Education

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.

A ceremony took place on March 18 at the Hanoi Opera House to celebrate the International Francophone Day (March 20).

The 12th Annual Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) Fellows and Scholars Conference was held in Washington DC on March 17.

HCM City's party leader Dinh La Thang offered advice to a non-state local university on dealing with difficulties to realise their ambitious goal of becoming an internationally-standardised one.

An education mobile application developed by two Vietnamese overcame 1,200 technology companies globally to win first place at the SXSWedu in Austin, Texas, USA.

The Hanoi Department of Education and Training, in collaboration with the city’s Mathematics Association, held a ceremony at Chu Van An High School in Hanoi to honour winners of the 2016 Hanoi Open Mathematics Competition.