Higher education
Graduate programs
Dutch-funded educational cooperation project for sustainability launched
A ceremony was held in Hanoi on April 10 to launch a project on educational cooperation for sustainable changes in Vietnam’s deltas, attracting the participation of the project’s Vietnamese and Dutch partners.Funded by the Dutch government, the project will run between 2019-2021. The project revolves around ...
Ministry reforms school entry rules
This year, the Ministry of Education and Training will decide minimum entrance score for only teacher training institutions while minimum entrance scores for other universities, colleges and vocational schools will be scrapped.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Việt Nam PhD holders produce little quality research
Việt Nam has had a remarkably high number of post-graduates in the recent years. However, scientific research projects, which are considered the soul of universities in their quest to produce new knowledge for the world, have remained modest in both quality and quantity.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Strong rise in unemployment among graduates: labour ministry
The unemployment rate among university graduates and those holding higher degrees in the third quarter of 2017 was 4.51%, compared to 3.63% in the previous three months, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).Keep reading ...
VOV Reporter
Vietnam slightly drops in EF English Proficiency Index
According to the results of the 7th edition of the English proficiency index (EPI) conducted by EF Education First (EF), Vietnam ranks 34th among the 80 countries and territories surveyed on general English skills, signifying a slight dropt of three grades compared to the 2016 ...
Kim Oanh
9,000 PhDs: just what the doctor did not order
The Ministry of Education and Training has recently revealed a draft plan to spend up to VNĐ12 trillion (US$533 million) to train 9,000 PhD holders for Việt Nam by 2025. The plan was met with almost immediate anger and derision, with many calling it impractical and ...
Vietnam News Reporter
Tertiary crisis: are more students’ copping out?
In Việt Nam, getting into a university has been described as a national obsession and getting admission seen as a cut-throat competition.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter