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No public reprimands for primary school students: new MOET circular

Head of the Primary School Department under the Ministry of Education and Training Thai Van Tai talks about changes in regulations relating to the organisation, management and operation of primary schools.

What can be done to stop school violence in Vietnam?

Education experts believe that cameras alone will not help prevent school violence. To do so, it is necessary to apply many measures at the same time.

Teacher shortages hinder new curriculum

More primary teachers were needed for the 2019-2020 academic year, especially those specialised in computer science and technology and foreign languages, a conference heard last week.

Hanoi’s schools overloaded because of lack of strict regulations

VietNamNet Bridge - Real estate developers have built more urban areas in Hanoi, but they have not included schools in the areas. 

Hoi An City starts Japanese education at primary schools

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Culture and Sports centre of the central city of Hoi An, in co-operation with the Tokyo Shirubakai Art Troupe, has opened a Japanese language and culture education project for primary school students.

Hanoi: only 10 percent of new urban areas have schools

VietNamNet Bridge - Schools have been built and handed over in only 25 of the 252 new urban areas in Hanoi. 

More students attend private day-boarding classes

Since the development of new schools cannot catch up with the population increase, HCM City is seriously lacking schools. Because of this, parents have to enroll their children in privately run day-boarding classes.

Road safety taught through puppets at HCMC school

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transport safety was taught in an appealing way through the use of marionettes at an event held for 2,000 students and their parents at Tan Tuc Primary School in HCM City's Binh Chanh District.

VN adopts new education ideas

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Vinh Hien, Deputy Minister of Education and Training spoke to the Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about the implementation of the VNEN project in secondary schools in 2015-16.

Teachers, parents both to blame for child abuse: psychologist

Many reports of child abuse cases have been in the news recently, with education internet forums holding postmortems on the reasons behind the child abuse. But nothing has changed: more and more cases have been reported. 

Schools have low budget for security

VietNamNet Bridge - A lot of schools in HCM City have said that they cannot recruit security guards because of the low pay for the posts. 

Seventh graders unable to write their names

VietNamNet Bridge - Many  secondary school students in Huong Hoa District in the central province of Quang Tri have been found illiterate, with some of the oldest students unable to read or write. 

Primary student learns how to write with foot

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Viet Hung, who dreams of becoming an IT engineer, writes with his foot as he has no left hand and his right hand is slightly deformed.

New teaching model instills confidence

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lau Thi Hoa could not hide her joy. Even her eyes smiled as she told us she was one of the students selected to sing at an important event for the district.

Parents, teachers question ban on after-school classes

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite a Ministry of Education and Training ban on after-school classes, many students and parents take no notice. Some even use the classes as child minding centres while they are still at work.

Lack of swim classes proves dangerous

 VietNamNet Bridge – It was on a scorchingly hot day in May when five children bathing in the river of Cua Viet Town in Quang Tri Province drowned.

VN kids to watch NBA athletes

VietNamNet Bridge –The US's National Basketball Association, whose international youth development programme came recently to Viet Nam, has announced that a Junior NBA Viet Nam All-Stars team will go to China

English-language classes overlap in primary, secondary schools

 VietNamNet Bridge – After five years of learning English at primary school, sixth graders in HCM City are required to take beginning English classes.

Teachers oppose assessment method using comments instead of marks

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) places high hopes on the new assessment method that takes effect this school year, primary schools have voiced their opposition.

Prestigious primary schools getting more expensive

 VietNamNet Bridge – The price of tuition at prestigious primary schools has soared dramatically because of the sharp increase in the number of first graders this school year, many parents in the capital have said.