Vietnamese students proved too strong for the rest of the field at the ASEAN Schools Games' (ASG) which closed yesterday in the capital.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On June 26, the Vietnam Education Publishing House launched the electronic textbook named Classbook. This is the first e-textbook in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – From 2014, environment protection contents will be added into curriculums of all schools throughout the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This odd thing took place in a preparatory class for university entrance exams in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge - With a lower rate of final examinations passing than last year, there are 41,000 out of 950,000 high-school students which failed the final exams.

Instead of relaxing and playing to enjoy the summer holiday, the children in urban areas have to stay indoors all day, go together with the parents to the office or go to the countryside to stay with grandparents.

VietNamNet Bridge – One of the philology exam questions requested students to comment about the brave action of Nguyen Van Nam, who rescued five children in Nghe An province in May.

Hanoi’s parents have been intensively preparing their children for the entrance exams to “star” primary schools.

 VietNamNet Bridge – To Thi Lan Huong, 24, had always felt shy and afraid about gynaecological examinations.

Educators believe that the questions raised at the national university entrance exams are unnecessarily difficult, which disposes of the opportunities of students to follow higher education.

VietNamNet Bridge – The university lecturer halls nowadays look far different from that in the past.

MOET met the representatives from non-state owned schools on March 5 to discuss the solutions to rescue the schools from sinking. However, the efforts have failed.

Tens of billions of dong have been spent by schools, tens of groups of consultants have been sent to provinces and cities in an effort to attract more students.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many parents were surprised to see young girls working as xe om drivers in front of school gates, but then they are persuaded by their enthusiasm and friendliness.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has decided to apply a lot of measures to rescue non-state owned schools, which are on the verge of dissolution because of the lack of students.

“You have good learning capability and you’d better attend the exams to economics schools. You would squander your talents if you study at a pedagogical school and become a teacher,” a parent said.

People-founded schools compare themselves as the state’s “abandoned children,” because unlike state owned schools, they don’t receive any support from the State.

A newly-released Government decree designed to provide favourable treatment for teachers and educational officials in deprived areas is expected to encourage them to become more devoted to their careers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Public concern has been raised over a strict new regulation on military service for young men who have already qualified for university, as they believe it may stimulate corruption

“Confession” not only is the place where students show their feelings and admit their faults, but also the space where they can talk about the problems they meet every day.