Like many other countries, Vietnam is entering the fourth industrial revolution with many opportunities and challenges, of which, the most challenging thing is human resources. 

The Ministry of Education and Training is expecting the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to continue their technical and financial support for Vietnamese higher educational projects.

Collaboration across industry, academia and government is needed to both retrain the existing workforce and better prepare the next generation of graduates from secondary schools and universities to achieve optimal success with the Industry 4.0.

 Ninety-five people have been removed from the list of newly-appointed professors and associate professors that was announced in early February.

 The property developer Vingroup has officially announced its plan to join in the field of higher education by establishing VinUni University (VinUni).

A delegation of educators from ASEAN of the European Union’s Support to Higher Education in the ASEAN Region programme visited Hue University to conduct institutional assessments on March 1.

The HCM City Department of Education and Training has sought approval from the People’s Committee for piloting a “smart schools” programme based extensively on IT use in management and communication between schools and students’ families. 

 Five Vietnamese students have completed an agricultural MSc programme, the third course, carried out under cooperation between the Arava International Centre for Agriculture Training (AICAT) and Tel Aviv University (TAU) of Israel.

 Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has approved the award of a certificate of merit to Do Van Bang, a student in Soc Trang province who returned a lost wallet with a large amount of cash to its owner. 

 Teachers in the mountainous areas of Quang Tri Province visit every household to persuade pupils to go to school after Tet Holiday, and this year, they are also giving out lucky money as motivation and support.

The Ministry of Education will allow universities to set admission quotas and take into account the number of visiting lecturers they’ll have based on the number of admitted students.

 There will be more than 40,260 redundant teachers when the new national curriculum for general education is implemented from 2019, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

As per a report of the Out-of-school Children: Vietnam Country Study 2016 conducted by the Ministry of Education and Training and the UNICEF, drop-out rates of children aged 5-14 fell drastically.

The VN National University – Hanoi has become the first educational institution to recognize the American assessment test for university admissions as students are allowed to submit their SAT results to apply for entrance to the university.

 AmCham announced the new scholars to not only receive financial rewards, but additional support in job skills training, internships, and job placement assistance.

 The revision to the Law on Higher Education should create more favourable conditions for private institutions in tertiary education, officials have said.

 The Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology under the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM) was presented with an institutional ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) quality certificate on January 22.

 Vocational training providers should pay more attention to quality to help Vietnamese workers integrate globally and prepare for the fourth industrial revolution, experts have said.

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

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