PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently released Decision 1677/QD-TTg to ratify the Project on early childhood education development in the 2018-2025 period. 

 All the Vietnamese contestants bagged prizes at the 15th International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) held in Botswana from December 2-10.   

 The Ministry of Education and Training held an international workshop to improve English teaching quality in Vietnam on December 8.

 The Ministry of Education and Training has requested education departments nationwide take measures to raise the ethical standard of teachers.

 Some of Ha Noi’s top schools are finding it difficult to fill their classrooms, according to Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper.

 The authorities in HCM City are searching for new methods to increase the number of classes in the city because of a lack of land.

The Ministry of Education has requested the Hanoi Department of Education to investigate an incident in which a local primary pupil was slapped by his classmate under the teacher’s instruction.

 The International Student Science Forum 2018, themed “Human Resources in the Industry 4.0”, took place in HCM City on December 5, attracting 70 delegates from nine countries and territories and over 1,000 Vietnamese students. 

 Thousands of young people in HCM City have lined up over the past few days in order to take the TOEIC test as fast as they can before new updates are implemented next year.

 HCM City University of Economics has became the first university in Viet Nam to exempt tuition fees and even pay postgraduate students who decide to study for a PhD at the university.

 Three Russian universities have been awarded Vietnam’s Friendship Order in recognition of their contributions to the Southeast Asian nation’s education and training.

 The Ministry of Education and Training has asked local authorities in Quang Binh Province to strictly punish a local teacher who ordered 23 pupils to slap a classmate 231 times.

 Vietnamese students won four gold medals at the first International Science Competition 2018 (ISC 2018) recently held in Malaysia, announced Hanoi’s Department of Education and Training.

 All 36 Vietnamese students won individual and team prizes when competing at the World of Mathematics Team Competition (WMTC) held in Varna, Bulgaria over November 19 -26.

The HCM City Department of Education and Training is building a plan to give more autonomy to high schools to make decisions over financial issues and human resources.

 The 20th Eureka Scientific Research Awards for Students honoured 100 winning projects of 2018 at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 24.

 Attracting foreign investment into the education and training sector has garnered special attention from the Vietnamese government over the past few of years. 

 Vietnam is drawing closer to the target of raising the ­education system to advanced regional level by 2030, and ­accomplishing the tasks set out by a government resolution on regulating comprehensive reforms in education five years ago.

 Despite early concerns about its feasibility, non-profit education is gaining ground in Vietnam with both foreign and domestic investors flocking to the burgeoning sector.

 It is not easy being a teacher, but teaching and caring for students with disabilities is even more difficult as it requires not only special classroom skills but also distinctive characteristics.