Education

2 million to take entrance exams
01/06/2011 05:00
Nearly 2 million students will take university and college entrance exams from July 4-16, a drop of 116,115 applicants compared to last year, according to the Ministry of Education and Training....
Local universities booming in Vietnam
31/05/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The school upgrading has been taking place everywhere in Vietnam: intermediate schools (2-year training) have been upgraded into junior colleges (3-year training), while junior colleges have been upgraded into universities (4 or 5-year...
Private schools raising tuitions by 10-20 percent
30/05/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of non-state schools in HCM City have announced that they will increase the tuitions for the new academic year. Meanwhile, leaders of the HCM City Education and Training Department still have not reached an agreement on the issue....
Children at school-year ending ceremony
29/05/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Many primary schools in Hanoi held school-year ending ceremonies on May 26. Below are pictures shot at several primary schools in the city. Some mothers did make-up for their children, who would perform songs or dances at the...
High-school students say farewell to school age
28/05/2011 05:00
Writing autograph books, releasing paper-made aircrafts with their wishes, tearsâ¦ are the scenes at the school-year closing ceremony of the 12 th graders in Hanoi. The farewell ceremony of 12 th graders at Hanoi’s Chu Van An High School...
Grammar schools struggling to teach swimming to students
27/05/2011 05:00
No considerable progress has made over the last year, since the day the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) asked general schools to teach swimming to students as a part of the program, “Vietnamese can swim”....
High school students to sit graduation exam
27/05/2011 05:00
About 1.5 million students will sit for the national high school graduation examinations from June 2-4 this year, the same number as last year, says the Ministry of Education and Training....