Talented citizens are the life sustaining foundation of the nation. The trend of excellent students choosing not to go to university is dangerous for a knowledge-based economy.

Previously, having many university students in their communities was the pride of villagers. But now, their pride is centered on their children who train to become guest workers overseas and remit money to help parents build big, beautiful homes.

Going to university is no longer the top priority for high school graduates. They would rather work abroad than obtain a higher education and be jobless.

The Ministry of Education and Training has just issued a draft regulation on the conditions and procedures for the recognition of foreign educational qualifications/diplomas for use in VN.

Candidates registered for the 2023 high school graduation exam will be exempt from foreign language exams if they have a foreign language certificate granted after September 10, 2022.

Students are expected to have a busy summer holiday as they have many things to do, including attending summer camps in Vietnam and other countries, taking life skill classes, and attending ‘army semesters’.

There have been no supporting policies for high schools of talent in sports making these special schools in Ho Chi Minh City fall into difficulties in training and fostering athletes.

Many parents have get headaches because after their children started their three-month summer break since early this month, the parents have to manage to take care their children as well as ensure their work flow.

Unlike their grandparents and parents, youth nowadays who live in the technology era have to face multiple stressors in their childhood.

Teaching literacy skills for children in the Central Highlands becomes a discouraging job owing to various obstacles in the professional and personal aspects.

In the academic year 2023-2024, higher education institutions will start to increase tuition fees according to the Government's Decree 81/2021/ND-CP.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son says the ministry is compiling a plan on high-quality human resources for the development of high technology, with proposed solutions to develop the workforce for basic sciences.

More than 96,000 students have registered for entrance exams to public high schools in HCM City but schools can only receive about 77,300 students.

More than one million high-school students across Vietnam will take part in the national high school graduation exam for the academic year 2022- 2023 on June 27-30, announced the Ministry of Education and Training on May 13.

The Mekong Delta region is seeking to improve education quality and infrastructure for students, especially at a high level, to create skilled labour forces.

All seven students of Hanoi taking part in the Pangea Math World (PMW) 2023 in Berlin, Germany, have won medals, including five golds and two silvers.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) is urgently perfecting the software system for higher education quality assurance and accreditation.

An education system with emphasis on theory, heavy pressure of examinations, and the parents' fixation with credentials has led to a huge demand for extra classes, according to experts.

IELTS students in VN over the past five years are getting younger, with research in 2022 showing that 62 per cent of IELTS students are between the ages of 16 and 22.

Many parents are so worried about the upcoming exam that they are putting pressure on their children.