Education

When it comes to illiteracy eradication, local administrations and residents have not fully realized that obtaining a quality education is the foundation to creating sustainable development. Moreover, sluggish construction of schools leads to shortage of preschools in crowded residential areas. … [Read more...] about Investment in education nears US$20 billion in rural areas

According to the NGO, Save The Children, the report ranks countries based on eight factors - malnutrition, child labor, being out of school, teen pregnancy, homicide, being displaced by conflict, child marriage, and death before age five. Vietnam scored 831 out of 1,000, up from 816 last year. … [Read more...] about Former US first lady to visit Vietnam, back sustained education for girls

Tuy was also a vocal critic of the shortcomings of education in Vietnam and was not reluctant to made his voice heard on changes that he thought would be beneficial to the country’s educational system. … [Read more...] about Prominent Vietnamese applied mathematician Hoang Tuy dies at 92

Many changes are expected to take effect this school year, including the implementation of a revised version of the controversial Circular 30, which requires grade school teachers to give students comments on their performances instead of scores, as well as further adjustments to the country’s constantly shifting national high school examination and university admission process. … [Read more...] about In Vietnam, the first day of school is a nationwide festival

As a result of the global promotion, the ratings of the VNU in the region have also improved significantly, climbing six spots to 19th in the Southeast Asian region and increasing by 90 notches to 261st in Asia. Among the four ranking criteria, the “Visibility” indicator of the VNU’s website and digital resource system has improved considerably, from 2124th in July 2018 to 1164th at the latest announcement. In addition, the indicators of “Openness” (number of citations from top authors) and “Excellence” (number of papers amongst the top 10% most cited in 26 disciplines) have also been strengthened. This shows strong improvements in the quality of the VNU’s international scientific publications as well as the influential scope of the university’s online resource system in 2018. Three other Vietnamese universities, the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, the Can Tho University and the Ton Duc Thang University, have also made … [Read more...] about Vietnam National University, Hanoi leaps up 216 steps in world rankings

4. The Party Central Committee elected four more members of the 12th Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission;considered and decided to expel Nguyen Bac Son, former member of the10th-tenure Party Central Committee and former deputy head of the Party CentralCommittee’s Commission for Information and Education; and Truong Minh Tuan,member of the 12th-tenure Party Central Committee, deputy head of the PartyCentral Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, former Secretaryof the Party Civil Affairs Committee and former Minister of Information andCommunications from the Party. … [Read more...] about Announcement of Party Central Committee’s 11th plenum