The Association of Non-state Universities and Junior Colleges has officially filed a claim to the Ministry of Education Training on a new enrolment mechanism, proposing to remove the university entrance exams.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two education accreditation centers (EAC) have been set up in Vietnam. However, the establishment of EACs is not enough for Vietnam to have a professional accreditation service.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The innovation in educational assessments will be a breakthrough for education renewal, said Nguyen Minh Hien, Deputy Minister of Education and Training, during an online discussion.

VietNamNet Bridge –The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) issued Circular 23/2013/TT-BLDTBXH on foreign co-operation and investment in vocational training in Viet Nam on October 16, 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is not good for children to be taught early mental and super-quick maths programmes before they're able to recognise numbers, said an official from the Hanoi Department of Education and Training.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City education authorities have decided to ease the pressure on children in first grade by having teachers merely remark about their performance and no longer mark their exercises and test papers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training has tightened the control over non-full time training modes after the criticism over the training quality, which has made the training scale narrowed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities have all promised to “lay a red carpet” to welcome talented persons. However, in fact, a lot of talents remain unemployed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of parents complain that the math questions designed for primary school students tend to be more and more unnecessarily difficult.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has been offering interest-free funding for educational projects, especially private schools, since 2011, but many complain it is almost impossible to borrow because of red tape.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) applies a decentralization scheme, allowing local education and training departments to appraise the schools’ capability for licensing. This is the fatal mistake that leads to problems in training.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There is an implicit rival among parents to find out whose children do better at school. In order to win the race, the parents have to force children to learn as hard as possible.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training has pledged to reform higher education management in the lead up to 2015, said a ministry official on Wednesday.

Hanoi, Da Nang and then Can Tho and Ca Mau provinces have stated they will offer high salaries and good working conditions to the talented experts who agree to work in the localities and devote themselves to the local socio-economic development.

 Between 2 and 3 tropical storms or depressions are expected to hit the East Sea in September, of which 1-2 will affect Vietnam, according to weather experts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The physical strength of Vietnamese people is at a lower average, which has been blamed on the inappropriate physical education at schools.

The Da Nang City People’s Committee has decided to give a grace period of 3 months, so that the families of the learners of the City’s Program on training and developing talents who broke the contracts, to arrange money for compensation.

According to Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh, if Vietnamese people’s physical strength and height is not improve, they cannot meet the requirements of industrialization and modernization.

EDC of the Education Publishing House remains the only company which has joined the e-textbook market with its classbook products, though a lot of enterprises once revealed their ambitious plans to digitalize textbooks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of foreign language centers in Hanoi and HCM City have suddenly disappeared, causing learners to stop learning halfway.