Education

Summer camps bring kids life-training
03/07/2009 05:00
Children learn how to use a makeshift bamboo raft during the Huan luyen quy tu (Training Coddled Children) trip by Hong Bang Tourist Company. Ngoc Tam came back from summer camp saying the experience had changed her life. “I learned that...
University entrance exams kick off
03/07/2009 05:00
More than half a million students take part in the first session of the annual university entrance exam today. The session, A Group, includes math, physics and chemistry. Volunteer-students instruct an examinee the way to her exam council in...
Ace student wins 11 full scholarships to top US schools
02/07/2009 05:00
Nguyen Hong Hanh has won full four-year scholarships from 11 US colleges and universities. While most of her classmates are preparing for university entrance exams next month, Nguyen Hong Hanh has already been granted full scholarships to 11...
Public help students during university exam period
01/07/2009 05:00
Donation box, an initiative by the volunteers at the Western Bus Stations to raise money to help poor students during the exam. Candidates from provinces are rushing to large cities to sit the first phase of university and college entrance exams...
Cities getting hotter as examinees gearing up for exams
01/07/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The exam season has kicked off. Students and their relatives have begun flocking to big cities where they are seeking lodgings for the days they take the university entrance exams. At bus station Nguyen Thi Thu Huong,...
Examinees, who are they?
01/07/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – National university entrance exams are not the exams of examinees only, but of the whole country. A lot of parents have decided to stop vending for several days to bring their children to exams. Thu is preparing for the exam...
HCMC educators look to develop private schools
30/06/2009 05:00
Students at the opening ceremony of the Renaissance International School Saigon (RISS) in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City needs more private schools to reduce the number of students per class and focus more on individual learning, according to...