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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August 30, 2011
Deputy head of Hanoi Department of Education and Training Pham Thi Hong Nga speaks at a Tuesday meeting on illegal collection of extra fees at local schools. Hanoi education officials on Tuesday said many schools in the city have been charging students illegal fees, many of which are disguised as "voluntary" money. Â Some fees [...]
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July 17, 2011
A mother looks at a closure notice in front of Vang Anh kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday. Several kindergartens have been shut down across Ho Chi Minh City this week as a hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) scare sweeps the country.  Vang Anh nursery school in District 8 closed its summer classes [...]
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June 27, 2011
The education ministry Friday asked authorities in Mekong Delta provinces to punish those responsible for not following its marking instructions during the recently concluded high school graduation exams. Â The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) said it had allowed leaders of marking councils in 11 provinces to hold a meeting to discuss its [...]
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June 23, 2011
Students check the results of their high school graduation exams at the Marie Curie High School, Ho Chi Minh City, on Thursday. The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) on Saturday issued a statement expressly banning any instructions than the ones that it has issued for marking the recently held high school graduation exams. Â [...]
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June 12, 2011
A student browses at the Fahasa bookstore in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. A new VND70 trillion (US$3.4 billion) project to renovate Vietnam’s academic programs and textbooks has drawn flak from experts and educators. Experts and educators have voiced concerns over a VND70 trillion (US$3.4 billion) project that will revamp Vietnam’s academic programs and [...]
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January 30, 2011
Australia and Vietnam signed a memorandum of understanding on Turesday (January 25) to further cooperation in vocational education and training. The MoU was signed by Vietnam’s deputy minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, Nguyen Ngoc Phi, and Australian Ambassador Allaster Cox. Bilateral ties between Australia and Vietnam have grown strongly over the past [...]
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January 15, 2011
A computer science class at a high school in the northern province of Quang Ninh All education and training institutions in Vietnam with access to electricity have free access to the Internet, and this is a singular achievement, says Quach Tuan Ngoc, head of the Ministry of Education and Training’s Information and Technology Department. Ngoc [...]
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December 11, 2010
Students of Xuan La Kindergarten in Tu Liem District, Hanoi Without proper preparation, a recently-launched project to make pre-school education compulsory at the age of five may leave younger kids in the lurch.  The VND14.6 trillion (US$748.91 million) project, launched in August, will require all public kindergartens to admit five-year-old children.  The schools are only allowed to admit students under [...]
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November 8, 2010
The Ministry of Education and Training has announced that it will spend more than VND2.3 trillion (US$117.98 million) on a project to develop the countryâs high schools for the gifted by 2020.  Under the ten-year project, target schools will have their infrastructure upgraded, including increasing the study area for each student to 30 square [...]
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