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Academic pressure is turning children into robots

 Director of the Institute for Social Development Studies Khuat Thu Hong spoke to The World and Viet Nam Report newspaper after a student committed suicide due to the pressure of studying.

Unlicensed US ‘ghost’ school lacks right to co-operate with Hanoi school

Newton Grammar School (NGS) in Hanoi has asked George Washington International School (GWIS) to prove its right to legally operate in Vietnam so that the two sides can continue the training co-operation. 

Mixed aged pupils share classroom in mountainous area

 Pupils of different grades in a mountainous commune of Thanh Hoa Province have to sit in the same classroom due to a shortage of classrooms.

Registration for national high school exam to run until April 20

 The Departments of Education and Training in provinces across the country have developed plans to prepare for the 2018 national high school exam, with registration for the exam concluding on April 20.

Music education programme for children launched in Vietnam

 Kindermusik, a music education programme aimed at children, was launched at the Soul Music & Performing Arts Academy in Ho Chi Minh City, on April 14, by the Asia Music and Performing Arts Education (AMPA).

1,400 teachers to lose jobs in Gia Lai

 The authorities of the Central Highland province of Gia Lai plans to terminate the labour contracts of some 1,400 teachers in an effort to comply with the Politburo’s resolution to streamline the contingent of public and civil workers.

Centers on supporting startup students to be opened nationwide

 The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) on Monday announced a detailed plan for the implementation of the project ‘Supporting students in their startup activities until 2025’.

Conference discusses poor regional rankings for Vietnamese universities

 Vietnam currently has five universities named in the top 400 in Asia ranked by the World University Ranking.

Soc Trang: Primary school headmaster resigns as many pupils can’t read

 The headmaster of a primary school in the southern province of Soc Trang Province has just resigned because many grade 2 pupils at his school still can’t read.

Teacher suspended for not talking to pupils for weeks

 A high school teacher in HCM City has been suspended for not talking or giving lectures to pupils for weeks.

Nearly VND700 million to be awarded for educational initiatives

 Educational initiatives with practical applications to improve teaching, learning, and research will be awarded a total of VND700 million under the 2018 Young Intellectual for Education Programme.

Ho Chi Minh City seeks stronger partnership with Japanese universities

 Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has visited several universities of Japan to seek partnership with the facilities to serve the city’s development.

Number of Vietnam students in Canada rises fast

The number of Vietnamese students in Canada climbed to nearly 15,000 in 2017, a three-fold rise against 2015, putting Vietnam among the fastest-growing markets for international education in the North American country. 

41 people off updated professor list

 Forty-one people have been removed from the list of newly-appointed professors and associate professors that was announced in early February.

Vingroup inks cooperation deal with US universities

Property developer Vingroup on April 3 signed a strategic cooperation agreement with US-based Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania (Penn).

Work starts on first int’l education city in Vietnam

 The construction of a green education ecosystem - the International Education City (IEC) invested by Nguyen Hoang Group (NHG), commenced in Quang Ngai city, the central province of Quang Ngai on March 31. 

Innovative model ‘smart school’ in HCMC needing more resources

 The model ‘smart school’ would have very positive effects on learners. Yet the feasibility of this model is questioned as there is a serious lack of finance for sufficient educational equipment to use in this kind of school.

Vietnam wins four gold medals at Hanoi Open Maths Contest

 Vietnamese students have won four gold medals at the 15th Hanoi Maths Open Contest.

Vietnamese young man qualifies for Chigaco University

 A young man in the northern province of Nam Dinh has been admitted by Chicago University for his excellent maths achievements.

Hanoi Open Math contest held with international contestants for the first time

 A maths competition began in Hanoi yesterday and for the first time there was a new addition – contestants from overseas.