PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc, at a conference held some days ago, stated that training establishments with low quality will be shut down. Prior to that, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha also said low quality schools will not be retained.

 VietNamNet Bridge – June 25, 2018 will become an unforgettable day in the life of thousands of students in Vietnam. No, not because it’s the ninth anniversary of the death of the King of Pop Michael Jackson, but because it’s the day ...

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has a long-standing tradition of venerating teachers as people who provide knowledge and mould future leaders and quality citizens.

Ha Noi resident Nguyen Phung Hung didn’t get into his first choice university, Ha Noi Medical University, despite a high score of 29.25 points in the national high school exam. 

Bui Van Ga, Deputy Minister of Education, speaks to Tuoi tre (Youth) newspaper about positive changes in launching the ‘three in one’ examination for 12th graders in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Private schools as well as state-owned universities have raised concerns about declining enrollments.

VietNamNet Bridge - As more high school students decide not to apply to university, many universities are competing to attract applications. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The high unemployment rate among university graduates has scared students. Many of them are not entering higher education though they have good marks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – She worked long hours through primary school to support her mother, and when 18-year-old Vu Thi Tuyen finally got to go to university, she showed up with only $10 in her pocket. But she's still making it work.

Recent reports released by state management agencies have repeatedly warned about the increasingly high unemployment rate of university graduates. However, for most high school graduates, higher education is their priority.

The low marks that high school students in HCM City received at a mock exam organized by the city’s education department have raised worries that the national finals would be too difficult for students.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and other related authorities should prepare for the smooth organisation of this year’s national high school graduation and university entrance exam,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has asked the Minister of Education and Training to finalise and distribute directions for the organisation of next year's national high school exam.

None of the three solutions suggested by the Ministry of Education and Training relating to the national high school exam organization has achieved a broad consensus among the public. Some educators have pointed out that all three are problematic.

Students are flocking to Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi before the university entrance exams to touch the head of stone turtles to wish for good luck. But this year the turtles are being guarded by a dozen volunteers.

 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.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Quang Huy, a 12th grade student at Ha Noi's Cau Giay High School, will take the university entrance exam this summer.

On July 16, the Ministry of Education and Training released Circular 28, in which the provisions on bonus marks for Vietnam heroic mothers who attend the university entrance exams were annulled.

Two of the four questions of the geography subject of this year’s university entrance exam require candidates to present their knowledge about the East Sea and the strategic significance of Vietnam’s islands.