Education

Low-cost job training program kicks off in HCM City
13/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – An affordable, international-standard vocational training program for students has been launched for the first time at four colleges in HCM City. Students of the Pharmaceutical faculty of Nguyen Tat Thanh College in the school’s...
MOET and HCM City education department support new teaching method
13/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Officials of MOET have voiced their support for the experiment, reports the newswire Dan Tri. Le Tien Thanh, Director of MOET’s Primary Education Department, said the new teaching method, which is small-group centered and...
Education ministry issues new rule requiring school uniforms
12/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Education and Training has published a circular calling on students at schools and universities to wear uniforms. Students of Pham Hong Thai High School in Ha Hoi wear uniform on the opening ceremony for their new...
Country kid students struggle in the big cities
12/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – For many rural students heading to big city universities isn’t as perfect as they imagined it to be. The reality of the big cities can come as a shock as rurally raised young people complain about high living costs and cultural...
Businesses should be able to order workers from colleges
12/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Bsinesses complain it’s difficult to find students who can meet job requirements and are blaming vocational schools for producing unsuitable workers. Le Phuoc Vinh, general director of Nor-Cal Vietnam in Dong Nai province...
Education sector wants to boost standards, fight graft
11/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The country’s education sector is aiming to simplify examinations, fight corruption and avoid “achievement disease”, According to Tran Van Nghia, deputy head of the ministry’s Department for Educational Testing and Quality...
Heroic students, teachers and headmasters lead flood recovery
11/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Teachers and students are back in school, even though formidable floods have taken away their homes, clothing and books. Van Thi Kim Lien appeared at Tran Hung Dao Secondary School in Kon Tum City on the morning of October 7, the...