Education

Vietnam lacks popular bestseller-book list
16/10/2009 05:00
Vietnamese bookworms say the country is in need of its own bestseller list and relies too heavily on international listings. Most Vietnamese readers choose books based on international best-seller lists (Photo: SGGP) Instead of highlighting...
UK-Vietnam collaborate on higher education
16/10/2009 05:00
Over 200 policy makers and institutional practitioners took part in a UK-Vietnam Conference on Internationalisation of Higher Education October 16. The conference is held in Hanoi, October 16 to discuss higher education (Photo: VNA) The...
“Vietnamese professors are the world’s worst-paid”
15/10/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The monthly income of Vietnamese professors is the lowest in the world. Professor Nguyen Dang Hung, a Viet Kieu from Belgium , talks to Vietnamese professors Dan Tri , an on-line paper that follows education...
University with fake lecturers still receives a licence AND 750 students
15/10/2009 05:00
It provided a false list of lecturers with counterfeit signatures, yet still Phan Thiet University has still been granted a licence. The falsified documents The university announced it has 63 permanent lecturers and 47 visiting lecturers....
A personal investment in education
14/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – We look at the tales of two Vietnamese people both convinced that investing in education always pays off. Nguyen Huu Thuong and students of Tan Phu A Primary School An old farmer donates 200 million dong to build a school...
No university in Vietnam can meet standards
14/10/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Not one single university in Vietnam is up to the standards required. Professor Pham Minh Hac That was the view of Professor Pham Minh Hac, former Minister of Education and Training (MOET) and Member of the Appraisal...
More life skills urged for children
13/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Dinh Manh Tu, a top 17-year-old student at a prestigious Ha Noi high school, does not know how to do anything for himself Students run a race at a high school fair in HCM City. They should have more chances to take part in...