Financial autonomy has helped many universities in HCM City improve their facilities, human resources, scientific research and training quality, thereby building a brand name both locally and internationally.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), in an effort to reform higher education, is considering shortening the time for education from 4-6 years to 3-4 years.

VietNamNet Bridge - The network of universities in Vietnam, which has expanded in recent years, will shrink as the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has decided to tighten control over the establishment of universities.

Only after several years of studying do students realize that following university education is not what they want. The number of students who make wrong choices about their career has risen, educators have warned.

Mathematics professor Ngo Bao Chau, the first Vietnamese to win the prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics in 2010, and Madame Ton Nu Thi Ninh, former Ambassador of Vietnam to the European Union, were among alumni to attend an event

Universities where curriculum development is done in collaboration with enterprises show a jump in employability, Siep Littooij of the International Projects Desk at the Saxion University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands said

VietNamNet Bridge - An 8,000-word petition has been sent by the Vietnam Education Dialogue (VED) Group headed by Professor Ngo Bao Chau, a mathematician and Fields medal winner, to education and training leaders.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese students say they feel too much pressure from their parents, who hope they can learn well and succeed in their lives.

VietNamNet Bridge - “Vietnam can produce PhDs. Why can’t it produce screws then?” Tran Quoc Tuan asked at a recent National Assembly session on policies to develop supporting industries.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese education consumers have suddenly realized that university degrees can no longer be a guarantee for labor force quality and cannot ensure good jobs for degree holders.

VietNamNet Bridge - Education exports are a “multi-billion dollar industry”. Why doesn’t Vietnam think of exporting its education services?

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) must bear full responsibility for the increasingly high number of unemployed university graduates, experts say. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Too many university graduates, many of whom are not well qualified, are one of the reasons behind the high unemployment rate.

VietNamNet Bridge - The $1.5 billion Vietnamese spend every year on overseas study, in the eyes of analysts, is a reflection on the poor education at local schools. 

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VietNamNet Bridge – The lack of qualified labour force has been blamed on unreasonable training curricula which puts an emphasis on theory and makes light of practice.

In Dong Thap Province, 60 children were mistakenly injected with distilled water instead of rubella vaccine.

VietNamNet Bridge – In Viet Nam, higher education is perhaps the area needing the most urgent fundamental and comprehensive reform, but it is also one of the most complicated, feted mathematician Professor Ngo Bao Chau told a conference

While others are bursting with joy as they have passed the university entrance exams, poor students feel more worried than happy: they now have to think about how to earn money to fund their four-year university study.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Should poor students be encouraged to follow university education? This question has recently become a matter of controversy on education forums.