Education

Universities open doors to foreigners
04/02/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign students wishing to study at Vietnamese universities or colleges may soon be exempted from sitting for entrance examinations. A draft circular issued by the Ministry of Education and Training said foreigners only had to...
New regulations will make Vietnamese universities more attractive to foreigners
02/02/2011 05:00
The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is considering amending the current regulations on enrolling students for universities and junior colleges, hoping that the new regulations will help attract more foreign students....
A call to improve education in Mekong Delta
01/02/2011 05:00
According to the General Statistics Office, there are 71.5 university or junior college students per every 10,000 people in Mekong River Delta. This is the lowest percentage of university and junior college students compared with other regions in the...
University lecturers absorbed by teaching, have no time for research
31/01/2011 05:00
University lecturers spend most of their time on teaching and giving extra classes to earn their living, which explains why they do not have time for research. Besides teaching...
Students avoid social sciences
31/01/2011 05:00
The study of social sciences and humanities has become unpopular among youth, with many students opting to pursue majors in subjects such as information technology, marketing or finance....
Ethnic students to get free schooling
31/01/2011 05:00
Students from the smallest ethnic minority groups at all education levels will be exempted from education fees beginning in March this year following a recently issued Government decree....
Vietnamese boy fulfils Oxford dream
30/01/2011 05:00
“I always had a dream to go to Oxford,” says Nguyen Hoang Long, who obtained a PhD degree from the renowned British University and went on to become a teacher there. Long nurtured that dream ever since he was a math student at the Hanoi-Amsterdam...