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Luong Van Lam "In the whole human relation there is no slavery or torture so horrible as coerced, unwilling motherhood," wrote women’s rights campaigner Marie Stopes in her 1918 book "Married Love." This remains very relevant in Vietnam even today. I met Phuong, 21, a student, when I was doing interviews with unmarried women on birth control methods last year. The quiet, reserved young woman told me she and her boyfriend had been together for almost two years and that they had had sex "a couple of times." "We mostly didn't plan any of those. Sometimes we used condoms, sometimes we didn't." She said she hadn't thought she could get pregnant that easily since they "didn't have sex that regularly." "If I don't know about something, I'd just Google it," she said when I asked her how she learned about birth control methods. Her parents never had "the talk" with her about safe sex and other related topics. And like many other women I have interviewed, Phuong could not recall much … [Read more...] about Lack of sex education taking its toll in Vietnam

"These are sectors that will attract the most interest from foreign investors," Dr Oliver Massmann, general director of Hanoi-based law firm Duane Morris, told VnExpress International. He said leading enterprises with good financial capacity and high growth in these sectors would attract both foreign and domestic money. "In terms of capital sources, we can expect cash flows from major Asian economies such as Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and, especially, mainland China to increase their [already] strong presence in the market." Massmann added that the equitisation of SOEs on a larger scale and with strong determination from the top will play a key role in driving the market. The long-awaited equitization of blue-chip firms like MobiFone and further state divestment in industry leaders like Habeco, the country’s second biggest brewery, and dairy firm Vinamilk are expected in the coming years. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have increasingly become an investment … [Read more...] about M&A takes center stage in Vietnam’s foreign investment landscape

They include the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) in the 301-400 group, the Hanoi branch of the Vietnam National University (401-500) and its Ho Chi Minh City branch (601-800) in engineering and technology. The annual rankings by THE, a British provider of higher education data, list Times Higher Education (THE), a 1,008 universities around the world. Vietnam's three universities ranked in Engineering and Technology by Times Higher Education (THE). In the computer science category, HUST and the Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City are ranked 601+ out of 759 universities. In September, the three schools were also the first in Vietnam to enter the general Times Higher Education World University Rankings. HUST and the Vietnam National University-Hanoi were in the 801-1000 group while the Ho Chi Minh City branch of Vietnam National University was placed in the 1001+ group. The THE 2020 world university rankings are based on 13 indicators across … [Read more...] about Vietnam university makes world top 400 in engineering and technology

The country had seven universities in the list for 2018 and five in 2017. The annual listing is compiled by Britain's QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a global higher education company. On this year's list, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City climbed up one place from last year to 143rd on the annual ranking. Its sister institution, Vietnam National University, Hanoi branch, fell 23 places to 147th this year while Ton Duc Thang University in HCMC made a big jump from the 291-300 group last year to 207th. The Hanoi University of Science and Technology maintained last year’s ranking in the 261-270 group, while Can Tho University in the Mekong Delta dropped from the 351-400 group to the 401-450 group. Hue University and Da Nang University in central Vietnam were placed in the 451-500 group. Duy Tan University, one of 68 new universities to make its debut in this year’s ranking, is also in this group. The QS Asia 2020 rankings are based on 11 criteria: academic reputation, … [Read more...] about Eight Vietnam universities among Asia’s top 500

It is not uncommon for public servants in Vietnam to lack a high school diploma due to previous educational standards in the country A 54-year-old deputy chief inspector in Gia Lai Province, located in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, was among the province’s oldest examinees sitting for this year’s national high school test. The provincial Department of Education and Training said on Tuesday that the locality had five test takers over 53 years old. Among them is Mai Xuan Khiem, 54, the current deputy chief inspector of the Gia Lai Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.  As is common amongst older local government officials in Vietnam, Khiem never graduated from high school. Both the education department and Tran Thi Hoai Thanh, director of the provincial labor department, confirmed the information. During a phone interview with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, Khiem said his existing degrees are sufficient to work as a public official. “The … [Read more...] about ​​54-yo deputy chief inspector takes shot at Vietnam’s national high school exam