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Too many English teaching programs for primary schools
Parents in Hanoi complain that they cannot decide which English learning programs to choose for their children because there are too many programs and they don’t have sufficient information about the quality of the programs.
English skills still low despite big money poured into programs
Vietnam has vowed to improve students’ English skills by pouring trillions of dong into English teaching programs, but the majority of university graduates cannot communicate in English.
Many VN's universities cannot meet training quality: Minister
VietNamNet Bridge - Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha said at a conference on upgrading university education that school training quality was one of the reasons behind the high unemployment rate of bachelor’s degree graduates.
Poor English skills remain problem at schools for the gifted
VietNamNet Bridge - The major goals of the national plan to develop schools for the gifted have not been met in the last five years.
The late Lee Kwan Yew’s thoughts about Vietnam’s education
VietNamNet Bridge - The late Lee Kwan Yew, during his visit to Vietnam in 2007, gave advice on how to develop Vietnam’s education. He said that if Vietnam won in the education race, it would win in economic development.
