Vietnam's Ministry of Education and Training has clarified that schools are not required to terminate all partnership-based education programs. Whether a program can continue depends on its content, operating conditions and relevant regulations.

Truong Thanh Xuan, Vietnam's only female contestant at the 2025 International Mathematical Olympiad, has won a scholarship covering full tuition and providing VND15 million (US$570) per month.

Over 11 years, Vietnamese teacher Do Thi Thanh Huyen has helped her students win 11 medals at the International Biology Olympiad and 112 national awards. Her dedication has earned her the 2026 Vietnam Women's Award.

Vietnam's Ministry of Education and Training has authorized lower and upper secondary schools to conduct periodic assessments on computers, provided they meet requirements for facilities, IT infrastructure, software and exam administration.

Vietnam has approved a nationwide digital learning system that will give students and teachers free access to standardized educational resources, with priority support for disadvantaged and remote communities.

Vietnam's education minister has called for a system-wide transformation as artificial intelligence reshapes learning, urging schools and teachers to go beyond adapting to technology and take an active role in guiding its responsible use.

Vietnam's education ministry is drafting stricter rules for school meals after concerns over food quality, portion sizes, deliveries and oversight, shifting its focus toward managing safety and quality across the entire meal supply chain.

Nearly 17,000 people are pursuing doctoral degrees at Vietnamese higher education institutions, with business, management and law attracting the largest number of PhD students.

More than 26,000 students are studying Korean Studies and Korean Language at 54 universities and colleges across Vietnam in 2026, making the country a regional leader in Korean language and culture education.

Vietnam is revising its general education curriculum to create a new set of textbooks for grades 1-12, to be used nationwide from the 2028-2029 school year, with the copyrights to be held by the Ministry of Education and Training.

A senior public security official has pledged to investigate and publicly disclose the causes of textbook shortages at the start of Vietnam’s 2026-2027 school year, including identifying organizations and individuals responsible.

After years of growth powered by labor, investment and technology adoption, Vietnam faces a fundamental transition: from using knowledge created elsewhere to producing knowledge of its own.

Dr. Vu Minh Duc has said that restructuring the network of educational institutions is revolutionary, enabling the selection of outstanding management personnel to operate the new school model.

Vietnam’s plan to reorganise its public education network in 2025-2026, under the direction of Party Chief and President To Lam, is fundamentally a reform of how the education system is organised, rather than simply an exercise in merging schools.

Hanoi has approved a comprehensive plan to reorganize nearly 3,000 public education institutions, introducing new school management models while maintaining classroom capacity and ensuring students' access to education.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has announced the 15 provinces and centrally governed cities selected to pilot the restructuring of public preschools, general education schools and continuing education centers.

Vietnam will provide free school textbooks to all general education students from the 2029-2030 academic year under a new government decree introducing a nationwide borrowing and return system to maximize reuse.

Vietnam's next education challenge is no longer getting ethnic minority children into school, but ensuring they thrive, gain skills and become future drivers of local development.

Vietnam's education ministry has unveiled a nationwide plan to consolidate public schools, targeting a 30% reduction in administrative units while expanding larger school models.