January 21, 2012
The Raffles International Training Center Hanoi has been fined and ordered to suspend its illegal diploma and bachelor courses, more than two weeks after similar action was taken against its sister organization in for the same violations. According to its registration license, the center can open short vocational courses in English, Marketing, Business Administration, [...]
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January 11, 2012
The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training has hauled up four educational institutions, including a Singaporean one, and fined some of them for illicitly offering degree and higher-level courses though they are not licensed to do so. Raffles in Vietnam, a member of the Singaporean-owned Education Corporation, is permitted by the Ho Chi Minh [...]
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December 30, 2011
Students of French department at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education Poor career prospects have left fewer and fewer students choosing French as their major in Ho Chi Minh City, according to a report by the Tuoi Tre newspaper. The report cited the HCMC University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), one of the country’s hubs [...]
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December 27, 2011
Students of French department at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education Poor career prospects have left fewer and fewer students choosing French as their major in Ho Chi Minh City, according to a report by the Tuoi Tre newspaper. The report cited the HCMC University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), one of the country’s hubs [...]
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December 22, 2011
A young girl in northern Vietnam. Ethnic minorities account for 13 percent of Vietnam's population, but 44.4 percent of the country's poor. © Alisa Tang/IRIN. For more than a decade, Nguyen Thi Quyen’s ethnic minority students in Lao Chai village primary school would stare at her blankly, unable to respond to her questions. As the [...]
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December 21, 2011
Textbooks and TV commercials in Vietnam reinforce gender stereotypes An image from an advertisement clip for a seasoning powder featuring a woman giving tips to another on cooking. Experts say TV commercials and textbooks are hindrances to achieving gender equality in Vietnam. The Vietnamese government has explicitly stated its intention to reduce gender disparity, [...]
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December 12, 2011
More than 200,000 students quit school every year, threatening dire consequences for Vietnam’s human-resource base Two shoeshine boys in downtown Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thanh San had to quit secondary school and move to Ho Chi Minh City two years ago to wash dishes at his aunt’s eatery to earn money and support [...]
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December 3, 2011
An image of the Javan Rhino that is believed to extinct in Vietnam. A traveling exhibition to raise awareness of wildlife protection was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday, targeting 40 secondary schools with more than 20,000 students and teachers in the city. The “SOS traveling exhibition – Education on wildlife product consumption” [...]
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November 12, 2011
A project to correct students’ and teachers’ pronunciation is being conducted at elementary schools across 13 districts in Hanoi, Tuoi Tre reported Thursday. The project, launched by Hanoi’s Department of Education and Training at the beginning of this school year (September), aims to help teachers and students pronounce “l” and “n” correctly, according to [...]
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October 31, 2011
 Indian Sikh devotees pay their respects during Diwali at the Sikh Shrine the Golden Temple in Amritsar on October 26, 2011. As the global population hits seven billion, experts are warning that skewed gender ratios could fuel the emergence of volatile "bachelor nations" driven by an aggressive competition for brides. Many demographers believe the [...]
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