VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong cut the ribbon at a ground breaking ceremony for the first private university in northern Hai Duong Province on Wednesday.

Thanh Dong University was established under a Government decision signed in 2009.

The university is expected to lure 120 lecturers and 5,000 students from 2011-15. It aims to train high-quality human resources and join in technology transfer to meet local and national socio-economic demands.

* Better preparation urged for universities

The Ministry of Education and Training has asked universities and colleges nationwide to avoid shortcomings in the second round of this year's university entrance exams this weekend.

Exam supervisors who were reported to have violated exam rules in the first round will not be permitted to take part in the second round.

In the first round on July 4 and 5, 700,000 candidates sat for the tests, accounting for 76 per cent of all applicants. Among them, 126 candidates reportedly violated regulations including 80 who were suspended from the exams. Four supervisors were also suspended.

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