Education

Hanoi hosts reunion of Soviet teachers, Vietnamese students
17/01/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – On the evening of January 17, a moving meeting between 30 former Soviet teachers and 3,000 Vietnamese students, took place in Hanoi. “The Russian soul and Vietnamese soul have been escorting us all of our lives,” former Deputy Prime...
Four Vietnam’s university curriculums meet ASEAN standards
17/01/2010 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Four curriculums of Vietnam’s universities have been recognized by AUN as meeting ASEAN standards. According to Dr Vu Thi Phuong Anh, Director of the Centre for Educational Testing and Quality Assessment under HCM City...
Ministry honors education sector contributors
15/01/2010 05:00
A ceremony honoring entrepreneurs and benefactors who have made outstanding contributions to the development of the country’s education system was held January 15. Since 2007, domestic and overseas contributors have donated over VND1.293 billion...
Vietnam plans to train 10,000 doctors overseas
14/01/2010 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is putting in place plans to train over 10,000 doctors overseas. Participants at the workshop To this end the Ministry of Education and Training is setting up a cooperative education program with a number of foreign...
Student gap years overseas catching on in Vietnam
13/01/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – More and more Vietnamese universities are encouraging students to head abroad as a way of preparing them for their future careers. Students of Van Hien University in Japan Bui Van Khuong, a student of Thai Nguyen Agriculture and...
Hanoi education department orders schools not to “Tet” superiors
12/01/2010 05:00
The Hanoi education department has issued an order that schools must not use state money to give Tet gifts to higher authorities or superiors. Tet, which is originally a noun in Vietnamese that means the Lunar New Year, has also become a verb...
Economics university lecturers are the poorest
11/01/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Polytech and technology university lecturers prove to be the ones with the highest monthly salaries, while pedagogical university lecturers’ salaries are second Ministry of Education and Training’s (MOET) Planning and Finance...