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Vietnam schools for gifted to get $117.98 mln to upgrade 

November 8, 2010
Vietnam schools for gifted to get $117.98 mln to upgrade 

  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 country’s 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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Hanoi students dismayed about change in school name

February 1, 2010
Hanoi students dismayed about change in school name

Students and alumni of Hanoi’s most prestigious high school are opposed to changing its name when it moves to new premises on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of the capital city. However, the school’s management board wrote to the Hanoi Department of Education and Training (DoET) on Friday, agreeing that the Hanoi – Amsterdam [...]

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Famous gifted school in Hanoi accepts renaming

January 29, 2010
Famous gifted school in Hanoi accepts renaming

LookAtVietnam – There will no longer be a Hanoi-Amsterdam Gifted School.  The school’s name change will be decided by management agencies and the school itself. New school must be named after Hanoi There will be a gifted school in Hanoi, but it will be located on a five hectare land plot on Tran Duy Hung street. [...]

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What’s in a name? Gifted school contemplates change

January 12, 2010
What’s in a name? Gifted school contemplates change

LookAtVietnam – Hanoi authorities plan to change the name of Hanoi-Amsterdam Gifted School, but the school’s teachers and students are unhappy. The Hanoi-Amsterdam Gifted SchoolIn 2008, the city began building a new school on a large plot of land in Cau Giay District for the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi. Once construction is [...]

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Danang attracts excellence through “winning” methods

January 7, 2010
Danang attracts excellence through “winning” methods

LookAtVietnam –  It is too early to say that Da Nang has the ideal method for bringing in talent, but it deserves recognition and study. Teacher Tran Van VuBetween 2000-2008, Danang invited and welcomed six doctors, 90 Master’s and 260 university graduates with excellent results to work in the city. That’s impressive for just eight [...]

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Gifted high schools to teach more English

January 1, 2010
Gifted high schools to teach more English

High schools for the gifted will soon begin teaching some of their classes fully in English to have at least 50 percent of their graduates achieve average English language skills according to European standards. The target is expected to be hit by 2015, according to a new plan by the Ministry of Education and Training.The [...]

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Gifted schools will use English in key subjects

December 29, 2009
Gifted schools will use English in key subjects

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is collecting opinions for an ambitious project to develop gifted schools in 2010-2020. High expectations Under the plan, by 2015, 50 percent of gifted students will achieve the third rank in foreign languages in accordance with Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) standards. The figure [...]

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Vietnam targets higher IT status

August 17, 2009

Vietnam will strive to be among the world’s 70 leading countries in information technology and communication between 2015 and 2020, Minister of Information and Communication Le Doan Hop said Sunday. In an online briefing on the national development strategy for information technology, Hop said concerned agencies would ensure every Vietnamese household and citizen would have [...]

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500,000 examinees denied entrance to university

August 10, 2009
500,000 examinees denied entrance to university

VietNamNet Bridge – MOET has announced the floor mark of 13 for A-group and D-group university exams, and 14 for B-group and C group exams. The floor mark is the minimum mark takers of university entrance exams must have to be eligible to be enrolled in university. However, this does not mean that all the [...]

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Tales of the five silver medalists at IPhO

July 24, 2009
Tales of the five silver medalists at IPhO

These five Vietnamese golden boys were born into different families in different living conditions and live in different localities. However, they all won silver medals at the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO). From left: Nguyen Phan Minh, Pham Van Quyen, Nguyen Dinh Tung, Pham Thanh Long and Vu Hong AnhVietnam’s IPhO’s boys all touched down at [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...