Capacity building for teachers is crucial to educational reforms, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the meeting of the National Committee for Education Reforms and the National Council of Education and Human Resources Development.

 Mr. Thang Tran, President of the Institute for Vietnamese Culture & Education (IVCE), tells VET about the potential of Vietnam's education sector for foreign investment and the State policies needed in support.

 With six gold medals, the Vietnamese team ranked second behind the host Singapore at the 2018 Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools (APMOPS 2018), which was held in Singapore from May 24-27.

 Twenty eight students in Hanoi were honoured as being ‘Ambassadors of Reading Culture’ during the 2017-2018 school year at an awards ceremony for a writing and presentation contest held on Hanoi Book street on May 26.

 In just two weeks, 9th grade students all over the country will take part in the high school entrance exam, which is considered by many to be as important as the university entrance exam.

 Hanoi University in conjunction with the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam on May 25 organised the qualifying round of the 17th “Chinese Bridge” for students of universities and colleagues in northern provinces and cities.

 In Vietnam, Tay is the mother tongue of nearly 2 million people and a second language for many other ethnic minority people in Vietnam’s northwestern region. 

The Kien Giang University and Cambodia’s Chea Sim Kamchaymear University inked a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh on May 24. 

Foreign investors’ proposal to increase the minimum investment capital of universities to US$43.9 million is expected to create a fair playground for both local and foreign investors in the education sector. But will it really?

Do Thang Hai, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, talks to the Viet Nam Economic Times on his ministry’s efforts to increase Vietnamese goods sold abroad

 Last month Halcom Viet Nam announced a list of investors who it said are set to buy its shares this year.

When the organisation board of the 19th Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) announced the names of the contestants receiving special prizes, Tran Duc Huy stepped up to receive the award.

The Ministry of Education and Training has proposed draft regulations on foreign-language and information and technology training centres which require foreign teachers to have university degrees.

 One of the goals of the new general education programme issued by the Ministry of Education and Training is to reduce pressure on students and give them more practical experience. 

 The 19th Asian Physics Olympiad concluded in Hanoi on May 12, with the Vietnamese eight-member delegation winning four gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

Parents across the world should admire Vietnamese parents as Vietnamese parents spend an average of 10 hours per week helping their children with homework, according to statistics released by the London-based Varkey Foundation.

 Vietnam is an exciting market for education investment, with higher education standing out.

After a clip of an argument between a teacher of MST English center and a student went viral, the Education and Training Ministry has signed a document on enhancing supervision on foreign language and IT teaching centers.

 Head of the continuous studying center under the Department of Education and Training in Ho Chi Minh City Ho Phu Bac announced education inspectors will enhance supervision to foreign language, IT teaching centers in the city.

 Higher education systems in the ASEAN region are becoming more open to international engagement, says a report entitled "The Shape of Global Higher Education."