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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.
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.
The University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH) received a certificate from France’s High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCERES) for meeting its standards on December 1.
Private schools are racing to open new majors and find ways to increase enrolment quota as much as possible to increase revenue; thus, the government should work to protect academic values from excessive commercialization.
The Vietnam National University - Hanoi (VNU) has been ranked 187th in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings: Asia 2024 (QS AUR 2024), according to the VNU.
The first Hanoi Forum on the Pedagogical and Educational Sciences organized in late October discussed university rankings and gave recommendations to help universities upgrade their rankings.
Japanese technology firms have visited Vietnam to recruit Vietnamese engineers to work at their factories in Japan.
Over the last 20 years, together with the traditional teaching model with blackboard and white chalk, a new university system has been developing – the digital university.
The proportion of university students in STEM-related fields is relatively low compared to other countries in the region and Europe.
University lecturers funded by school budget to study abroad refuse to return home to work. Schools find it difficult to throw the book on them despite regulations.
Universities and experts said that there should necessarily be a national strategy for IC and semiconductor technology training with investment priorities in key schools with strengths in this field.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signed Decision No. 1117/QD-TTg approving a programme to develop open educational resources for higher education.
Nine Vietnamese universities meet international accreditation standards, an increase of two compared to the previous year, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.
It will be very difficult to retain talents if they don’t have the right working environment to enrich their own values and improve their capacity, one university dean said.
Five Vietnamese universities keep their places in the QS World University Rankings 2024 recently released by the UK-based education organisation Quacquarelli Symonds.
Teachers say many 12th graders, who are about to graduate from high school in a few days, don’t know what they want to do after graduation.
Nine Vietnamese universities have been listed in the THE Impact Rankings 2023 released by the Times Higher Education (THE) on June 1.
According to statistics of the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), the four subjects of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Social Services and Life Sciences have had the lowest number of students in the past three years.
In Vietnam, the laws have defined the role and responsibilities of the university council, but actual implementation has failed to keep up.
Vu Hai Quan, Director of Vietnam National University, HCM City, says the State needs to come forward and solve the difficult question of developing basic sciences.