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Seven students died in Can Gio Sea

At noon on December 29, while bathing at the 30/4 beach in Can Gio district, Ho Chi Minh City, seven boys of the Nguyen Binh Khiem secondary school, Binh Duong Street, were swept away.

Social Headlines December 25

 Human traffickers jailed for 80 years; Man killed in road accident; Hanoi acts to ensure traffic safety; Border crackdown targets illegal birds; Treatments empower HIV-positive mothers

Universities hesitate to enroll students with their private plans

The Ministry of Education and Training has turned the green light on, allowing universities to enroll students in their own ways, instead of following the ministry’s plan. However, schools still keep hesitant about this.

English remains the biggest choice for general school students

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has been consistent with its policy on teaching many different languages at general schools. However, it meets a lot of big difficulties that hinder the program implementation.

How are the four international universities in Vietnam?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Policy makers needed seven years long to prepare for the establishment of international universities in Vietnam. However, the two operational schools still have been meeting big difficulties.

Private schools suffer unfair treatment: children also bear tax

 VietNamNet Bridge – The state’s funding needs to be addressed properly in order to avoid waste and injustice for students, especially poor students.

Vietnamese students make interlocking block bricks from SIT

 VietNamNet Bridge – The idea of making bricks from the SIT waste by three students in Hanoi has helped rescue the environment in the coal exploitation areas.

English teaching: Universities strive for “Vietnamese int'l standards”

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly all the universities in Vietnam pledge the international standards TOEIC, TOEFL, IELTS, B1 for their graduates’ English skills. However, the “international standards” remain doubtful.

Vietnam students to participate in fuel-efficient vehicle design contest

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five student teams of Vietnam will take part in the contest to manufacture fuel-efficient vehicles in the Philippines in February 2014.

Students criticized for standing in “SEX” shape in front of ancient citadel

 VietNamNet Bridge – A group of 40 future bachelors of the Hanoi Banking Academy stood in “SEX” shape in front of Thang Long Royal Citadel relic to have pictures taken, which has raised a wave of public protest.

Learning model for Vietnam - new but unsuitable

The international model of learning, which is believed to modernize Vietnam’s problematic education system and better prepare children for the global integration, known as VNEN, has turned out to be unsuitable to the country.

Int'l schools make light of educating Vietnamese culture

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Vietnamese parents’ thoughts, “international schools” means international high education quality. However, the truth is quite otherwise.

In pictures: School flooded with mud after historic floods

 VietNamNet Bridge – Floods have passed for several days but thousands of students in the central province of Quang Ngai cannot go to class yet because their schools are still covered with mud.

The “biological wastebasket” for farmers

Three students of the HCM City Architecture University Dao Y Kha, Cao Dang Khoa and Ton That Phu Tri have created a “biological wastebasket” for farmers, helping them make the most of the dragon fruit plants waste to protect the environment.

When students give marks to teachers

 VietNamNet Bridge – A high school teacher in Hanoi has conducted a survey on 5,000 students to compile a questionnaire which serves as the collection of comments about teachers.

Parents, students over head and ears in superfast math

 VietNamNet Bridge – Urban parents rush to bring their children to the extra classes in which the children learn superfast math question solving methods.

Students make water filters for flood-stricken areas

 VietNamNet Bridge – Students Nguyen Anh Hung and Truong Quoc Vi from the Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City know what it's like to be without fresh water in flood ravaged, contaminated areas.

How much does a master degree cost?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Postgraduates complain that it is getting more and more costly to study for master degrees. It is not because of the high tuitions, but of the under-the-table money they have to pay to lecturers.

Education Ministry fond of issuing absurd regulations?

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of regulations in the education and training sector have been found as unfeasible and contradictory. As a result, schools and students can only ignore the regulations and get fined.

Schools get embarrassed with education renovation

 VietNamNet Bridge – The new enrolment regulations applied to the 2013-2014 academic year have embarrassed schools.