, will attend a conference on fundamental sciences and society scheduled for July at the International Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Education in central Binh Dinh province.

The Hanoi Department of Education and Training is planning to build an additional 350 schools meeting national standards between 2016 and 2020.

At a January 29 meeting with students at Quang Binh University during his cycling tour from Hanoi to Hue, US Ambassador Ted Osius answered many questions of Quang Binh students.

The Ministry of Education and Training has ordered universities and colleges nation-wide to publish on their websites all information related to this year's regular enrollment plans.

Child care services are in huge demand in Hanoi as kindergartens and primary schools close because the temperature has dropped below the safety measure of 10C in the big chill.

The Ministry of Education and Training organised a conference to discuss a new initiative to improve the quality of primary English education.

A hacker proclaiming allegiance to the Islamic State jihadist group infiltrated the internal network of one of China's top universities to display images of masked and mounted militants, reports said.

Students at a boarding school in Nghe An Province have to forage in the forest to find enough to eat because their daily government allowance for meals is inadequate.

Literacy in Vietnam has reached 97.3 percent for those aged 15-50 under the Learning Society Programme, the Ministry of Education and Training said on January 13.