Improved cooperation between students, staff, parents and local authorities is needed to prevent violent or abusive acts at schools, educational experts said at a meeting held on October 10 in HCM City. 

 A 14-year-old Vietnamese student has won third prize at the 47th International Letter-Writing Competition For Young People, launched globally by the Universal Postal Union (UPU).

 The 10th World Technopolis Association (WTA) University Presidents' Forum kicked off in the southern province of Binh Duong on October 11.

This year, all 38 students of 7 teams who took part in regional and international Olympiads won medals, including 13 gold, 14 silver and 11 bronze medals.

 The Central Propaganda Department announced that the ceremony to honour 88 outstanding valedictorians in Hanoi will be held on October 8 at the Temple of Literature.

 The British Council in Vietnam and the Ministry of Education of Training of Vietnam last week signed a cooperation agreement on promoting social enterprise teaching and social reform in universities across the country.

 The Ho Chi Minh City General Science Library has just launched S.Hub Kids – a first-ever smart library for kids aged between 5 to 18.

 HCM City plans to launch a school milk programme with a total cost of VND1.482 trillion (USD67.36 million) during the 2018-2020 period.

 Many parents have filed complaints about the fact that English isn't taught at 11 public primary schools in Thanh Hoa Province despite it being a main subject.

 Hanoi-based Foreign Trade University will host the annual Forum on Internationalization in Higher Education with the theme "Mutual Recognition in Cross-Border Higher Education" on October 8.

 All 23 Vietnamese students taking part in the 15th International Mathematics and Science Olympiad (IMSO) brought home medals, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training announced on October 3.

 The British Council Vietnam will hold the Study UK Exhibition in Hanoi on October 6 and Ho Chi Minh City on October 7.

 Kids at HCM City’s Tân Bình District Kindergarten on Friday saw a skit that showed them how to push straws into empty cartons after drinking milk and then flattening, folding and disposing of the cartons properly.

 A team from the Foreign Trade University in Hanoi won the first prize at the “Start-up Francophone 2018” competition for Asian – Pacific students at its finale in Hanoi on September 28.

 The Ministry of Communication and Information has given licences to four publishing houses to compile and publish textbooks, increasing the number of textbook publishers to five.

 The Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy aims to train 150 doctors in uncommon medical fields, including tuberculosis, leprosy, psychiatry, forensic science and surgery, for the Mekong Delta in this academic year.

 The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has decided to launch inspections into the printing and distribution of textbooks for the 2018-2019 academic year.

 A total of over 3.5 million students have gained access to loans to cover their tuition fees thanks to a government credit programme, according to the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies.

 The Vietnam-Japan University (VJU) signed an agreement with Japan’s ANA Holdings Co., Ltd to strengthen bilateral cooperation in training and research. 

 It comes as good news for many parents in HCMC when the municipal government says all children at public schools will be exempted from tuition fees up to the ninth grade, effective from this school year.