Ngo Minh Hieu, the student who carried his friend on his back to school for 10 years, is now a student at Thai Binh Medical University. He is one of 14 people nominated by VietNamNet as Inspiring Characters.

In 2021, Vietnam’s education sector will accelerate the National Digital Transformation Program and implement digital transformation.

A number of public universities have reported vacancies for the post of rector or their boards of management. The vacancies have lasted from several months to several years.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son believes that the biggest difficulty in digital transformation is the lack of qualified human resources.

Statistics show that universities with high positions in rankings have more autonomy in governance, organizational structure, finance, and academic freedom.

Covered by the Law on Public Employees, universities with autonomy don’t have the right to make decisions in recruitment, increase pay for talented lecturers, or dismiss incapable workers.

Autonomy in higher education in Vietnam is facing challenges, particularly accountability and finances, according to Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son.

Eleven Vietnamese universities were listed in the QS Asia University Rankings 2021 (QS AUR) released by the UK’s higher education marketing company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) on November 25.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has just gathered ideas for the final draft of the new decree regarding the mechanism for collecting tuition fees applicable to educational institutions in the national education system.

Vietnam has four representatives in the 2021 Best Global Universities rankings put out by the US News & World Report. ​

The International University-Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City has decided to pay doctoral students VND10 million (US$430) for monthly living expenses and waive tuition fees of up to 100 per cent in the 2020-21 academic year.

The Ministry of Education and Training is to implement the Vietnam National Qualifications Framework (VQF).

Experts affirmed that with low costs, medical schools will not be able to produce high-quality doctors.

The announcement by the HCM City University of Medicine and Pharmacy on raising tuition by five times has stunned the public.

The number of articles published in international publications by Vietnam’s higher education establishments has increased by three times compared with seven years ago.

The State Audit, when working with the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), named a number of schools which enroll students of low quality for high-quality training programs.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is collecting opinions from universities on its draft regulation for higher education enrollment in 2020. Schools will draw up their enrollment plans based on the regulation.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has set very strict requirements for universities to organize entrance exams of their own.

Non-state education establishments had to close the doors during the epidemic, but some of them began using online teaching activities.

Though they have complained about the challenges of organizing online training, schools agree that now is the right time to digitize university education.