Education

Universities doubt student evaluations of professors
22/11/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Student evaluations of lecturers has kicked off at many universities. Many schools doubt the relevancy of these assessments. Student assessments are only relatively accurate, because it is very difficult to give an overall...
Education Ministry presents medal to Japanese educator
21/11/2009 05:00
The Education and Training Ministry on November 17 presented the “For Education Service” campaign medal for a Japanese educator. Kids at the Kindergarten B - Hanoi. The campaign medal winner is the director of the Kikyo kindergarten in...
Ministry, universities differ on higher education standards
20/11/2009 05:00
The Ministry of Education and Training should change its approach to higher education and make big changes at universities, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan at an online conference on higher education for the 2009-2010 academic year....
University assessments may remain secret
19/11/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Universities have been assessing lecturers as requested by the Ministry of Education and Training – however don’t expect the results to be made available. Le Trong Thang, head of the Training Division at Hanoi University of Mining...
Bank’s “asset management fee” unreasonable says customer
19/11/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Businesses are complaining that they have been required by ACB to pay fees equal to 2.5 percent of the value of loans. Nguyen Minh Hai, deputy director of Hong Vinh Phat Company says his company borrowed 1.4 billion dong from ACB...
International partners aren’t always of international standard
18/11/2009 05:00
Vietnam is witnessing a boom in joint training programmes between Vietnamese and foreign universities. However, sometimes not enough is known about foreign partners. Joining forces with foreign universities in joint training programmes has been...
University towns still an unfulfilled dream
18/11/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Projects for establishment of suburban university campuses have been implemented at a snail’s pace. The campus of the HCM City University of Natural Sciences in Thu Duc district According to Dr Nguyen Minh Hoa from the...