Education

Student trumps death to come first in uni entrance exam
18/08/2010 05:00
Vu Thu Thao came in first at the C-group entrance exam to Hanoi University of Education. However, not many know that, before the exam, Thao came close to death. VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Thu Thao from Thai Binh province has become well known as the student who came...
Schools with not enough students
17/08/2010 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – While many “star” schools complain that they have been overloaded with too many students, other smaller and less prestigious schools complain that they cannot enroll enough students. Students of Dien Bien Primary School...
The 10-year foreign language teaching program – when to start?
17/08/2010 05:00
General schools and education management agencies have long been preparing for a ten-year foreign language teaching program which is expected to cost 9,738 billion dong from 2008-2020. However, the program is still not ready for implementation....
Delta faces obstacles implementing Mekong 1,000 project
13/08/2010 05:00
The Mekong 1000 project to sponsor students in the Mekong Delta to pursue their graduate studies abroad has become stagnant due to candidates’ poor English language skills and disagreement between localities and the State Audit of Vietnam....
Dearth of schools, teachers may stunt pre-school universalization
11/08/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Educators have expressed concerns that the program will be undermined by the lack of schools and educators. VietNamNet Bridge – Attendees of the conference on pre-school education universalization for 5-year old children on July 11 expressed...
In Vietnam today, the foreign scholarship chase begins early
11/08/2010 05:00
These days, many Vietnamese parents start to prepare their sons and daughters for study abroad while they are still small. VietNamNet Bridge - What’s the best way to ensure that your brilliant child can win a scholarship to study at a foreign university?...
MoET will refuse degrees granted by low-quality joint training programmes
10/08/2010 05:00
MoET will inspect a number of joint training programmes in August. If training programmes sponsored by foreign providers in association with Vietnamese universities don’t meet the Ministry of Education and Training’s quality requirements, the degrees or...