VietNamNet Bridge - Reports by local education and training departments all show a sharp decrease in the number of students registering to study at university.

VietNamNet Bridge - The unreasonable curriculum and outdated textbooks have left students unknowledgeable about technology. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Going to university was the top choice of the majority of students finishing high school. However, the high number of unemployed university graduates has made students and their parents rethink their decision. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Under a new decision released by the Hanoi Education and Training Department on March 7, students repeatedly violating traffic laws will be forced to stay away from school for one week.

VietNamNet Bridge - Having to work 10 hours a day and bearing pressure, a preschool teacher can earn some VND3 million a month.

VietNamNet Bridge - The high rate of unemployed university graduates has been blamed on inadequate training. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Many teachers complain that the job is especially hard: they are criticized if they punish students when students go wrong.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese university students complain that they have too many subjects at school, including those not useful for their future jobs.

VietNamNet Bridge - Non-state universities are concerned that they will not find students once the new enrollment policy is applied. It allows schools to apply many different methods to enroll students, and has no floor mark for junior colleges.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City National University has announced that it will admit students from 82 high schools for the gifted throughout the country based on letters of recommendation and student essays. 

VietNamNet Bridge - English will be a compulsory subject for third grades and above from 2018. This means that primary schools only have two more years to prepare teachers of English.

VietNamNet Bridge - Three groups of enterprises will be under pressure once the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) takes effect, according to lawyer Tran Huu Huynh, chair of the Vietnam Arbitration Center.

VietNamNet Bridge - Teachers and students in localities may have to accept textbooks compiled by local education departments.

VietNamNet Bridge - In August 2013, Russian President Putin signed a decree approving the 5TOP100 project which aims to put at least five Russian schools into the list of 100 best universities in the world.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many parents said they fear their children would be overloaded if they have to learn both English and Korean.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Van Ga, Deputy Minister of Education and Training, spoke to Viet Nam News Agency about changes in the organisation of high school graduation and college entrance exams for 2016.

In 2015, the national high school finals, the first 2-in-1 national exam was organized in Vietnam instead of two separate ones – high school finals and university entrance exam – as part of education reform in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - It would take a high-school graduate three, five and eight years to obtain bachelor’s, master’s degrees and doctorates, respectively, if the new national educational system is applied.

Over 50 percent of primary school teachers of English, 63.29 percent of secondary school and 73.88 percent of high school teachers cannot meet standards as required by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET).

VietNamNet Bridge - Parents and educators cannot agree about whether to keep students at home on cold days.