Tran Quang Thu, deputy principal of Cua Tung High School, was quite surprised to see students eager to study in the school’s nursery garden.

As a part of the HCMC People’s Committee project “ Building intelligent urban model”, the education sector targets to build smart schools.

 A new international bilingual schools, EMASI, officially opened on Thursday in HCM City with the aim of becoming the leading bilingual school in the country.

FPT Group and the Ministry of Education and Training have signed a collaboration agreement to apply information technology into education and training in the period from 2019-2025.

Several policies have been introduced lately in Vietnam, especially in HCMC, to renovate the current facilities as well as improve teaching quality in schools. However, they soon bump into difficulties, greatly disappointing the public. 

 About 60 local and international educational technology companies are showcasing their products and services at the Vietnam British Educational Suppliers Show (BESS Vietnam) which kicked off in HCM City on March 5.

Five young Vietnamese have been awarded the first prize of an essay writing contest on European cultural heritage held by the EU Delegation to Vietnam and the Sinh vien Viet Nam (Vietnamese Students) newspaper.

 To preserve the traditional culture of ethnic minority people, many schools in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum have invited artisans to teach gong playing and xoang dances to their pupils.

 The Ministry of Education and Training will adjust English teaching following the failure of the 2008-2020 national Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages in the National Education System Project.

 New graduate Trần Thị Khánh Ly from Đà Nẵng-based Đông Á college was recruited by Japanese Route Inn – a hospitality group – to work in hotel chains in Japan last year.

 The Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) and the Viet Nam National University (VNU), Hanoi have subjects among the top 600 in the world, according a UK-based study.

 The Vietnam National University - Hanoi on February 28 announced that its three training branches have been named in the world top 500-600 by education organisation Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

 Hanoi University of Science and Technolgy has been selected in top 500 world strongest universities ranking by subjects 2019 by the education network Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

The Australian Human Rights Commission will help Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics integrate lessons on human rights into the public school curricula.

 The International Finance Corporation (IFC) signed a cooperation agreement with the Hanoi Architectural University and the Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture on February 26 to improve training capacity.

 As per the decree No. 86, public schools and self-financing facilities are entitled to raise tuition fee once every two year whereas other public higher educational institutions subsidized by the government will change tuition fee annually.

 The Embassy of Japan in Hanoi has announced that students who want to study in Japan must include a high school graduation certificate in their visa application starting from March 1.

 Four more universities in Vietnam have been recognised with a Cambridge International A Level qualification.

Have you heard about the after-work café model that lets you improve your English and make new international friends for the same price as going to an ordinary café? 

Hanoi’s Department of Education and Training will continue piloting the international training programme for VN’s national secondary level curriculum.