National Assembly deputies emphasize that there are many problems in the Education Law that need to be amended to move Vietnam’s education system forward.

“If students are not punished for their bad behavior, everything will get out of control. But if you punish students, you will be criticized by parents,” a teacher complained.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some experts believe that universities do not have enough students because there are too many universities and the number of high school graduates is decreasing. 

For the first time, Viet Nam last month merged two national exams into one, thus obviating the need to sit separately for graduating the high-school students and then appear again in an exam to enrol in a university or college.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training should place school counsellors on the payroll to motivate them more, experts said at a recent workshop.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs would ask its provincial agencies to evaluate and restructure vocational schools in order to improve their performance,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training has determined a new examination mechanism, under which, 99.9 percent of high school students can pass the final exams.

 VietNamNet Bridge – High school students have sighed with relief when hearing that they would have only four exam subjects for the finals instead of six as initially planned.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The initiative by three high school students to make soap with used cooking oil has got the third prize at the 2013 Innovation Competition for the HCM City’s youth.