Education

The Vietnamese lecturer at Oxford University
28/01/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – “I have a dream called ‘ Oxford ’” – Nguyen Hoang Long, the author of the saying, has seen his dream come true: he has gained the doctorate from Oxford University and became the first Vietnamese lecturer at the prestigious...
Student are not graduating university, why?
28/01/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – In some majors, the number of students who graduate school is very modest, at 20-30 percent of total students. Students do not like their courses Â In 2009, only 30 percent of...
Pre-Tet childcare in demand
27/01/2011 05:00
Nursery schools begin their Tet holiday on January 28, 2011, or the 25 th of lunar December. Meanwhile, state employees still have to work until the end of the 27 th of December of Lunar Year. Therefore, there is a high demand for childcare services....
Poor research is universities” Achille”s heel
27/01/2011 05:00
For Associate Professor Tran Hoang Linh, teaching is fun but a busy lecturing schedule keeps him away from his true love, research. Students at HCM City’s...
Phu Yen: 100 schoolgirls fainted in a week
26/01/2011 05:00
In over a week, nearly 100 schoolgirls of the Son Thanh Junior and High School in Tay Hoa district, the central province of Phu Yen fainted. On January 24 alone, more than 20 girls fainted and shared symptoms of fatigue, and convulsions, and were rushed...
Universities’ doors too open?
24/01/2011 05:00
Educators have voiced their worries about the current university enrollment process which has been described as “running after profit and ignoring the quality of training”. The Ministry of Education and...
Singapore provides training for Mekong Delta
24/01/2011 05:00
The Singaporean government will provide training programme for the Mekong Delta provinces of Can Tho and Kien Giang under the Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP), said Pong Kok Tian, Singaporean Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City....