Education

The quota for public high schools students in HCM City this year is about 64,600, leaving approximately 14,000 students with no chance of receiving a public education which was generally known as best in the education system.

More than 120,000 students will sit for the national high school exam this year in Hanoi.

Local education and training departments have agreed on secondary school plans to select students based on their learning records and tests on comprehensive knowledge.

Everything has become as tangled as bamboo shavings as the Hanoi Education and Training Department has changed its decision on tests overnight.

Educators, parents and policy makers have blamed each other for the problem of students ‘sitting in the wrong class”. The phrase is commonly used in Vietnam to describe students whose knowledge is not adequate for their school grade.

US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius was the guest of honour at the inauguration ceremony on April 17 for the new St Paul American School campus in Hanoi.

The vocational education law will take effect in three months. However, vocational schools still don’t know which management agency they will belong to – the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) or the Ministry of Education

The dust is settling and taps remain dry in thousands of rental apartments in the newly built Phap Van-Tu Hiep residential quarter for students. Despite the complex's modern infrastructure and reasonable rental fee, it continues to remain without occupants.

The $1.5 billion Vietnamese spend every year on overseas study, in the eyes of analysts, is a reflection on the poor education at local schools.

British University Vietnam (BUV) will take shape in Ecopark township in the northern Hung Yen province’s Van Giang district.

Vietnam has been trying to produce more and more workers with bachelor’s degrees, while it has been neglecting vocational education.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a national project to reform textbooks and curriculum for schools.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has prohibited secondary schools from organizing entrance exams with an aim to reduce stress for students, but the aim appears to be unattainable.

A textbook reform plan has been approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, which will see VND778.8bn spent by the Education Ministry for new study materials available in 2018, involving input from private organisations.

Retired Hanoi teacher Nguyen Tra has been offering free classes to homeless and poor children in the capital city for two decades, helping hundreds rise up in life and opening the path for tertiary education for many.

A conference was held in Rome, Italy on April 9 for Vietnamese and Italian universities to explore opportunities for training partnerships.

In the Global Talent Index Report: Outlook to 2015, Vietnam dropped one spot compared to 2011, ranking 53rd out of 60 countries.

A two-student team from Da Nang University overcame 628 peers' projects from across 30 universities to come in first place at an urban energy-saving innovation competition held in March.

Hanoi People's Committee has asked the authorities in Quoc Oai and Chuong My districts to inspect, repair and rebuild dilapidated nursery schools in their areas.