The Ministry of Education and Training has released legal documents to control the universities’ training scale and quality, but  schools still can escape through legal loopholes and enroll more and more students.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The officials of the Dong Nai provincial Education and Training Department mistakenly said that Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan are two 10 provinces in Mekong River Delta.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of university students has soared in recent years. Many schools gained 10,000 more students over one to two years despite their ill fame. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Reports by local education and training departments all show a sharp decrease in the number of students registering to study at university.

 Entrusting autonomy for universities is necessary to improve the quality of higher education, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said.

VietNamNet Bridge - In an effort to improve the training quality and reduce the unemployment rate, many universities and junior colleges haven decided to train students according to orders set by businesses.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many teachers complain that the job is especially hard: they are criticized if they punish students when students go wrong.

 Financial autonomy has helped many universities in HCM City improve their facilities, human resources, scientific research and training quality, thereby building a brand name both locally and internationally.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), in an effort to reform higher education, is considering shortening the time for education from 4-6 years to 3-4 years.

VietNamNet Bridge - The network of universities in Vietnam, which has expanded in recent years, will shrink as the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has decided to tighten control over the establishment of universities.

Only after several years of studying do students realize that following university education is not what they want. The number of students who make wrong choices about their career has risen, educators have warned.

Mathematics professor Ngo Bao Chau, the first Vietnamese to win the prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics in 2010, and Madame Ton Nu Thi Ninh, former Ambassador of Vietnam to the European Union, were among alumni to attend an event

Universities where curriculum development is done in collaboration with enterprises show a jump in employability, Siep Littooij of the International Projects Desk at the Saxion University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands said

VietNamNet Bridge - An 8,000-word petition has been sent by the Vietnam Education Dialogue (VED) Group headed by Professor Ngo Bao Chau, a mathematician and Fields medal winner, to education and training leaders.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese students say they feel too much pressure from their parents, who hope they can learn well and succeed in their lives.

VietNamNet Bridge - “Vietnam can produce PhDs. Why can’t it produce screws then?” Tran Quoc Tuan asked at a recent National Assembly session on policies to develop supporting industries.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese education consumers have suddenly realized that university degrees can no longer be a guarantee for labor force quality and cannot ensure good jobs for degree holders.

VietNamNet Bridge - Education exports are a “multi-billion dollar industry”. Why doesn’t Vietnam think of exporting its education services?

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) must bear full responsibility for the increasingly high number of unemployed university graduates, experts say. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Too many university graduates, many of whom are not well qualified, are one of the reasons behind the high unemployment rate.