VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training has not yet granted a licence to any brain activation class in the country,

VietNamNet Bridge - State agencies have not yet examined the quality of bilingual teaching programs used in local schools.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hoang Quyen, 23, Tuong An, 18, and Thanh Tung, 24, have registered to study at other schools instead of Harvard, which accepted their applications.

The proposed reduction in training time at universities cannot be easily applied at all schools and in all majors. Medical students, for example, may have to spend more time at school.

VietNamNet Bridge - Enterprises in Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) are finding it difficult to recruit trained factory workers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Educators, while agreeing that it is necessary to shorten the university training time, have not made decisions about what to do to reach that goal.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training’s (MOET) initiative to include citizenship education as a high-school final exam subject would help ease school violence.

Able to read at 18 months and winner of many competitions, Phan Dang Nhat Minh is excelling at the ongoing 17th ‘Road to Olympia’.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many urban parents take their children to training courses to have the children’s brains stimulated, hoping it will help them become more intelligent.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts have shown their concern about the opening of too many new subject majors, warning that instructional quality could decline.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has more than 130,000 students studying abroad, while only 2,000 foreign students are studying in Vietnam. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Strengthening psychological counseling and providing both teachers and students with necessary skills in the classroom are important measures to prevent school violence.

“If students are not punished for their bad behavior, everything will get out of control. But if you punish students, you will be criticized by parents,” a teacher complained.

VietNamNet Bridge - The major goals of the national plan to develop schools for the gifted have not been met in the last five years. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The common error that most Vietnamese parents commit is that they overindulge children, thus bringing them up to be dependent people lacking in creativity, according to educators.

Educators and psychologists have urged the creation of a healthy schooling environment following a series of violent incidents involving students.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some universities have been given autonomy, or the right to determine their training plans and financial issues, but still cannot make important decisions which affect their survival. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Low enrollment for many years has forced many vocational schools to stop operation. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Book prices in Vietnam are much lower than in many other countries, but this has not led to people spending more time reading books.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many of the dozens of competitions at schools are not needed, say students.