Education

A ceremony was held yesterday morning to mark the start of the nation's first science complex in the south central province of Binh Dinh.

More than 80,000 students are taking part in an annual voluntary campaign that kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on July 19.

The Australian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City has started the New Colombo Plan in southern provinces.

The wave of residents flocking to large cities seeking employment has put a heavy burden on the existing public education system, resulting in the shortage of rooms in public schools.

The Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy in central Thua Thien-Hue province and the Republic of Korea’s Chonbuk National University held a ceremony to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their cooperation on July 15 in Hue city.

The Prime Minister has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment to collaborate with relevant ministries to allocate a 3.1 trillion VND (144.2 million USD) loan from the World Bank to improve facilities and education quality in public universities.

All five Vietnamese students participating at the International Physics Olympiad 2015 in India have won medals including three golds, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

In the presence of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the Fulbright University Vietnam project received its investment certificate at a ceremony held in New York on July 10.

The 100-year-old Chau Van Liem High School in Can Tho City will be demolished next week as it has badly deteriorated.

Authorities in the central province of Binh Thuan met with a Canadian review mission to discuss the implementation of the Vietnam Skills for Employment Project (VSEP) on July 8.

Teachers at preschools in HCM City are quitting to better-paid work with less stress.

Representatives of Eastern International University (EIU) in southern Binh Duong province and Portland State University (PSU) in the US’s Oregon State signed a memorandum of understanding on granting scholarships to Vietnamese students to learn at the PSU on July 3.

Students are flocking to Hanoi's Temple of Literature to pray for luck during final exams.

More than one million students completed registration for the national high school exam, which began on July 1 in 38 testing centres throughout the country. Students will not only battle their nerves but also the extreme hot weather blanketing

The Scholarship Programme to Enhance Literacy and Learning granted a total of 2,476 scholarships worth a combined US$557,000 to disadvantaged students in 7 central localities in the 2014-2015 academic year.

More than one million students registered for the national high school exam in the country this morning.

Vietnamese parents can take their children during the summer to modern and safe playing fields, which require expensive admission tickets, or to free playing fields, which are not safe enough.

“Vietnam can produce PhDs. Why can’t it produce screws then?” Tran Quoc Tuan asked at a recent National Assembly session on policies to develop supporting industries.

Vietnamese education consumers have suddenly realized that university degrees can no longer be a guarantee for labor force quality and cannot ensure good jobs for degree holders.