Education

The British Council has presented the International School Award to twelve outstanding international secondary schools in Vietnam, that have significantly contributed to international activities.

Although the top universities in Viet Nam have a large pool of students from which to choose, other schools face a severe shortage as the number of universities and colleges has mushroomed in recent years.

The Ha Nam provincial People's Committee and Hanoi-based Vietnam University of Commerce has unveiled the Vietnam University of Commerce in Ha Nam province.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched an online training course to increase women’s capacity and confidence in elections in Hanoi.

The land, people and education of Spain were introduced at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City, which is expected to help the Vietnamese locality access educational cooperation opportunities with the European nation.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, a global body for professional accountants, has sealed agreements with three Vietnamese universities at a signing ceremony in London.

Vietnam has more than 1.5 million illiterates between the ages of 15 and 60, an official from the education and training ministry has said.

Schools in Ho Chi Minh City are facing many difficulties in teaching maths and science in English due to a lack of textbooks and teachers.

Vietnamese universities will be classified into three groups based on the training they offer under a decree issued by the government, which will assess them on research, application and practice.

The 27th International Biology Olympiad will take place for the first time in Vietnam from July 17-24 next year with the participation of over 1,000 candidates from 70 countries and territories.

Private universities are struggling to attract students, with some colleges thousands short of their targets.

Ethnic minority students in Ha Giang province will study in a national-standardised primary school, which was inaugurated at a ceremony held by the Agribank and the provincial People’s Committee.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Vinh Hien talks about issues facing the education sector in the new school year.

More than 22 million school students at all education levels on September 5 participated in the opening ceremony of the new academic year of 2015-2016.

Nearly 270 Australian undergraduates will enter short-term courses and internship programmes in Vietnam in 2016 as part of the New Colombo Plan Scholarship Programme, unveiled the Australian Embassy on September 4.

President Truong Tan Sang has urged the education sector to continue urgent reforms in education and training ahead of the start of the new academic year.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training has agreed to shorten the new school year ceremony, an official said.

A number of organisations across the country have granted scholarships to underprivileged students on the threshold of the new 2015-2016 school year.

Vietnam will surprising not co-operate with any foreign governments to open more universities until at least 2020 according to a new decision by PM Nguyen Tan Dung.