NDO – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam hosted a meeting on August 17 to review the enrolment and training of the pedagogical faculty at colleges and universities. According to a report released by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), approximately 80% of the students at teacher training institutions, who graduated in 2015 and 2016, were able to find a job, lower than the general rate of 86% of the students in all education facilities. The statistics also show a lack of nearly 45,060 teachers in all education levels across the country. Speaking at the event, Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam pointed out that the pedagogical faculty required the lowest pass marks in the recent university entrance exam, which is a result of the fact that students who graduate from teaching schools are unable to find jobs, while, at the same time, teachers have received inappropriate compensation and benefits package. He asked the MOET to work closely with … [Read more...]

NDO – Winners of the fourth writing contest depicting the silent contributions provided by Vietnamese medical staff towards the care of people’s heath were honoured at an awards ceremony in Hanoi on August 16. The ceremony was attended by Politburo member, Secretary of Party Central Committee (PCC) and Head of PCC Commission for Communication and Education, Vo Van Thuong; PCC member and Deputy Prime Minister, Vu Duc Dam; and Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien. The first prize of this year’s contest was presented to Ha Van Dao, a journalist from Lao Dong & Xa Hoi (Labour and Society) Newspaper, for his article portraying doctor Vo Thanh Dung, head of the medical station in Yang Reh commune, K’Rong Bong district, Dak Lak province. Doctor Vo Thanh Dung has made every effort to win the trust of local residents, encouraging them to receive treatment from modern pharmacies rather than appealing for help from the gods. Nha Bao va Cong Luan … [Read more...]

NDO/VNA – The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Montsame News Agency of Mongolia signed a new cooperation agreement on August 15 to tighten their professional links in the digital era. Accordingly, the two agencies will maintain the exchange of text news and photos with captions in English and increase the sharing of news videos, especially documentaries concerning the land and people of Vietnam and Mongolia. The documentaries will also include information on investment and business opportunities in each nation. They pledged to maintain annual exchanges of reporters and also committed to continue supporting each other at regional and international press forums, particularly within the framework of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA). Speaking at the talks in Hanoi, VNA General Director Nguyen Duc Loi noted the agencies’ implementation of the 2001 protocol on specialised cooperation, which, as he stated, has yet to tap into … [Read more...]

Phạm Thị Hường (not her real name) from the Mekong Delta Province of Kiên Giang decided to take her four-year-old son to a hospital in HCM City after she noticed him blinking all the time, displaying facial twitching and experiencing occasional nausea. Children’s addiction to smartphones is believed to cause tic disorder. - Photo baodanang.vn At the hospital, Hường was shocked to hear that her son had been diagnosed with a tic disorder, defined as having uncontrolled sudden, repetitive movements difficult to control. There are two types of tics – motor and vocal. Motor tics are sudden short movements, such as twitching, grimaces, or squints. A vocal tic might be repetitive sniffling, throat clearing or coughing, clicking of the tongue or humming. According to Dr. Nguyễn Quang Vinh, Head of the Department of Neurology of the HCM City … [Read more...]

Many universities are facing a shortage of hundreds of students this academic year. Students apply to Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy The problem was raised during the review conference for 2016-2017 academic year and this year held by the Ministry of Education and Training on August 11. As students can apply to multiple institutions before admission standards are set, the universities face an inaccurate number of applications every year. According to the ministry, as of August 8, about 110,000 out of 352,000 students didn't register for the universities they applied to. Many universities such as the University of Communications and Transport, National University of Civil Engineering and Water Resources University lack from 300 to 800 students compared to their quota even though the ministry claimed to have the situation under control. The universities had called each student but they all wanted to register … [Read more...]

The Vietnamese delegation also gained the third position in the competition. Students Duong Phuc Quang and To Huynh Phuc of Tran Dai Nghia High School for the Gifted in Ho Chi Minh City earned two bronze medals. 7 bronze mdeals went to Pham Quang Minh, Nguyen Khac Hong Hai, Ho Vu Minh Khang, Nguyen Hoang Phuc, Truong Cong Huy Hoang, Le Nguyen Bao Huy of Tran Dai Nghia High School for the Gifted; and Nguyen Cao Minh of Nguyen Hue Secondary School in HCM City. The Vietnamese team with 12 primary school students whose were chosen from 1,266 students in the city participated in the competition for the second time. The World Mathematical Olympiad (WMO) is the International Championship for Elementary and Middle School students aged 8-11 years old and is held annually in a different country. The first WMO was held in 2009 and has been organized in 30 cities in 10 countries around the world with the participation of thousands students. WMO breaks the … [Read more...]

Handing over certificates of merit and awards to outstanding mathematical works  The awards worth nearly VND 10 billion were handed over by the national key program on mathematical development in the 2010-2020 period, in presence of Professor Tran Van Nhung, General Secretary of the State Council for Professor Title, Deputy Head of the program’s steering committee; Professor Ngo Bao Chau; representatives of Ministry of Education and Training. This is the fifth year that tinternationally published mathematical projects have been awarded, and universities and high schools students excellent at math have been presented with scholarships. Since 2012, over VND 10 billion has been awarded to 356 math projects by 742 authors, with a reward of from VND 17.25 million to 30.25 million per project. Meanwhile, nearly VND 33.8 billion worth scholarships have been granted to 1,517 students with good mathematical records have … [Read more...]

NDO – Vietnam's higher education institutions need to take initiatives in surveying and understanding the supply and demand in the human resource market to improve their training quality, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has suggested. The minister was speaking during an online conference, hosted yesterday by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), to sum up the 2016-2017 academic year for third level education. The aim of the event was to make an objective evaluation on the results achieved in the past school year, while highlighting any weaknesses and causes in order to map out the key tasks in the field of higher education for the next school year. Improving the need for matching human resource demand, Minister Nha stated that higher education cannot always develop in the direction of training human resource with the traditional strengths of each education facility, but needs to adjust to meet the demands of the … [Read more...]

NDO – Nguyen Thi Doan, Former Vice President and also Chairwoman of the Vietnam Association for Study Encouragement, visited and provided a financial aid of VND150 million (US$6,600) for schools in Yen Bai province’s Mu Cang Chai district on August 9, aiming to help them overcome the aftermaths of recent flash floods. >>> Joint efforts made to support flood victims In addition, Yen Bai province received billions of Vietnam dong in assistance from many other provinces and organisations, with VND1.2 billion from the Ho Chi Minh City Fatherland Front Committee, VND300 million from Thai Nguyen province, VND500 million from the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam, 100 million from Hoa Binh province and another VND100 million from the Vietnam Farmers’ Association. * On the same day, fund-raising ceremonies to support flood-hit provinces in the Northwestern region were held by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for … [Read more...]

At a time when the manufacturing industry has significant changes in productivity and labor under the influence of the Fourth Technology Revolution, sectors like "Education" are also on the "roll”." "Paid" to get the best support from the new technology platform or continue to exploit the benefits of the "Free" products is still a big concern for school managers ... The recent conference of "Technology 4.0 in training and fostering teachers and educational administrators" in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City has attracted the attention of over 100 top universities in Vietnam, experts providing interesting opinions how virtual classrooms, inverted classes, are gradually replacing traditional classroom, a solution enhances an experience of user in an Integrated connection system with high level of data management.  To be called Technology 4.0, modern Educational Management Systems must … [Read more...]

NDO/VNA – The fifth theoretical workshop between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP), themed “Rapid, sustainable development,” opened in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on August 3. In his opening remarks, Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, stated that the workshop is significant in regards to theory and practicality. It is taking place at a time when Vietnam and Laos are marking the 55th anniversary of their diplomatic ties and 40 years of the signing into effect the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, he stated. Vietnam is implementing the Resolution adopted at the 12th National Party Congress and Laos is also materialising the Resolution of the 10th Party Congress, the official commented. The two-day workshop offers the opportunity for … [Read more...]

NDO/VNA – The fifth theoretical workshop between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP), themed “Rapid, sustainable development,” opened in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on August 3. In his opening remarks, Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, stated that the workshop is significant in regards to theory and practicality. It is taking place at a time when Vietnam and Laos are marking the 55th anniversary of their diplomatic ties and 40 years of the signing into effect the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, he stated. Vietnam is implementing the Resolution adopted at the 12th National Party Congress and Laos is also materialising the Resolution of the 10th Party Congress, the official commented. The two-day workshop offers the opportunity for … [Read more...]

KinderWorld Education Group has supported art activities in Vietnam by acting as the Diamond Sponsor for “A Bullet for My Valentine,” an independent student-run musical show organised by Fragments. The musical theatre performance of Fragments Team proved an eye-opening show of professional standards  This team is co-founded by Le Minh Ha and Nguyen Le Hoai Thuong, two excellent students from Singapore International School, KinderWorld Education Group. The show is scheduled “A bullet for my Valentine” tells a story from the early 1930s, about 17-year-old Hayley Brown and 18-year-old Eli Weston who were locked up in a juvenile detention hall. From this setting, the performance aims to illustrate the actual aftermath of childhood, with a direct focus on the fatal side of the spectrum. It is important … [Read more...]

NDO – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a plan to enhance the communication of outstanding international integration events for the 2017-2020 periods. From now to 2020, Vietnam will take on numerous international responsibilities such as hosting the APEC Year 2017, assuming the role of ASEAN Chair in 2020, nominating for the non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2020-2021 tenure. In addition, the country will complete major international commitments, including commitments to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2018; as well as sign, ratify and implement many new-generation Free Trade Agreements (FTA). Under the plan for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, the communicated overarching message of the APEC Year 2017 will be ‘featuring the image of a renovated, dynamic and potential Vietnam, creating positive contributions and becoming a new driving force for the region’s growth and … [Read more...]

NDO – It is necessary to continue renewing the content of external information dissemination, whilst diversifying the forms of propaganda to enhance the efficiency of external information service work. The requirement was made by Politburo member and Head of the Party Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission, Vo Van Thuong, at a conference, held in Hanoi on August 2, to review the five-year implementation of Conclusion No. 16 by the Politburo (11th tenure) and Directive No. 26 by the Secretariat (10th tenure) on external information work. Hosted by the Party Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission and the Central Steering Committee for External Information, the event gathered nearly 500 delegates from the relevant ministries, agencies and localities, as well as socio-political organisations and press agencies from across the nation. As a crucial part in information dissemination, the Party and the State pay regular … [Read more...]

NDO/ VNA – Various activities as part of the Connecting Viet Youth 2017 programme will take place in Hanoi from August 6-9. The event will be hosted by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union chapter of the Hanoi municipal Students Association, the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community – Hanoi Hub, the Vietnamese Student Association in the UK, the Volunteer for Education Organisation and the Vietnamese students’ associations in the US, Australia, France, the Republic of Korea, Hungary and Singapore. Opening the event will be a charity run at Hang Day stadium with over 300 young people taking part, a music show with DJs and singers and a flash mob. A charity programme, including blood donations, music performances and gift-giving to over 300 child patients who are being treated at the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, will be launched on August 7. The forum “Creativity in industrial era 4.0”, scheduled … [Read more...]

NDO/ VNA – Various activities as part of the Connecting Viet Youth 2017 programme will take place in Hanoi from August 6-9. The event will be hosted by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union chapter of the Hanoi municipal Students Association, the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community – Hanoi Hub, the Vietnamese Student Association in the UK, the Volunteer for Education Organisation and the Vietnamese students’ associations in the US, Australia, France, the Republic of Korea, Hungary and Singapore. Opening the event will be a charity run at Hang Day stadium with over 300 young people taking part, a music show with DJs and singers and a flash mob. A charity programme, including blood donations, music performances and gift-giving to over 300 child patients who are being treated at the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, will be launched on August 7. The forum “Creativity in industrial era 4.0”, scheduled … [Read more...]

The results are in from this year's university entrance exams, and nearly 150 institutions across Vietnam have set their benchmark scores for admission, with some surprising results.  Forget medical and engineering schools, it is the armed forces that are demanding the highest grades. Vietnamese 12th graders took the national exam in June with separate tests in math, literature, English and science. Their combined scores are used to determine what school, if any, they will be accepted by. While most schools are demanding higher scores than they did last year, which education experts blame on easier tests, police and military schools are proving to be the hardest to get into. Officials from the education ministry said that these schools are asking for a minimum score of at least 29 out of 30. The People’s Security Academy in Hanoi, which trains forces such as police officers, security agents and inspectors, is asking for up to 30.5 points (students from … [Read more...]

NDO – Vietnamese students participating in the Olympiad competitions this year have achieved the highest results ever, thanks to the efforts of the students and special attention from the education and training sector in improving the quality of education. >>> Vietnam wins gold at 28th International Biology Olympiad >>> Vietnam wins four gold medals, ranks third at IMO 2017 >>> Vietnam reaps high results at int’l chemistry Olympiad Significant achievements in the international arena According to the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) all six students, competing at the at the 58th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2017 in Brazil, won medals including four gold, a silver and a bronze medal. Notably, in addition to winning medals, Vietnamese students also achieved high marks, helping the math team finish third in the world, after the Republic of Korea (ROK) and China. 12th grader Hoang Huu Quoc Huy from … [Read more...]

NDO – Three out of four Vietnamese students attending the 2017 International Biology Olympiad (IBO) have won medals, including one gold and two silver medals, according to the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET). >>> Vietnam wins four gold medals, ranks third at IMO 2017 >>> Vietnam reaps high results at int’l chemistry Olympiad This is the best result Vietnam has ever attained at an IBO event. Accordingly, at this year’s event, held from July 23-30 at the University of Warwick, Coventry, the UK, 12th grader Truong Dong Hung from Hue High School for the Gifted won the only gold medal for Vietnam. Especially, Hung’s results (55% practical and 75% theoretical) were ranked 22 out of 245 candidates and also the highest personal achievement of any Vietnamese student to attend the IBO so far. The two remaining silvers went to Duong Tien Quang Huy from Lam Son High School for the Gifted … [Read more...]