Posts Tagged ‘ knowledge ’

Sprightly at 101, court musician promotes royal music 

March 17, 2011
Sprightly at 101, court musician promotes royal music 

  Lu Huu Thi is one of two sole surviving members of the musical entourage – the Hoa Thanh Band – that served Vietnam’s last king Bao Dai from 1926 until the end of the Vietnamese feudal dynasty in 1945 At 101, Lu Huu Thi is the undisputed doyen of nha nhac cung dinh Hue [...]

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Using usable money to buy ‘useless’ money 

February 27, 2011
Using usable money to buy ‘useless’ money 

Nguyen Thanh Minh, a member of the Gia Dinh Money Collectors’ club. You need money to make money, they say. Some people in Ho Chi Minh City want money, but don’t seek to make it. Brought together by their “love of money,” the Gia Dinh Money Collectors’ club has been, since 2007, sharing and researching [...]

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Business is for the adventurous 

January 22, 2011
Business is for the adventurous 

Dang Thanh Tam, chairman of Saigon Invest Group and Kinh Bac City Development Share Holdings Corp., poses for a portrait in Hanoi. Businesspersons must be adventurous and explore new opportunities every day, says Dang Thanh Tam, Vietnam’s third richest businessman in the stock market in 2010. In an exclusive interview with Thanh Nien Weekly, Tam [...]

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Teachers are increasingly unable to teach

February 4, 2010
Teachers are increasingly unable to teach

LookAtVietnam – While teachers know their subjects increasingly experts believe that it’s there inability to teach knowledge to their students that is education’s biggest problem. Experts point out that education universities have only been paying attention to provide professional knowledge, while they have not paid sufficient attention to teaching skills. The training curriculums have been [...]

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More high quality options for Vietnamese students

January 28, 2010
More high quality options for Vietnamese students

LookAtVietnam – Thirty five advanced university training curriculums will be provided at 20 universities nationwide in 2010. Advanced curriculums will cover a wide range of training fields, including basic sciences (mathematics, chemistry, polytechnic, environment, economics and architecture). According to Huong, advanced curriculums to be applied in Vietnam are to be designed by training establishments themselves based [...]

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Students complain about quality of vocational education

December 20, 2009
Students complain about quality of vocational education

LookAtVietnam – Students of vocational schools complain that they cannot adapt to jobs after graduation, blaming an unsuitable curriculum. Learning much, knowing a little Ton Nu Ngoc Boi, who has a graduate of the HCM City Economics College, noted that many subjects taught at the college do not have much relation real world practice. “Educators want [...]

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History called a “school killer”

December 15, 2009
History called a “school killer”

LookAtVietnam – History is referred to by students as a “school killer” since the worst grades of students are always in this subject. Students want to watch historical films and drama that illustrate the content of the lessons. If so, history will not just be simple dates and events, but it will be more interestingLe [...]

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Japanese scholar gives lecture in Hanoi

December 5, 2009
Japanese scholar gives lecture in Hanoi

Professor Ikujiro Nonaka, a world leading expert on economic management, talked about knowledge building and management processes at a presentation in Hanoi on December 3. LookAtVietnam – Professor Ikujiro Nonaka, a world leading expert on economic management, talked about knowledge building and management processes at a presentation entitled “Management in the 21st century – From [...]

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Students benefit from teachers’ blogs, websites

December 1, 2009
Students benefit from teachers’ blogs, websites

LookAtVietnam – Personal blogs and websites have become effective teaching tools for instructors and also the top choice for students. Teacher Do Cao Long lives in a lonely mountainous district of Thua Thien-Hue province.  Long is quite well-known by students, however, because the young mathematics teacher owns http://caolong.wordpress.com/, which has recorded 350,000 hits over the [...]

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Vietnam’s boom in ‘international schools’

October 30, 2009
Vietnam’s boom in ‘international schools’

International schools are multiplying in Vietnam, mostly to meet huge demand by Vietnam’s yuppies for schools that will encourage their children to think for themselves. Students are not required to follow others Dang Mach Thuy, a manager at a primary school in HCMC that follows the California state curriculum, said that the emphasis is on teaching [...]

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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...