Education

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.

NA deputy Nguyen Xuan Thuy could not contain his displeasure when a report for the 2011-2016 tenure did not mention anything about the education sector.

Russia will grant 855 scholarships to Vietnamese undergraduate and post-graduate students in the 2016-2017 academic year.

A shortage of classrooms in HCM City primary schools is the main barrier keeping students from day boarding, which includes staying at the school from early morning until late in the day, including lunch.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given a nod of approval to the establishment of Hoa Lam International University of Medicine and Pharmacy.

The Vietnam Aviation Academy and D'viation Solutions, a subsidiary of Malaysia's D'viation Group have signed an agreement for a comprehensive strategic partnership to enhance aviation education and training in Vietnam.

Vietnam has the second-highest number of students among the foreign students in South Korea, the host country’s Ministry of Justice has reported.

Leaders of two-year intermediate schools offering training in healthcare are concerned that a new national recruitment policy on medical personnel will lead to a decline in enrollment.

Giving autonomy to universities is necessary to improve the quality of higher education, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said.