Education

Summer camps bring kids life-training

Children learn how to use a makeshift bamboo raft during the Huan luyen quy tu (Training Coddled Children) trip by Hong Bang Tourist Company. LookAtVietnam - Ngoc Tam came back from summer camp saying the experience had changed her life. “I learned that however talented a person is, they can’t be successful or lead a meaningful life without good ethics... Read more

Ace student wins 11 full scholarships to top US schools

Nguyen Hong Hanh has won full four-year scholarships from 11 US colleges and universities.LookAtVietnam - While most of her classmates are preparing for university entrance exams next month, Nguyen Hong Hanh has already been granted full scholarships to 11 American universities.  Hanh, who is focusing on English studies in her senior year at Hanoi-Amsterdam... Read more

Examinees, who are they?

VietNamNet Bridge – National university entrance exams are not the exams of examinees only, but of the whole country. A lot of parents have decided to stop vending for several days to bring their children to exams. Thu is preparing for the examAt Bo De Pagoda in Long Bien district, there are three students who have been living without parents that are... Read more

Cities getting hotter as examinees gearing up for exams

VietNamNet Bridge – The exam season has kicked off. Students and their relatives have begun flocking to big cities where they are seeking lodgings for the days they take the university entrance exams. At bus stationNguyen Thi Thu Huong, student of Bac Dong Quan School in Thai Binh, who arrived in Hanoi on July 1 to take the entrance exam for the Hanoi University... Read more

Public help students during university exam period

Donation box, an initiative by the volunteers at the Western Bus Stations to raise money to help poor students during the exam.LookAtVietnam - Candidates from provinces are rushing to large cities to sit the first phase of university and college entrance exams for July 3-5. For many, this stressful period is worsened by trying to find places to stay in cities... Read more

Professor to build international scientific meeting centre

VietNamNet Bridge – A centre which will serve as a place where young researchers and experienced scientists meet and exchange knowledge will be built in the sea city of Quy Nhon in Binh Dinh province. On June 25, 2009, at the 21st The Rencontres de Blois held in France, Nguyen Thi Thanh Binh, Deputy Chairwoman of the Binh Dinh People’s Committee,... Read more

Out-of-town students get free lodging during exams

LookAtVietnam – Students from other places arriving in HCM City to take university entrance exams will not have to worry about accommodation since volunteers will help them find cheap and even free lodging, Students from other places arriving in HCM City to take university entrance exams will not have to worry about accommodation. (Photo: VNN)Nguyen Trong... Read more

University entrance exam: What can competition ratio tell?

LookAtVietnam – Students have been advised not to choose study branches based on competition ratios, since competition ratios do not accurately indicate the number of actual examinees. The HCM City University of Industry receives applications from studentsIt was just three days before the first university entrance exam, July 4, when N.T.Q.N, a student of... Read more

HCMC educators look to develop private schools

Students at the opening ceremony of the Renaissance International School Saigon (RISS) in Ho Chi Minh City.LookAtVietnam - Ho Chi Minh City needs more private schools to reduce the number of students per class and focus more on individual learning, according to the municipal Department of Education and Training.  Speaking at a recent conference, department... Read more

Cities get ready for university entrance exams

Ngo Kim Khoi, Deputy Director of University Education Department under the Ministry of Education and Training, has confirmed that preparations for university entrance exams to be held in early July have been completed. Officers checked the list of examinees in 2008 exam.According to the University Education Department, 64 officers of different teaching subjects... Read more