VietNamNet Bridge - Modern education advises not to use force in teaching students. However, teachers complain that they feel powerless in educating disobedient students without rods.

A list of four major flaws in Vietnam’s education compiled by Nguyen Tuan Hai, the owner of an education establishment in Hanoi, has been disseminated among the public. Many parents have admitted that they make at least one of the four mistakes. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training is setting stricter requirements when granting professorship titles.

A report by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) about the status of non-state universities is nothing new, but the schools complain they are at a disadvantage compared with state-owned schools.

Fifty-thousand secondary school graduates in Hanoi and HCMC will not have be able to enroll in state-owned high schools this year, creating intense competition among students for seats at state-owned schools. 

One teacher hit the head of a child with a slipper and another frightened a child by turning him upside down and threatening to put him into a chicken plucking machine. 

A draft of a new general education programme was introduced by the Ministry of Education and Training at a meeting with the press, with one of the aims of the programme being to instil a love for Viet Nam in students.

The draft regulations on standards and procedures for appointment and dismissal of professors shows MOET's determination to upgrade the quality of professors and associate professors.

VietNamNet Bridge - The junior colleges under the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) are facing difficulties in the 2017 enrollment season. 

A research team headed by Tran Thi Huong Giang, MA, from the Vietnam Education Science Institute has discovered problems related to gender equality in textbooks used to teach STEM subjects.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of applications for recognition of foreign degrees made to the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) increased by 44 times in 2008-2016.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of sex abuse, child kidnapping and traffic accidents have occurred recently, raising concerns among parents about safety at schools.

Many graduates with bachelor’s are attending vocational schools because they have been unable to find jobs. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese universities in the past have not been listed in prestigious international rankings, and this year is no exception. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Only after a mother in HCMC denounced a man for having engaged in sexual activities with her 6-year-old daughter did parents and schools begin to worry about the need for sex education classes.

So many university students have rushed to start up their businesses that some analysts have warned that the startup movement has created a generation of students who do not understand the need for preparation and hard work.  

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more investors have injected money into the educational sector as it is considered a gold mine, experts have said.

The time when students had to search for information about schools and study opportunities is over. It is schools that now have to try every possible way to attract students.

VietNamNet Bridge - Accreditation organizations say that accrediting 35 percent of universities and 10 percent of junior colleges by the end of 2017 is a huge task.

VietNamNet Bridge - Students from poor families face many difficulties, but their success at school shows they also have the potential for high achievements.