Education

Nearly half of Cambodian students have pursued a college or university degree in Vietnam, followed by 11 percent and 10.8 percent in agriculture and economics, respectively.

A teacher from Thua Thien-Hue Province is being investigated after many parents complained that she had used corporal punishment on her pupils.

As of August, only 15,000 of the 330,000 people eligible for unemployment allowances had enrolled in vocational training programmes, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

More low-cost playgrounds for children which use recycled materials have been built in many localities in Vietnam.

Thirty teams of three students each had only one hour to programme robots in the Robothon Contest held last Saturday at Rach Mieu Sporting House in HCM City.

Vietnam and Germany will work together to ensure the Vietnamese-German University is an exemplary university in the the strategic partnership between the two countries.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam urged the Ministry of Education and Training to tailor its policies on autonomy for public universities to the needs of each institution.

The 'Youth vocational training in Hanoi' project worth over VND38.5 billion (US$1.73 million) was launched at the Hanoi Industry Vocational College and the College of Urban Works Construction in Hanoi.

Vietnam has put a priority on developing early childhood education in the country’s underprivileged socio-economic areas, mountainous and remote regions as well as border areas and islands.

Vietnam Ambassador to Mexico Le Linh Lan was one of 1,500 delegates that gathered in Monterrey, Mexico on October 15-18 for an international early childhood education conference.

Online university FUNiX under the FPT Education System has been launched in Hanoi.

Some 300,000 people are expected to receive vocational training across the Mekong Delta region from 2016–2020 under a goal set by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

As many as of 548 students from 24 high schools across Vietnam took part in the International Mathematics Tournament of the Towns held at the Giang Vo Junior High School in Ba Dinh district, Hanoi.

VNU University of Science held the Geographic Information System 2015 Conference on “GIS for Sustainable Development and Integration” in Hanoi, drawing the participation of numerous scientists from different universities nationwide.

Canada Education Fairs will take place in Hanoi on October 17 and Ho Chi Minh City on October 18 with a record number of 78 participating Canadian institutions.

VUN University of Science in collaboration with Germany’s Rostock University are launching the 6th DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Summer School and GIS 2015 Conference on “GIS for Sustainable Development and Integration”.

Binh Duong-based Vietnam-Germany University should provide international-standard training for not only local students but also those from other Southeast Asian countries, President Truong Tan Sang has said.

Nearly 555,000 students were admitted to universities and colleges this year, a report by the education ministry said.

The third Vietnam-Japan University Rectors' Conference opened in the central city of Da Nang, with more than 200 delegates representing managers from 30 Japanese universities and their 40 Vietnamese counterparts.