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Physical abuse cases at school continue despite preventive measures

VietNamNet Bridge - Students fight each other, teachers slap students’ faces, parents assault teachers — school violence has been escalating recently.

School violence blamed on "boring" curricula

VietNamNet Bridge - Boards with the words ‘Tien hoc le, hau hoc van’ (study manners first and then learn to read and write) are hung at every school in Vietnam. 

Universities struggle to enroll students

The time when students had to search for information about schools and study opportunities is over. It is schools that now have to try every possible way to attract students.

University boom makes it difficult for hi-tech parks to find skilled workers

VietNamNet Bridge - Enterprises in Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) are finding it difficult to recruit trained factory workers.

VN spends VND6 billion on training, pays worker VND4 million a month

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam spends the huge sum of VND6 billion ($250,000) to train an engineer in space technology, but pays the modest sum of VND3-5 million a month in wages to the engineer. 

41 bachelors found “buying” eligibility for attending MA entrance exams

Forty one students in Thanh Hoa province agreed to pay VND1 billion in exchange for the recognition that they can meet the requirements to attend the entrance exams to the Economics University’s master training course.