Education

A high school in HCM City has tried organising exam in an open-air playground to prevent cheating.

The ASEAN Economic Community will be officially established at the end of this month. Pursuant to signed agreements, ASEAN member countries will accept each other’s qualifications.

Even though the general unemployment rate saw a slight decrease, graduate unemployment has continued to increase.

Ethnic groups with a population of less than 5,000 each have been given a better education in the past five years, according to the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET).

As many as 100 Vietnamese students and post graduates will have the chance to study in Hungary under the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarships programme, heard a press conference in Hanoi on December 22.

FPT University has been awarded five–star ratings for the quality of its teaching, facilities, employability and social responsibility by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), FPT University announced the ratings.

The first electronic education book series for children from 0 to 6 years old in Vietnam was launched by the VSK early childhood education research institute.

All six Vietnamese students attending the 12th International Junior Science Olympiad held in the Republic of Korea brought home medals, according to the Hanoi municipal Department of Education and Training.

Local education experts have pointed out widespread failures in the teaching of English, explaining the currently poor results among English language students.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will invest more than VND9.6 trillion (US$422.4 million) to upgrade the city's education system by 2030, announced Chairman Vo Thanh Thong of Can Tho municipal People’s Committee.

The Vietnam – Japan University, said to be a symbol of the two countries’ cooperation, will offer the first training programmes in 2016.

With more universities and offices requiring English qualifications from graduates, students are turning to hiring other people to sit their English exams.

Cultural and sport events were organised during a student exchange between Viet Duc High School and 250 teachers and students from Kurome Shogyo High School in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan held in Hanoi.

Students from low-income families studying in universities, colleges and vocational schools will have fees waived and get other financial assistance under a recent decision approved by the Prime Minister.

All students at the Vietnam National University-HCM City (VNU-HCM) are required to study in an intensive English programme at the school, according to the VNU-HCM's English Project Committee.

Vietnamese education is facing the pressure of teacher redundancies while more and more pedagogical students have been unemployed after graduation.

The VBF reported that the number of students who want to study abroad as well as at international schools in Vietnam is increasing.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a wholly Japanese-invested USD20 million medical university project.

A health official raised concerns over the quality of future doctors as increasing numbers of universities are seeking permission to open their own medicine faculties.