Education

US professor receives honorary doctorate from Hanoi National University
30/03/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The director of the Hanoi National University has conferred the honorary doctorate on Professor John Quelch in a recognition of the excellent achievements made by the professor in scientific research and his valuable contribution to...
Nearly 600 students to attend Asian Maths Olympiad
30/03/2011 05:00
The first round of the Asia-Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools (APMOPS) 2011 in Vietnam will take place on April 9, with the participation of 581 students. They are selected sixth and seventh graders from the cities of...
Teaching in English: ambitious plan needs thorough preparations
30/03/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has decided that from the 2011-2012 academic year, some school subjects will be taught in English. However, both teachers and students complain that it is really a difficult task....
Teachers want to give up job, youth don’t want to become teachers
29/03/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Educators have warned that Vietnam will not have enough preschool teachers in the near future, since working teachers want to give up their jobs, while high school graduates do not want to become teachers....
Foreign-run foreign language centers not as good as advertised
29/03/2011 05:00
Foreign-run foreign language centers, which advertise themselves as providing training with internationally standardized quality and qualified native teachers, in fact, have neither international standards or qualified native teachers. In a...
Helping ethnic children get an education
29/03/2011 05:00
Vang Thi Xua, an 11-year-old girl from the Khang ethnic group in Hang A Village in northern Dien Bien Province, has a brother and sister aged four and one. Thanks to new oppor-tunities being offered by the Government in a more...
After-school service welcomed in HCM City
26/03/2011 05:00
School hours finish at 4.30-5 pm, while parents cannot leave offices before 5.30 or 6 pm. That is the reason why a new kind of service has appeared in HCM City – supervising children after school. The demand is high “Our child...