Universities are organizing aptitude tests as part of enrollment procedures rather than relying solely on national high school finals. This has led to students rushing to attend preparatory classes for this kind of test.

The announcement lately of the Ministry of Education on temporarily stopping international foreign language certification examinations to tighten management has severely affected students

The postponement of the popular English exam IELTS came as a surprise for many learners across the country. While the change affects schedules, some also see this as an opportunity for better preparation.

Travel companies in Vietnam have just introduced tours to Thailand and Singapore to take the IELTS test as it has just been postponed in Vietnam.

Duolingo's statistics show that the number of Vietnamese learning a foreign language on its app has doubled, with the time spent on the app averaging 17 minutes per day.

The Ministry of Education and Training has issued a circular promulgating the general education programmes of Russian, Japanese, French and Chinese as the first foreign languages to be taught in Vietnamese schools.

VietNamNet Bridge - Japanese, Korean, Russian, Chinese, French and German will be taught at general schools in Hanoi and HCMC before being applied on a large scale throughout the country.

Miss Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen cannot speak French well even though she has studied the language for seven years shows that foreign language teaching in Vietnam has serioua weaknesses, according to analysts.

While the Ministry of Education and Training has been strictly supervising the implementation of the program on teaching English at primary schools, it does not keep a keen eye on the preschool’s teaching.