Education

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has congratulated 98 outstanding students who achieved top results in the city's university and academy graduation exams at a meeting held in Hanoi.

Parents and students in Vietnam are complaining about the new method of enrolling students to university this year, saying it is too costly and stressful.

The US State Department has granted Harvard University US$2.5 million to transition a public policy programme in Viet Nam into the country's first independent, non-profit, US-affiliated university in HCM City, according to the Harvard Crimson newspaper.

American physicist and Nobel laureate Prof. George F. Smoot hosted an exchange with outstanding Vietnamese students in Quy Nhon city in the central Binh Dinh province.

Sixty physicists from 19 countries are participating in an international conference, which opened in the central Binh Dinh Province's Quy Nhon City today, to share new achievements and enhance co-operation.

Ha Noi will honour 98 outstanding students who achieved top results in the city's university and academy graduation exams, a press conference has heard.

The new national high school examination this year was a failure, forcing students to gamble on their futures, a veteran educator said.

Ho Chi Minh City has put into use 44 new schools at all levels for the 2015-2016 academic year, including 36 pre-schools and kindergartens, according to the municipal Department of Education and Training.

Many universities and colleges in northern Vietnam are worried about a possible shortage of students for the upcoming years as the number of applicants seems to be on a falling trend.

Ho Chi Minh City-based Vu Dinh Hung has become the first Vietnamese contestant to win the British Council’s IELTS prize in the East Asian region.

The Ministry of Education and Training has just released a draft training program for school students with several major changes.

As people's purchasing power has gone up in recent week when it comes to buying schooling equipment, bookstores and supermarkets are abuzz with crowds of students and parents shopping for good quality products.

Vo Ha Duc Minh of Vietnam triumphed at the World Youth Baduk (Go) Festival in Inje, Gangwon, the Republic of Korea.

As transnational companies discover and choose Vietnam as their choice to invest and conduct business operations, an educated workforce is even more essential to the nation’s economic viability.

A school built with funding from the Vietnamese government, was inaugurated in the northern Lao province of Luang Namtha on July 29 after 18 months of construction.

Nearly 20,500 university exam candidates, out of 720,000 in total, have scored under 1 for one subject, which would hinder them from entering university, the Ministry of Education and Training has reported.

The 2015 high school graduation rate reached 91.58%, announced the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) on July 23.

Students should consider market demand before deciding on a course of education, and keep in mind that job prospects may be better after graduation in one region than another, an official said.

All four Vietnamese students won prizes, including one silver and two bronze medals and one consolation prize, at the 26th International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Aarhus City, Denmark.