Education

UN-backed bilingual ethnic education hailed a success
08/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The trial bilingual education programme co-launched by the Ministry of Education and Training and the United Nations Children’s Fund in 2007 has been hailed as a success by officials. Ethnic children of Kinh, Muong and Dao learn...
Parents scrambling for seats at kindergartens for their children
07/07/2009 05:00
This summer is a difficult one for many parents of kindergarten-age children as they have to run the gauntlet to secure seats for their children for the coming school year. The parents wait to purchase application forms to register their children...
Universities count their losses
06/07/2009 05:00
A lot of universities have reported losses for the recent university entrance exam, but they still don’t know what to do to avoid losses next exam season. The number of ‘virtual examinees’ reportedly accounted for 32 percent of the total examinees...
The dream of university lecture halls
06/07/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The university entrance exam wrapped up on July 6. Tuoi tre newspaper’s stories show how Vietnamese people cherish the hope of going to university. Mr Nguyen Huu The A lot of people might have been surprised on July 4...
First exams for university entrance deemed a success
05/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – About 640,000 university applicants nationwide took part in the first university entrance exam yesterday, July 5, an increase of 1 per cent over last year, according to the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET). In the two-day...
Taking no chances, exam hopefuls crowd temples and sticky rice shops
05/07/2009 05:00
Vietnam’s young people study hard for the university entrance exams, but they also trust to luck. They follow strict abstention regime which they believe can help them pass the exams. The student touches the head of the ’great-grandfather turtle’...
Moments from the university exams’ first two days
05/07/2009 05:00
The second day of the university entrance exam finished yesterday, July 5. The first two days have not been uneventful. On July 5, a lot of students in Da Lat were seen leaving exam rooms with respirators. The students said they heard an...