Impressive art performances by eight art troupes from different countries stirred up the festive atmosphere in the ancient city of Hoi An, as the 2019 International Children’s Festival kicked off on May 31.

Since last year the Vietnam Education Publishing House has been researching and compiling the textbooks and has even published some first grade textbooks to trial them, an act that has come in for some criticism in the media.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has instructed authorities in 12 provinces and one city in the Mekong Delta region to increase expenditures from their local education budgets to pay for facilities and equipment.

A 63-year-old woman and her daughter have graduated at the same time after studying for four years at the HCM City Open University.

According to the HCMC Department of Education and Training, 20 foreign language centers to provide English native speaker teachers to schools have to post their names on the Department’s website where parents can follow.

The Ministry of Education and Training and authorities in the Mekong delta admitted that state education spending in the region is much lower than the country’s.

New books for children published by the Kim Đồng Publishing House, a leading publisher for young readers, are now available in HCM City bookstores.

As many as 30 per cent of high-school students have decided not to apply for colleges this year according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

More primary teachers were needed for the 2019-2020 academic year, especially those specialised in computer science and technology and foreign languages, a conference heard last week.

Born in a family of three children, Thong was deaf and dumb since birth due to malaria. Seeing people around speaking affectively to their own parents, he often wondered to himself if life was so unfair to him.

Hanoi Department of Education and Training has proposed a plan to raise the tuition at public schools in the 2019-2020 school year.

A professor at a leading university in HCM City was so worried he may lose his job and he took to Facebook to share his concerns.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) have lost a lawsuit related to the withdrawal of a doctorate degree from Hoang Xuan Que from the Hanoi National University of Economics.

Another educator in Hoa Binh province is being held in police custody for allegedly abusing her position of power to inflate scores on literature papers in the 2018 national high school examination.

A national exam hotline will be active from June 6 until August 4 to receive information related to the country’s biggest exam, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

The National Table Tennis Championship is scheduled to be held in the city of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province, on May 20-26.

Hanoi’s schools are getting more crowded this year, with experts predicting some classrooms could have up to 70 pupils.

Within five recent years, many parents have been choosing private school education and the trend of sending children to private schools is escalating in Ho Chi Minh City.

Despite their high school fee, many private schools in HCM City still become the ideal choice of several parents thanks to their modern educational equipment, high-quality teaching staff, and a suitable learning curriculum.

As many as 23,000 pupils in Hanoi will not get a place at public high schools in the new school year as Hanoi Department of Education and Training has set enrolment quotas.