Education

School loans being shunned by neediest students
19/02/2009 05:00
Less than 7% of the students who have gotten school loans from the Bank for Social Purposes come from vocational schools, a very modest figure. Some 1.3mil students have got loans under the national credit programme carried out under the prime...
ASEAN leader-youth dialogue is the chance that needs to be shared
19/02/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Thi Minh Chau has said that she has accepted the decision by the HCM City National University to send another student of the university to the ASEAN leader-youth dialogue to be held on February 28. Bui Thi Minh Chau...
Vietnam’s universities need greater autonomy: US expert
19/02/2009 05:00
The approach to higher education in Vietnam is in dire need of revision, says the director of strategic planning and institutional research at the US’s Pratt Institute in New York. Professor Vladimir Briller is in Vietnam for a week-long...
Nursery schools attract local ethnics
19/02/2009 05:00
An innovative approach at two nursery teachers in poor towns in the highland province of Kon Tum, have helped turned their schools into homes away from home for local ethnic minorities. Lunchtime at Sa Binh Nursery School. (Photo: SGGP). An...
2009 - 2020 educational development strategy discussed
19/02/2009 05:00
The Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations on February 17 held a scientific seminar to give ideas to the 14th draft on the Vietnam educational development strategy for the 2009 - 2020 period. The Vietnam Union of Science and...
Who to attend the ASEAN’s leader-youth dialogue?
18/02/2009 05:00
Bui Thi Minh Chau may not be present at the dialogue, because the HCM City National University, where Chau is studying, has sent another student to the dialogue instead. Bui Thi Minh Chau In September 2008, Bui Thi Minh Chau, a student of...
Universities open series of new study branches
18/02/2009 05:00
A lot of changes have been announced for this year’s enrolment season: universities have announced new training branches, while the tuitions set by people founded universities will be made public. Since the 2007 enrolment season, universities...