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Mai Linh Taxi plea for debt deadline extension denied

 Vietnam Social Insurance Agency has turned down Mai Linh Taxi's proposal to extend their insurance payment deadline to 2038.

ASEAN-New Zealand scholarships granted to 30 young people

 Thirty Vietnamese have received the New Zealand ASEAN Scholarship Awards to study in New Zealand.

New curriculum to give students more practical experience

 Under the draft new curriculum, secondary students are expected to have more out-of-school and creative experience, rather than only theory.

Boring curriculums contribute to university dropouts

 Lecturers have said hundreds of students had been either being expelled or left universities because of boring curriculums and a lack of interest.

Lao Cai: 30,000 students stay at home due to frost

 As the temperature dropped to under 6 degrees Celsius, public schools in mountainous districts of Lao Cai province closed on January 10-11, and nearly 30,000 pupils stayed at home.

Outstanding students honoured with January Star Awards

 The Vietnam Students' Association (VSA) organised a ceremony in Hanoi on January 7 to honour outstanding students and organisations with “Students with Five Good Performances” title and January Star Awards 2017.

HCM City to have its own textbooks in 2019

 HCM City authorities will work with Vietnam Education Publishing House to draft textbooks that suit the city's socio-economic development and pupil abilities.

English Champion 2018 for students launched

 The English Champion 2018, an English competition for students this year, was officially launched on Wednesday in Hanoi.

Supporting tuition fee for kindergartens

The Ministry of Training & Education has submitted to the government revised Education law, in which notably is the proposal to have free tuition for all public elementary and secondary schools.

Five Vietnamese teachers to join E2 Global Educator Exchange Event 2018

 The Education Program of Microsoft has just announced the list of five Vietnamese representatives to attend in the 2018 E2 Global Educator Exchange Event.

Support centres set up at universities for students with disabilities

 Support service centres for students with disabilities have been set up at the HCM City Pedagogy University and HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

PM imposes ban on sale of soft drinks at schools

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to impose a ban on the sale of all types of soft drinks at schools across the country.

Schools in mountainous areas closed as cold spell continues

 Many schools in the mountainous areas in the central region have closed as the temperature dropped to 4 degrees.

Local university gains AUN-QA accreditation

 The University of Science of the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNUH) has met criteria for university quality assessment at institutional level under the ASEAN University Network – Quality Assurance’s (AUN-QA).

Hanoi to spot check private educational institutions

 The Hanoi Department of Education and Training has just held a meeting to evaluate its performance in 2017 and implementing tasks for 2018 for private educational institutions.

Vietnam Airlines, university provide aeronautical training

VN Airlines, VN Airlines Engineering Company, and the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi have inked an agreement to launch a Bachelor Programme on Aeronautics and a Master Programme on International Air Transport Operation Management.

Academics divided on tuition-free pedagogy education

 A pedagogy university in Ho Chi Minh City is struggling financially after implementing a tuition-free policy issued twenty years ago.

Vietnam focuses on education for kids with disabilities

The Government of Vietnam always accords top priority to the protection and care of children with disabilities, and looks to create the best conditions in education for them to integrate well into society, a senior official said December 13.

Hanoi student wins silver at Int’l Russian Language Olympiad

 Vietnamese student Le Huynh Duc from Nguyen Hue High School for Gifted Student in Hanoi won a silver medal at the 15th International Russian Language Olympiad, according to the Hanoi Department of Education and Training.

Hanoi students bag medals at international competitions

 Vietnam won three gold, 11 silver and 24 bronze medals at the Challenge for Future Mathematicians held in Malaysia from December 8-11.