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Taking mother’s teachings to heart

One of the most common teaching from mothers all over the world is that you are not supposed to take anything from or talk to a stranger.

Long summer break leaves parents looking for daycare

Students have a long three-month summer holiday, but many parents still don’t have a place where they can leave their children while they are at work.

Vietnamese youngsters need a chill pill: experts

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is high time that Viet Nam strengthen education on laws and life skills for young citizens so they have self-restraint in conflicts, 

Extracurricular classes for kids during summer

Parents who are finding extracurricular classes including piano, painting, photography, dancing and music for their children to minimize their exposure to social media, smartphones and the Internet ...

Life skills taught to HCM City blind students

 VietNamNet Bridge – Students at Nguyen Dinh Chieu School in HCM City now have something to look forward to when they get up every day to go to class.

Teens turn their lives around, with curling irons

VietNamNet Bridge – Several years ago, Nguyen Anh Thu dropped out of school and had no way of earning an income in HCM City. Her family, originally from the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, could not afford to pay

Changes in pipeline for student assessments

VietNamNet Bridge – Phung Xuan Nha, Minister of Education and Training, spoke to the newspaper Thoi bao Kinh te on the two important points of the Circular that are to stimulate teachers while being able to measure students’ progress.

Educators argue about definition of ‘life skills’

VietNamNet Bridge - Educators have repeatedly called upon schools to intensify life skill lessons, emphasizing that lack of life skills is the biggest problem of Vietnamese students. However, they still don’t know what ‘life skills’ mean. 

Life skills a vital part of education

 VietNamNet Bridge – Life skills should be offered as a subject in Viet Nam's education curriculum to encourage a more well-rounded development of students, such was the takeaway at an education conference held yesterday

Schools add more extracurricular activities to enhance student self-reliance

VietNamNet Bridge - General schools in big cities have been integrating extracurricular activities into their training programs to help students become more self-reliant and dynamic.

Students have no time for play as life-skill lessons crowd the curriculum

VietNamNet Bridge – Educators have begun teaching teach life skills to students, but parents complain that the teachers do not know how to give instruction in such skills.

Government earmarks budget for education development

  VietNamNet Bridge – The government recently approved a project worth VND340 billion (USD16.3 million) on education development until 2020.