While the Finance Ministry has not decided on a date for issuing sovereign bonds worth US$3 billion to refinance the country's debts, the same amount of foreign currency is allowed to be spent every year to allow Vietnamese to study abroad.

 Vietnam Business Forum's Education and Training Working Group calls for changes to limits on Vietnamese students at international schools given the amount spent on overseas education.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of Vietnamese students in Australia and Japan have been asked to return home because they did not go to school, but went working at factories and farms for money.