Education

Quality before quantity in education
23/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – More than 230 universities and colleges have been set up in the past three years. Professor Nguyen Minh Thuyet, vice chairman of the National Assembly Education Commission, spoke with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. To meet...
HCM City attracts over US$3.5 billion of FDI in education
22/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City has so far attracted 61 foreign investment projects in education and training sector with a total investment capital of US$3.58 billion, according to the city’s Department for Planning and Investment. A perspective...
The gap between degrees and qualifications
22/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - The recently released survey by the Ministry of Planning and Investment showed that 1/3 of the heads of 63,000 businesses in 36 surveyed cities and provinces nationwide do not have a university degree....
Education strategy lacks scientific base: teachers
21/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thien Nhan reported at a meeting Friday the status of Vietnamese education and presented a strategy for education in 2009-2020. VietNamNet...
Education set for complete makeover, Gov’t says
21/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Everyone will have access to education by 2020 under a Strategy for Education Development for 2009-2020 released by the Government at a meeting December 18. A 12th grade class in Ho Chi Minh City. A government...
Students rushing to learn English for TOEIC
21/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Since the end of 2005, when MOET signed an agreement with the US ETS on using TOEIC programme as the standard to appraise English skills, students have been rushing to follow TOEIC English courses. Registering for English...
Patience needed to rewrite local education
20/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - The British University Vietnam and Apollo Education and Training chairman, Khalid Mudmood, discusses about the pros and cons of foreign investment in the education and training sector after its opening early next year following Vietnam’s WTO...