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The Department of Education and Training in HCMC has recently approved the Plan for Political and Ideology education in the academic year of 2019-2020. According to the plan, the education sector of the city will continue studies of Ho Chi Minh ideology and ethics in accordance with the Directive No.05/CT-TW of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Moreover, the sector will focus on teaching students politics, ideology, lifestyle, and life skills; building positive school culture and safety and friendly educational environment. Additionally, the sector will look for solutions for school violence as well as promote cooperation between schools and families in educating students about moral values and healthy lifestyle. The educational institutions will also concentrate educating students on disseminating law, sea and islands issues, protecting natural resources and dealing with climate changes and laws on Internet and cyber security. The plan points out the role of the … [Read more...] about HCMC focuses on teaching students ideology, life skills

    The opening ceremony at a school in  remote Tắk Pổ Village, Nam Trà My District, Quảng Nam Province. — Photo coutersy from the teacher's Facebook Mít Pé  Hồng Minh Photos of a simple school opening ceremony in the remote Tắk Pổ Village in the mountainous Nam Trà My District of the central province of Quảng Nam went viral in recent days The ceremony was decorated with nothing more than a national flag and paper flowers. Some of the children didn't have shoes or uniforms, while the teacher wore the traditional áo dài but with slippers. Six of the children were squatting as the school didn't have enough wooden benches. The sight of two teachers, 34 children and a village head touched heart across the country. The images completely stole the show from photos of other opening ceremonies shared in the media, with kids wearing neat new shirts, colourful decorations … [Read more...] about All children deserve an education

The Times Higher Education (THE) yesterday released the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020 including almost 1,400 universities across 92 countries, standing as the largest and most diverse university rankings ever to date The Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Vietnam National University - Hanoi (VNU-Hanoi), and Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCMC) have been included in this year’s rankings for the first time. First ranking in the world’s top university list of the three Vietnamese universities is really a good news for the country’s education sector. Before, for the first time, Vietnam’s Ton Duc Thang University entered the 2019 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)’s top 1,000 universities in the world released by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy.. In THE ranking, 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons, trusted by students, … [Read more...] about Three Vietnamese universities rank world’s 1,000 Top

The official seminar about vocational training will take place on September 20 in Hanoi. Speaking at the briefing, Deputy Head of the committee Pham Tat Thang said that vocational training has achieved significant accomplishments greatly contributing to the country’s modernization. However, fast development of industry and technologies in all fields requires the education sector to revamp more. Vocational training quality must be improved to satisfy labor market and employers’ demand. Director General of the Department of Vocational Training Nguyen Hong Minh said that 70 percent of Vietnamese workers presently receive technical and vocational training; subsequently, Vietnam should improve the education to escape the middle-income trap. Breakthroughs in the technical and vocational education therefore should be created and the society should pay more attention to the sector.BY PHAN THAO – Translated by ANH QUAN Tags: Solution vocational training quality … [Read more...] about Solution sought to improve vocational training quality

Having a population of nearly 18 million people and contributing around 27 percent to the national GDP annually with a foreign currency income of US$3 billion, the Mekong Delta region should have received corresponding educational investment to regenerate the labor force. Yet statistics show that compared to the average national spending from the state budget for a kindergarten or high school student, at over VND8.372 million per year (approx. $362), the one in the Mekong Delta is merely around VND7.38 million a year ($319). This is the lowest in the whole nation. The Vietnam State Treasury reported that in the period from 2011 - 2016, local state expenditure including the subsidy of the central government on kindergarten and school education in Vietnam was around VND155,000 billion ($6.7 billion) per year, VND24,603 billion ($1.06 billion) of which was the expense in the Mekong Delta. Accounting for 17.5 percent of the total quantity of school students, this region only received 15.9 … [Read more...] about Education in Mekong Delta yearning for heavy investment

The awards ceremony was held in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong’s Da Lat city. Head of the "Rencontres du Viet Nam" (Meeting Vietnam) organization Professor Tran Thanh Van said that the scholarship is an encouragement in the pursuit of learning. This year, the organization will grant around 2,250 scholarships to outstanding students countrywide and children in the S.O.S Vietnam village with total of VND30 billion. In 1993, an organization namely "Rencontres du Viet Nam" (Meeting Vietnam) as its co-chairmen, made debut and started operation. “Meeting Vietnam” is the organizer of the most prestigious particle physics conferences in the country- International Physics Science Conference. They managed to persuade French Professor Odon Vallet to offer Odon Vallet scholarships to best students and young researchers; built International Center of Interdisciplinary Science Education (ICISE) in Binh Dinh. Professor Odon Vallet was well-known for his philanthropy … [Read more...] about 179 Vallet scholarships awarded to Vietnamese students

The Department asked school managers to build a school without waste in the academic year 2019-2020 plus no single-use plastic bags products to battle pollution due to plastic items. School managers were asked to work with local administrations to clean up its premises and sort garbage in school as well as educate students not to throw away litter in streets and into canals. Additionally, the Department ordered schools to teach students to protect environment in extra-activities and flag raising ceremonies in Mondays. Schools managers have to have step-by-step plan as well as give certificates of merit to individuals and teams that create initiatives during the procedure to carry out the plan and perform well it. Moreover, impacts of single-use plastic products should be popularized to teaching staffs, schoolers and laborers to change their habit and behavior to use plastic items and encourage them to use environmentally-friendly kinds instead. From August 1, all education units in … [Read more...] about Schools in HCMC say no to single-use plastic products

The chairwoman gave the school-name board to teachers and students. The school was built thanks to her appeal for contribution by auctioning balls and clothes with signs of footballers of the U-23 football team. The newly-built school has 18 classrooms, 21 other rooms used as accommodation for 36 teachers and 115 students far away. On the occasion, Ms. Ngan presented 50 scholarships to children of poor and near-poor families in the commune’s most disadvantaged villages as well as gifts to social welfare brackets, poverty –stricken and near-poor households in Dong Son commune. Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Doc granted uniforms and warm clothes to students and teachers of Dong Son Primary and Secondary School. By ANH PHUONG - Translated by ANH QUAN Tags: National Assembly Chairwoman visits school fundraises footballers of the U-23 football team. … [Read more...] about National Assembly Chairwoman visits school she fundraises for

  Everest Education, Việt Nam's education startup, has raised US$4 million from foreign funds. — Photo courtesy of Everest Education HCM CITY — Vietnamese education start-up Everest Education has raised US$4 million in a Series B round led by Hong Kong-based private equity fund Hendale Capital, according to local media. The round was also participated in by venture capital fund Viet Capital and Singapore-based Nullabor. Everest said the company will use this capital to develop its training centres. The firm currently has seven training centres in HCM City. Phố Phạm, Managing Director of Viet Capital Fund was quoted by ndh.vn as saying that “Việt Nam has 17 million students from kindergarten to grade 12 and is a large market while Vietnamese people use 40 per cent of net income for education. However, there is no direct investment in high quality education." According to Henry Lee, Executive Director Hendale … [Read more...] about Everest Education receives $4 million from foreign funds

The Ministry’s document said clearly that there has been incidents for students while using the pick-up service especially the death of a six-year-old schooler who was neglected in school bus for hours causing public concerns. To remedy the issue for students’ safety in using pick-up school bus offered by schools, directors of departments of education and training must direct preschool and high schools to organize fresh courses of traffic safety for teachers and students with the emphasis on safety regulations and emergency skills while on vehicle. Additionally, schools offering pick-up service should select certified transportation companies and drivers must be good ethical person and skillful in communicating with students and parents. Schools and students’ families must sign contract of the service in which write clearly schools’ responsibilities to students’ health and safety. Schools must assign experienced teachers to pick up schoolers. Moreover, … [Read more...] about Ministry orders to tighten student pick-up service