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Junior writer releases biography

 VietNamNet Bridge – Noted young author Do Nhat Nam has recently released a new biography about being a teenager.

School admissions closed for upcoming year as students flood classrooms

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although the new academic year doesn’t begin until September, most of the schools in HCM City have stopped enrolling students.

Banking less attractive to students

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of students putting their names down for entrance exams into the banking and securities faculties of big universities has tumbled 20% as the financial-banking market has remained gloomy, meaning fewer job opportunities

The Facebook effect: Corrosive to students’ morality?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Facebook is spoiling the character and ethics of today’s young people, according to many Vietnamese educators. It has become a forum for students to speak ill of teachers and friends, or to escape their inhibitions.

University students find internship useless

 VietNamNet Bridge – June is always the hardest time for senior university students. That’s when they must suffer the hardships of a strenuous internship period, while not expecting to gain too much from it.

Saigonese miffed at cancellation of English programs

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Education and Training Department has unexpectedly decided to discontinue its use of Cambridge University’s English teaching curriculums, after four years of its application at 20 primary schools.

What do Vietnamese students do on their holiday?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some students go to the countryside. Others attend music and arts classes. Others have a “working holiday” when they spend time attending private tutoring classes to prepare for exams.

Students avoid job training schools

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many vocational training schools are failing to attract enough new students, despite promotional campaigns.

Lack of mental health support for students a major concern

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts and psychologists are worried that schools are not paying enough attention on mental health support for students, deterring their healthy long-term development and education.

Child prodigies suffer as neighbours, classmates taunt and tease them

VietNamNet Bridge – They are called “child prodigies” but they are uncomfortable with the designation and just want to be known as normal students.

Students welcome real life questions

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first of the two-and-a-half-day high school final exams went smoothly, with students welcoming questions related to "real situations" they cared deeply about, local reports said.

Vietnamese parents lack confidence in schools’ grading system

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many Vietnamese parents say teachers are giving inflated grades to students to satisfy parents and school headmasters.

Students sit final high school exams

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 900,000 high school students nationwide attended orientation sessions yesterday (June 1) in preparation for the national graduation exams, which start today.

Students born in Year of the Goat flood secondary schools

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi will have 109,000 students entering secondary schools in the 2014-2015 academic year, an increase of 20,000 students over last year, according to the Hanoi Education and Training Department.

Poor-performing students receive high marks

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many Vietnamese parents complain that the general school curricula is too extensive, even though many students receive excellent marks.

Students promoted to higher grades despite poor performance

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more students are “sitting in the wrong classes”, placed in a higher grade that does not suit their learning capabilities.

Vietnamese study math… to count money

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mathematics is a very important science, but not attractive to Vietnamese students. Mathematicians cannot find a breeding ground in Vietnam for their field.

Where have university entrance examinees gone?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Educators are reeling over the surprisingly low number of students registering to sit the university entrance exam. It is foreseeable that schools will not have enough students enrolling.

Authorities to crackdown on dangerous ‘eggshell' helmets

Motorcyclists may soon be fined VND100,000-200,000 (US$5-10) if found wearing substandard helmets.The helmets, including some described as "eggshells", would then be destroyed.

Vietnamese teachers offer simple lessons about the fatherland

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese teachers and students have been participating in many meaningful activities to show their patriotism these days.