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Go to vocational schools first, then to universities?

January 28, 2010
Go to vocational schools first, then to universities?

HCM City has persuaded students that vocational school should be seen as a “transitional step” before studying at universities. A method of enticing students? Educators have spent a lot of time discussing how to encourage students to go to vocational schools. And they found a solution: showing them that vocational schools can be just a first step [...]

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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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Vocational schools build on Singaporean model

September 19, 2009
Vocational schools build on Singaporean model

LookAtVietnam – Four vocational schools in HCM City have teamed up with advisers aimed at developing curricula reflecting high Singaporean standards. Members of a working group from Singapore Polytechnic School survey a computer room at the Phu Lam College in Ho Chi Minh City in November 2009. It follows plans outlined last November by the [...]

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Vocational schools build on Singaporean model

September 19, 2009
Vocational schools build on Singaporean model

Members of a working group from Singapore Polytechnic School survey a computer room at the Phu Lam College in Ho Chi Minh City in November 2009. Four vocational schools in Ho Chi Minh City have worked with Singaporean advisors to develop curricula measuring up to the high educational standards of the city-state. The ciricula are [...]

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H1N1 virus closes another city school, Viettel office infected

July 28, 2009
H1N1 virus closes another city school, Viettel office infected

The Ho Chi Minh City’s Construction Technical Vocational School was quarantined and shut down Monday after a student was found with influenza A (H1N1) Another school in Ho Chi Minh City was shut down Monday after a student was found with influenza A (H1N1), while telecom giant Viettel reported a case at its headquarters in [...]

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Vocational school a way out for sub-par students

May 20, 2009
Vocational school a way out for sub-par students

Mechanics students in a vocational class at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry. Nearly 400,000 students failed both their high school graduation exams and their first re-exams in 2007. That’s nearly 20 percent of all students that took the tests. At the second re-exam in the same year, 43,000 students didn’t show up [...]

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Bad career guidance causes big waste

May 15, 2009
Bad career guidance causes big waste

VietNamNet Bridge – The competition to get into high schools and universities has become fiercer and fiercer because the number of examinees is much larger than the number of enrolment slots. Students of Hung Vuong Vocational SchoolIn 2007, when nearly 400,000 students failed the high school final exams, an official of the Ministry of Education [...]

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Snapping out of poverty

April 29, 2009
Snapping out of poverty

The special shutterbugs conducting their assignments as part of a free photography class at Thang Long Vocational School in District 4. Teenagers from poor families turn into surprisingly good photographers. The shadow of a lotus on the water, a poor girl looking at mannequins dressed in the latest fashions, or the pure smile of a [...]

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Teamwork for training

April 25, 2009
Teamwork for training

Students from Ho Chi Minh City Vocational College peel scallion heads at a Long Hoa Company’s processing plant. Vocational schools work with companies to produce the graduates needed to fill market demand. Vietnam’s vocational schools are filling orders made by companies, said Vocational Education General Administration Deputy Head Duong Duc Lan.Companies tell vocational trainers what [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 20/4

April 20, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 20/4

Farmers to receive interest-free loans; Thousands find jobs at career fair; 6th One Heart-One World programme raises over VND10 billion; Khmer ethnic people meet in Can Tho; Hai Phong and Japanese city link up Farmers to receive interest-free loansFarmers in the country will receive interest-free loans, the Government said on April 17. Farmers who need machines [...]

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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...