After enrolling students based on high school transcripts, some universities have given up the method, but others say this is a good solution.

Vietnam currently tops the Southeast Asian region in the number of students studying abroad, according to the Southeast Asia Key Trends Report 2024 by Acumen, an international education consulting organisation.

The Vietnam National University, Hanoi ranked 649th in the latest Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2024, placing at the 11th position in Southeast Asia and 140th in Asia.

Vietnamese students won a gold and a bronze medal at the 2024 Project Chemistry Olympiad (PCO) held in Russia, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

The 2024 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Asia Pacific Championships will be held in Hanoi from February 29 to March 3.

The Ministry of  Education and Training has introduced a program for foreigners who are interested in teaching English at foreign language centers in Vietnam.

Nguyen Cao Cuong, headmaster of Thai Thinh Secondary School in Hanoi, said he often receives emails and calls from private businesses asking him to work with them to persuade students to attend competitions in math, English and science.

All 20 Vietnamese students put in excellent displays to win medals at the Southeast Asian Mathematical Olympiad (SEAMO) which was held from January 19 to January 22 in Singapore.

The municipal People’s Committee has approved an education development strategy from now until 2030, with a vision to 2045, aiming to ensure harmony between development and quality of education.

University admission based on high school transcripts is not expected to be used by top-tier universities in 2024 because experts say the method cannot ensure fairness and honesty.

Van Lang University (VLU) in collaboration with Korea Institute of Culture Product and Design (KICD) on Monday (January 15) co-organised a winter international symposium and exhibition for the first time in Vietnam.

Vietnam is estimated to face a shortage of 20,000 qualified personnel in the semiconductor industry in the next five years as foreign-invested enterprises pour money into the country's sector.

Cybersecurity firm SCS, which has conducted a survey on service providers involved in electronic transactions in Vietnam, has found that 80 percent have not fully observed the decree on personal data protection.

Experts say that it would be better to begin learning a foreign language in childhood, but disagree about at which age children should begin.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has issued decisions allowing the operations of four international accreditation organisations in Vietnam, namely ACQUIN, THE-ICE, ACBSP and ABET.

SUN EDU International Education Joint Stock Company and Thu Dau Mot University in Binh Duong Province on January 8 began the first intensive training of trainers (ToT) program in integrated circuit design.

The number of international students studying in Vietnam averagely increased by 8% - 10% per year in the 2018 – 2023 period, the Ministry of Education and Training has reported.

Many Vietnamese universities have unveiled plans to enroll and train students in the integrated circuit (IC) and semiconductor design industry in the year ahead.

Policies need to be designed in a way to ensure benefits for academic researchers so they can live well and spend their time on research, and don’t have to sell themselves for food and clothing, experts say.

The average score on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) of Vietnamese people in 2022 ranked 23rd out of 40 countries organising the IELTS exam.