Education

All ready for all-important university entrance examinations
30/06/2010 05:00
More than 1.9 million students will participate in the university entrance examination in the few next days in Vietnam. Examinees and relatives search for test sites on a map (Photo: SGGP) More than 1.9 million...
Yearly scramble for examinee housing begins, rents rising fast
29/06/2010 05:00
Room rental rates are escalating day after day, as Hanoi receives more and more students who will take university entrance exams in early July Room rental rates are escalating day after day, as Hanoi receives more and more students who will take...
Vietnam aims for 20,000 Ph.D.-holders by 2020
27/06/2010 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – At least 20,000 more doctoral degrees will be granted in the next 10 years if a new national program to train lecturers is successful. Director questioned about dubious US doctoral degree Universities cancel...
Student vacations last one whole week
27/06/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese students finished their school year in late May. They returned for the new academic year in early June. Vietnamese students finished their school year in late May. They returned for the new academic year in early June....
Power cuts may affect one million university examinees
27/06/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – More than one million students will enter the university entrance exams in one week. More than one million students will enter the university entrance exams in one week. To date, universities have reportedly readied for the exam-takers,...
Foreign diploma mills plague higher education
25/06/2010 05:00
Experts call on government to control the quality of joint educational programs with foreign universities Experts call on government to control the quality of joint educational programs with foreign universities Joint-training programmes:...
Teaching recruitment suffers annual symphony of scarcity
24/06/2010 05:00
It happens annually. Some districts suffer from a severe shortage of teachers, failing to recruit sufficiently, while other schools maintain an abundance of faculty. Secondary school grads ignore vocational schools...