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Sacre Bleu: students shun French language specialty in Vietnam 

December 30, 2011
Sacre Bleu: students shun French language specialty in Vietnam 

  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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Sacre Bleu: students shun French language specialty in Vietnam 

December 27, 2011
Sacre Bleu: students shun French language specialty in Vietnam 

  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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Da Nang criticized for refusing in-service graduates 

December 6, 2010
Da Nang criticized for refusing in-service graduates 

  Experts are criticizing the central city of Da Nang for its recent decision to disqualify in-service students from government jobs from next year.   In Vietnam, in-service training programs target people who are looking to start work right after graduating from high schools and vocational schools. While working, they attend four-year university programs.   [...]

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Done in by degrees 

November 28, 2010
Done in by degrees 

Bamboo tubes of grilled buffalo meat at Hoa Ban Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City’s Nha Be District Northwest Vietnam has some of the country’s most striking vistas. The rugged terrain is home to jagged mountains, rich tropical forests, ethnic minorities, and an abundance of wildlife. The region is also famous for the hearty, rustic [...]

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Universities still fumble with standards

December 21, 2009
Universities still fumble with standards

LookAtVietnam – Universities have been requested to build up graduation standards to ensure the quality of university degrees and graduates. Nguyen Xuan Hoan, Deputy President of the HCM City Industry University, announced graduation standards in 2007. He now observes that the university’s standards have been adjusted several times. One Head of the Training Division of a [...]

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Ministry, universities differ on higher education standards

November 21, 2009
Ministry, universities differ on higher education standards

LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Education and Training should change its approach to higher education and make big changes at universities, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan at an online conference on higher education for the 2009-2010 academic year.   Graduates from the HCM City University of Pedagogy. The Ministry of Education and Training [...]

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Vietnamese students weak in planning their future

November 17, 2009
Vietnamese students weak in planning their future

LookAtVietnam – “The only thing I am sure I have to do now is learn the best I can,” said Hong Van, student of the Hanoi Economics University. A lot of students will have similar answers lto Van’s when they are asked about the plan for the future, especially preparation for future jobs. Analysts can see [...]

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Vocational schools still short on student numbers

November 13, 2009
Vocational schools still short on student numbers

LookAtVietnam – Vocational schools complain they cannot enroll enough students while urging the Government to adjust current policies to make vocational education more attractive. In 2009, the An Giang Vocational College was allocated a quota to enroll up to 3,500 students including both the college training level (3-year training) and intermediate range (2-year training). However, [...]

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Knowledge tree is not bearing fruit

November 10, 2009
Knowledge tree is not bearing fruit

Local educators need to go back to the drawing board and chalk-up a more innovative approach.LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s socio-economic development has resulted in booming demand for university and college places. However, poor education standards are handicapping the nation’s economic outlook. Vietnam’s tertiary education has provided strong evidence that more is not always necessarily the merrier. [...]

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Vietnamese congressmen get laptop lessons

November 4, 2009
Vietnamese congressmen get laptop lessons

On October 25, National Assembly deputies in Hanoi for the autumn session, attended lessons on how best to use their laptops.  In the last two years, the chiefs and vice chiefs of provincial NA delegations were provided with free laptops. The NA Office organised short-term IT training classes for them. Seeing good results from using [...]

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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...