On July 1, the law on amending provisions of the Higher Education Law ratified by the National Assembly in November 2018 took effect.

Former Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga says that new exam questions now test the general knowledge of examinees and allow universities to choose the best students.

The worst university majors for jobs were forestry and aquaculture (82.7 percent) and social services (82.3 percent).

Studying at state-owned schools is the first choice for university or college bound students because they only have to pay a part of training fees.

Beginning in the 2020-2021 academic year, the new general education program will be applied throughout the country. MOET has begun receiving applications for textbooks compiled by organizations and individuals.

More than 94 per cent of students sitting the national high school examination in late June of this academic year are eligible for graduation.

During a study tour to Vietnam in late June, 20 American students from Wheaton University had the opportunity to study and learn about the Vietnamese economy and people.

Many universities have enrolled students for general education, stirring a debate about whether this is legal.

Modern educators advise parents not to teach kids to read and write before they begin going to school.

In rural areas, studying abroad proves to be a wild thought. But Do Lien Quang, the author of ‘Truong lang van ra the gioi’ (student at rural school still can go to the world) turned his mad dream into reality.

Surpassing thousands of students, Nguyen Thi Hong Ngoc, born in 1991 from Quy Nhon City, Vietnam, has become the valedictorian of Tyler College with a perfect GPA of 4.0.

Students at a meeting with the leaders of HCM City some days ago raised thorny questions and expressed thier wishes that adults have ignored for a long time.

Vietnamese students learn English for at least seven years at school. However, many of them cannot obtain basic knowledge, which has been blamed on the teaching method.

Some experts describe Vietnam’s education as a ‘copy and paste’ education, where everything is copied, from exam questions to teachers’ reports to students’ essays.

It’s normal to see exam papers with below average (5/10) scores but abnormal to see so many bad marks, analysts say.

The number of 'excellent' students increases steadily year after year, but many of them get low marks at exams.

Merging schools with the same majors to form multi-disciplinary schools and cutting the number of state-owned schools to more effectively allocate resources should be done immediately, experts say.

Ten universities in the US and one in Japan granted scholarships worth billions of dong, but Ninh Quynh Anh registered to study at Fulbright University in Vietnam. 

The image of mother and daughter embracing each other and crying in front of the examination compound that appeared in local newspapers was a haunting moment for parents.

The plan on re-organizing pedagogical schools will be submitted to the PM by Q2, and the plan on dissolving and merging state-owned schools in Q3.