VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Van Ga, Deputy Minister of Education and Training, spoke to Viet Nam News Agency about changes in the organisation of high school graduation and college entrance exams for 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 555,000 students were admitted to universities and colleges this year, a report by the education ministry said yesterday, Sept 30.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi Education and Training Department at the May 7 meeting officially instructed secondary schools to enroll students based on their records shown on school reports.

VietNamNet Bridge - Students not only have to do well in school, but also need to be lucky to obtain seats at state-owned high schools.

VietNamNet Bridge - Everything has become as tangled as bamboo shavings as the Hanoi Education and Training Department has changed its decision on tests overnight.

VietNamNet Bridge - Local education and training departments have agreed on secondary school plans to select students based on their learning records and tests on comprehensive knowledge. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has prohibited secondary schools from organizing entrance exams with an aim to reduce stress for students, but the aim appears to be unattainable.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of students putting their names down for entrance exams into the banking and securities faculties of big universities has tumbled 20% as the financial-banking market has remained gloomy, meaning fewer job opportunities

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous universities with a high number of registered applicants saw low rates of exam participation this year.

The number of secondary school graduates has been increasing steadily year after year, while the number of state-owned high schools has failed to rise accordingly. That explains why the race to state-owned high schools is heating up.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Organizing one national exam instead of two as currently applied to find the most capable students for universities is what Vietnam strives for. But it still does not know how to do it.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of education experts have suggested removing the “floor mark mechanism” from the 2014 exam season because it is “unreasonable” and “unscientific.”

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty percent of the most excellent students would automatically finish high school without having to attend finals under a Ministry of Education and Training’s plan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The parents who have children going to primary schools in HCM City have been trying to “go through back doors” angle for high positions in the classes for their children.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of excellent students, who got 27/30 marks from the university entrance exams, or 9/10 mark for every exam subject, have failed the exams to the Hanoi Medical University.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It’s never late to study. Vietnam has a lot of talented persons. The truth has been once again proved by the 2013 university entrance exam results.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 838,000 students have registered to sit for this year’s second round of university and college entrance examinations, which will take place on July 9-10.

Instead of relaxing and playing to enjoy the summer holiday, the children in urban areas have to stay indoors all day, go together with the parents to the office or go to the countryside to stay with grandparents.

The primary schools in Hanoi will only start receiving study applications in July. However, sources said the list of first graders for the 2013-2014 academic year has been fixed already.