Public opinion has influenced parents' decision to send their children to IELTS (the International English Language Testing System) preparation classes and put unnecessary pressure on children.

Even if 100 percent of students pass high school exams, the exams still need to be maintained, Ta Ngoc Tri from the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), has said.

Minister Nguyen Kim Son has addressed the National Assembly regarding the issue of interest groups in textbook publishing, emphasizing recent arrests and calling for further identification of violators.

Vietnamese students have brought home a number of medal in their first engagement in the 2024 World Math and Science Competition (WMSC) held recently in Bogor, Indonesia.

As the teaching of English focuses on grammar in Vietnam, students are weak at speaking and listening, experts say.

Trinh Ngoc My, a lecturer in the Foreign Language Faculty at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), or ‘Bach Khoa’ in Vietnamese, is often mistaken by students for a classmate or invited by students to join teamwork projects.

Tim Paolini, Director of Google for Education for Asia-Pacific and Middle East, had a working session with representatives of the HCM City People’s Committee on November 1 to discuss cooperation orientations for digital transformation in education.

On October 26, the National Assembly discussed socio-economic development.

The Deputy Minister highlighted the private sector, which, during the period, spent nearly VNĐ33 trillion (US$1.3 billion) to help build 36,000 classrooms and 1,300 staff rooms.

The draft outlines comprehensive provisions regarding salary policies, allowances and support for educators, aiming to enhance incentives so that teachers can work without worrying that their salary are not enough to cover daily expenses.

The number of foreign students studying in Việt Nam has increased in recent years.

Dinh Sao Mai, a young lecturer at Hanoi University, has been invited by a Japanese university to be a major speaker at a workshop.

The international educational quality assurance organization FIBAA has awarded the educational quality certification to the National Economics University (NEU) and 15 of its training programs.

The average monthly income of public school teachers is VND7-15 million, depending on service length, position and professional title. A salary of VND20 million a month is paid mostly to teachers with a long service, or those who are about to retire.

Foreign universities seeking to establish branch campuses in Việt Nam must meet stringent criteria, including being among the top 500 universities globally in the previous three years.

New Zealand Immigration reports an 84% success rate for Vietnamese student visa applicants, well above the 75% global average.

Students from Hai Phong, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, and Hai Duong will no longer be accepted by the University of Wollongong, with other provinces facing stricter requirements.

As many as 2,875 private schools were operating by the end of the 2023-2024 academic year, accounting for 20.6 percent of total schools, with 330,000 students. Twenty-five percent of students following higher education are from private schools.

Although the authorities have taken steps to prevent child injuries, the outcomes remain unsatisfactory, requiring new approaches to establish a safe environment for children.