The Hanoi education department initiated program on teaching English to first graders started in 2008. To date, 400 schools have joined the program.

Both parents and educators believe that there’s no need to spend too much time for students to practice handwriting, saying that in the digital age, there are many other things they need to practice than handwriting.

A lot of parents complain that the education market is now like a “bear garden,” where it is so difficult to distinguish truth from falsehood.