A ceremony was held in Hanoi on April 10 to launch a project on educational cooperation for sustainable changes in Vietnam’s deltas, attracting the participation of the project’s Vietnamese and Dutch partners.

 By 2020, all state governing bodies in education and training and other educational institutions hope to perform administrative activities online.

 Finland’s education and the best-selling book “Finnish Lesson 2.0” were main topics of a talk held on January 13 in Hanoi as part of activities to celebrate the 100th independence day of Finland.

 Many children in the remote mountainous Tra Don Commune of Nam Tra My District in the central province of Quang Nam are struggling at school, after being given responsibility by their parents to look after younger siblings.

 Established in 2001, the music band of Vo Thanh Trang Secondary School in Tan Phu District has become one of the most renowned student bands in Ho Chi Minh City.

 A major effort to reform the nation’s education system and make it more practical and relevant has been ongoing for the last five years, but there is a danger that this can stumble on its own contradictions, experts say.

Autonomy for universities has given them more control over courses and financing, though the latter comes with issues.

 The Ministry of Education and Training and Belgian Development Agency are working to improve the capacity of the local workforce by improving management and professional skills of both individuals and organisations.

 The IVS Boarding School under the Institute of Research and Development of Vovinam and Sports is the first centre in Ho Chi Minh City to teenagers and those with gaming or internet addictions.

In Vietnam, a majority of high-school students, especially those in major cities, have after-school courses as an integral part of their studies given the fear of falling behind classmates and the heavy workload. 

 Better links between industries and educational institutions are needed to enhance the employability of graduates in a more competitive globalised environment, said Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga.

At the invitation of the Director of the Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Professor Furuta Motoo, former Managing Director of the University of Tokyo, Japan has become the Rector of the Vietnam-Japan University.

 National Assembly deputy Nguyen Xuan Thuy, the youngest deputy born in 1985, could not contain his displeasure when a report for the 2011-2016 tenure did not mention anything about the education sector.

  A group of prestigious Russian universities have visited Vietnam to seek cooperation opportunities amidst a rising trend of studying overseas amongst young Vietnamese people.

 Entrusting autonomy for universities is necessary to improve the quality of higher education, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said.

 The Prime Minister has approved a vocational training reform project to be funded by official development assistance from the German government.

 A ceremony to officially launch VTV7, the new national education channel of Vietnamese television, was held in Hanoi last night and broadcast live.

 The New Zealand Embassy in Vietnam on January 8 held a ceremony to grant 30 scholarships under the New Zealand-ASEAN Scholarship programme for Vietnamese students.