Education

$120,000 donated to teachers for Tet
16/01/2009 05:00
Lookatvietnam - The call for help for teachers on Tet by Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has had a great response, with VND1.9 billion ($120,000) contributed by businesses and individuals in the past two days. A class...
Schools nationwide raise wages for support staff
15/01/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Schools across the nation are paying support staff higher wages in an attempt to keep their services. VietNamNet Bridge - Schools across the nation are paying support staff higher wages in an attempt to keep their...
Management over Vietnamese overseas students still has shortcomings
15/01/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Education and Training Banh Tien Long said that students need to take care of themselves and try not to go out alone at night. Deputy Minister of Education and Training Banh Tien Long The Ministry...
Nearly 1mil teachers with no Tet bonus
15/01/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – While businesses can give hundreds of thousands to millions of VND in Tet bonuses to their labourers, nearly 1mil teachers in nursery and general schools won’t receive Tet bonuses. Nhan has sent a letter to leaders of...
Schools lack official quality standards
13/01/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The recent boom in self-proclaimed high-quality schools is leaving many parents complaining of a dearth in official criteria to assess standards. A class at the Dinh Cong Semi-public Kindergarten in Hoang Mai District, Ha...
What of Vietnam’s Tet most impresses foreign students?
13/01/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Like other Vietnamese people, Vietnamese students celebrate Tet with banh chung (square glutinous rice cake) and lean pork paste. However, the Tet of Vietnamese students, the young people, still has something special....
MOET declares twelve outstanding events in 2008
13/01/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Deputy Minister of Education and Training, Banh Tien Long, declared twelve outstanding events in 2008 in his meeting with the press on the afternoon of January 13. In the 2007-2008 year, schools all drew up detailed...