Five Vietnamese universities have retained their places in the QS World University Rankings 2024 announced by the UK-based education organisation Quaquarelli Symonds on August 5.

All the four Vietnamese students competing at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2023 have secured medals, comprising one gold, two silver, and one bronze, the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) said on September 2.

Provinces and cities across the country, including those seriously damaged by a typhoon recently, are ready to welcome the new school year, which will start on September 5.

The awards ceremony of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) 2023 in Vietnam was held on August 30 at Phenikaa University in Hanoi.

Nine Vietnamese universities meet international accreditation standards, an increase of two compared to the previous year, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Six years ago, Le Ngoc Tan Anh, who has cerebral palsy, brought his great passion for journalism when entering the exam room. Though his dream did not come true, he eventually obtained a higher education level, and expects to become a teacher.

Concerns have been raised about the syllabus being too difficult, with more than 52,000 students being classified as not completing the year.

All five members of the Vietnamese team secured medals at the International Economics Olympiad (IEO 2023), which was held in an online format from July 24 to August 2 in Greece.

Tuition fees for the 2023-2024 academic year will not increase as schools have not yet implemented or applied the roadmap for the fee collection and management mechanism as per the government’s Decree No. 81/2021/ND-CP.

Rapid urbanization, planning disruption, traffic jams and school shortages are serious problems in Hanoi.

Universities tend to enroll students with IELTS certificates, but they have been warned that they will only find students who speak English well and lose students with excellent professional knowledge.

The teacher shortage crisis has occurred for many years, but no improvement has been made.

The International School at ParkCity Hanoi (ISPH) has announced to open its news Sixth Form Centre in August 2023.

The People’s Council of central Da Nang city has approved free schooling for students from kindergarten to high school in the 2023-2024 academic year with a budget of 408 billion VND (16.3 million USD).

The agricultural labour force constitutes approximately 30 per cent of the country’s total labour force, but the number of students registering for agricultural majors is less than 2 per cent of the total annual student intake.

It will be very difficult to retain talents if they don’t have the right working environment to enrich their own values and improve their capacity, one university dean said.

The current system of vocational schools features poor management, accompanied by a lack of funds, and failure in student recruitment, hence teaching facilities and equipment are not invested.

About 33,000 students, accounting for 44.3 per cent of the total, were left with no choice but to enrol in private high schools, continuation schools or vocational schools.

Following press articles about the record low enrollment rate in class 10 in public schools in the 2023-2024 school year in Hanoi, the Minister of Education and Training was requested to report on this issue to the Prime Minister.

A high school in Ho Chi Minh City must write a report on its teacher’s participation in the Genius Olympiad following a student’s allegations of fraud in the competition, which has gone viral lately.