VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese students and parents are celebrating Teachers’ Day, November 20, to hail the deeds of the teachers who are shaping the future generation of the country.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some education groups own two universities and four to five schools in total. Other groups are seeking to buy more schools.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of universities in Vietnam has increased rapidly, but the training quality has not, experts say.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi National University mentioned the removal of the ‘governing body’ mechanism and the application of the autonomy policy as the key to improve the quality of university education.

While state-owned general corporations are considered the ‘iron fist’, or the major motive force in Vietnam’s economy, multi-disciplinary universities should take over that role in Vietnam’s tertiary education.

Vietnam once gave investors the green light to set up a series of universities in an effort to increase the number of students. But now it has to dissolve many of the schools to ensure training quality.

VietNamNet Bridge - State-owned universities with financial autonomy have announced an increase in tuition of 10-30 percent. However, they say the new tuition is still not enough to cover training costs.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is a promising market for education investors, but it is difficult to invest in the sector because of unreasonable policies.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s universities attach importance to students studying in an active and creative way, but many students are not self-motivated and do not learn independently. 

VietNamNet Bridge - High schools have been criticized for many years for their poor career counseling. 

The new education law allows in universities to have the right to determine tuition, as well as their missions and development paths.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tertiary education has seemingly become a popular path chosen by the majority of Vietnamese high school graduates, because in a degree-treasuring society like Viet Nam,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam yesterday (Oct 22) urged the Ministry of Education and Training to tailor its policies on autonomy for public universities to the needs of each institution.

The laws on tertiary education, union, deposit insurance, pricing, legal dissemination and education, judicial assessment, advertising, water resources, anti-money laundering, and sea of Viet Nam will take effect since January 1, 2013.