Learning languages that were not too popular in the past is becoming a new trend among youths.  

Nguyen Quoc Binh, former Principal of Hanoi-based Viet Duc High School, speaks on the positive side of teaching school pupils the Korean and German languages

Schools nationwide will pilot the teaching of Korean and German as first foreign languages under a decision freshly issued by the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Soon after the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) proposed that Chinese and Russian be taught as first foreign languages from next year, a controversial discussion followed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy ministers would have to meet the highest level of foreign language standards set up by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) under a new decree currently being drafted.

 VietNamNet Bridge – You need to meet Nguyen Ngoc Truong An and Nguyen Hoang Khanh if you are fluent in English and think that is good enough.

VietNamNet Bridge – In a candid assessment, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh said several weeks ago that many of the 2,300 official visits abroad by Vietnamese delegations in 2013 were ineffective

VietNamNet Bridge – Many high-schools in HCM City have announced that current teaching programmes do not address the real needs of students.

VietNamNet Bridge – Kindergartens will be banned from teaching foreign languages, according to a Ministry of Education and Training document sent to all the provinces recently. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has decided that foreign languages would not be the compulsory exam subjects in the 2013-2014 finals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered the Ministry of Public Security to set up police patrol teams in urban centres and tourism destinations around the country to protect tourists from robbers and hawkers.