Education

Education link with China to get a boost
14/04/2011 05:00
Viet Nam and China will develop detailed programmes to boost educational co-operation in the near future, especially with Hunan Province. The agreement was reached during Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan’s...
It’s cheap and easy to go studying in Singapore, butâ¦
12/04/2011 05:00
Going to Singapore to study is now the biggest choice for Vietnamese students, who hear that the tuitions set by Singaporean schools are “reasonable”, while living expenses are “affordable”. However, this proves to be not the best choice for many....
Third-grade students may have to wait longer to begin English studies
11/04/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Education officials from around the country said they may be unable to expand English teaching to all schools for third graders and above this year due to various hurdles. The Ministry of Education and Training wants to expand...
Student dorm project faces cash crunch
11/04/2011 05:00
The management board of the HCM City National University’s student dormitory complex has petitioned the People’s Committee to quickly resolve the funding problem faced by the project so that the dormitory can be completed at the end of this year as scheduled....
Ineffective to teach school subjects in English, expert says
11/04/2011 05:00
Many Vietnamese high schools in Hanoi are wasting resources and students’ time by teaching subjects like math, physics, or chemistry in English, according to Dr Nguyen Ngoc Hung, head of the National English Program 2020, a project to improve Vietnamese...
24,000 English teachers needed for primary schools
11/04/2011 05:00
Vietnam needs 24,000 teachers of English for primary schools by 2018 under a proposal to start teaching the language to pupils from third grade onwards, Nguyen Ngoc Hung, an education official, said at Tuesday’s conference on teaching English at primary...
Intensive exam preparations bleeding students dry
08/04/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – High school students are up to their necks in work these days preparing for final exams to take place in early June. They are working to the point of exhaustion. Huynh Cong Minh, Director of the HCM City Education...