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State urged to seek non-state investments for higher education

 VietNamNet Bridge – Educators believe that the State should pour its money into the pre-school and general school education, while it is necessary to seek other investment sources to develop higher education.

Ministry pursues aggressive higher education reform

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training has pledged to reform higher education management in the lead up to 2015, said a ministry official on Wednesday.

Investing in university education is now in fashion

People-founded universities keep complaining that they cannot enroll students. However, more and more universities still have been established, while junior colleges have been insisting on being upgraded into universities.

Vietnam battles with poor quality education

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam's education system is grappling with substandard training and dire shortage of teachers, according to a conference held in Ha Noi last week.

Anti-corruption curriculum added to next school term

 VietNamNet Bridge – An anti-corruption program will be included in the next school curriculum as per a directive issued by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

ASEAN criteria needed to boost higher education

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training on July 26 encouraged universities to try to meet the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) criteria for quality assessment.

Higher education 2.0 proposed

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has had universities 1.0 and it needs to build universities 2.0 with digitalized systems of documentation, students, teachers and the classrooms becoming cinemas.

Projects to build international standard universities at standstill

VietNamNet Bridge – Two universities that were set up under a plan to build international standardised education institutions still have to temporarily rent infrastructure, an inspection has found.

Education for disadvantaged children remains public concern

 VietNamNet Bridge – Disadvantaged children and their demands for education have drawn the attention of many delegates at a recent workshop in Ho Chi Minh City.

Higher education and non-core investment

Why do the agencies that are not involve in education and training try to keep for themselves a number of colleges and universities? Is the Ministry of Education and Training incompetent in management?

US$100 million for overseas training for state employees

VietNamNet Bridge - About 1,800 state employees will be trained overseas by funding from the state budget in the period of 2013-2020.

Part 2: MOET claims responsibility for high unemployment rate

Numerous schools have been opened, more and more training courses have been provided, while there has been no reliable forecast about the labor force demand.

Universities of excellence cannot attract students

VietNamNet Bridge – Though enjoying special preferences, the international universities of excellence still find it difficult to enroll students.

PM orders comprehensive education overhaul

The PM has recently requested the employment of specific measures to realize the Party Central Committee’s Conclusion 51-KL/TW on a decisive overhaul of Viet Nam’s tertiary education to meet requirements