Some children in the northern province of Sơn La lack birth certificates, putting them at a disadvantage at school.

 Below is a selection of five highlights of Vietnamese education in 2018.

 Two Vietnamese universities were named in the list of the world’s 300 leading global universities on sustainable development.

 Ma Duc Huy has just graduated from the HCM City University of Technology (HUTECH), but is unable to find a job related to his major, bio-technology.

 In the vicinity of the Sreyvonya pagoda in Binh Phuoc province, the sound of children’s laughter brightens up the atmosphere. 

 The year 2018 witnessed a massive collection of gold medals won by excellent Vietnamese students at the International Olympiads in the fields of chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics and informatics.

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam has instructed related agencies to strictly deal with a case in which the headmaster of an ethnic minority boarding school in Phu Tho Province was accused of molesting many boy students.

 The management board of the Vietnam Seventh-day Adventist Church held a ceremony to start its first academic year for a batch of students of its Christian Bible College in Ho Chi Minh City on December 17.

 Vietnam is facing a shortage of teachers for disabled children.

 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.