Vietnam plans first e-textbook

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Báo Thanh Niên English 12 month(s) ago

The Education Publishing House has signed a contract with the Advanced International Company (AIC) to publish the first e-textbook for school education (grade 1-12) in Vietnam.

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Massive fault found beneath Japan's Mount Fuji

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 13 month(s) ago

Massive fault found beneath Japan's Mount Fuji

Japan's Mount Fuji may be sitting on a large, active fault that could trigger a magnitude-7 earthquake, changing the shape of the mountain and devastating nearby communities, the education ministry said on Thursday.

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HCMC College banned from further enrollment of students

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SaiGon GP English 13 month(s) ago

HCMC College banned from further enrollment of students

The Ministry of Education and Training on May 4 decided to ban the Saigon College of Economics and Technology in Ho Chi Minh City from recruiting new students for the next school year, accusing the college of blatant wrongdoings.

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Chinese Vietnamese students to study Chinese at school: ministry

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Báo Thanh Niên English 15 month(s) ago

Vietnam’s education ministry said Wednesday its plan to teach Chinese at primary and secondary schools is restricted to Chinese Vietnamese students, not all students as reported earlier by several newspapers.

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Enrollment halted for Vietnam university addled by scandals

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Báo Thanh Niên English 15 month(s) ago

Vietnam’s education ministry Wednesday demanded a private university to stop enrollment after defiant school officials derailed a meeting held by city officials to announce their leaders' suspension.

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Slovak education ministry launches website with e-textbooks

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VietnamNet English 18 month(s) ago

Slovak education ministry launches website with e-textbooks

The Slovak Education Ministry on Thursday launched an internet website to provide the general public with digitalized textbooks.

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Toyota drawing contest for kids

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SaigonTimes English 19 month(s) ago

Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) in cooperation with the Department of Primary Education (Ministry of Education & Training) last week organized a kids’ drawing contest with the theme ‘Dream Car’.

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Deputy health minister's 'doctorate' actually a pre-doctorate: ministry

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Báo Thanh Niên English 20 month(s) ago

The Swedish "doctorate" a deputy health minister used to get his job is not a doctorate at all, Vietnamnet quoted the education ministry as saying Wednesday.

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Hanoi students overloaded after school

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Báo Dân Trí English 21 month(s) ago

Hanoi students overloaded after school

To make up for lighter textbook content as required by the education ministry, many schools in Hanoi are now forcing students to take after-school classes.

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Italian police discover fake university

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 21 month(s) ago

Italian police discover fake university

Italian police on Friday said they discovered a fake university in the north of the country where around 10 students were paying around 7,000 euros ($9,600) for a worthless, unrecognised degree.

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Time to expand our views on education

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Báo Thanh Niên English 22 month(s) ago

In Vietnam, it is the mother of all battles that is fought year after year: more than close to a million or more students sit for their university entrance examinations, fighting for a few hundred thousand seats.

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Schools, businesses must join forces

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VietNam News English 24 month(s) ago

Pham Van Son, director of the Education Ministry's Support Centre for Manpower Training and Supply spoke with Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) about the need to boost employees' skills.

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Vietnam education ministry orders punishments in exam marking scandal

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Báo Thanh Niên English 24 month(s) ago

The education ministry Friday asked authorities in Mekong Delta provinces to punish those responsible for not following its marking instructions during the recently concluded high school graduation exams.

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Costly school plan may need more preparation

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VietNam News English 25 month(s) ago

The education ministry's plan to renew school curricula from 2015 will cost about $3.3 billion over six years, but experts have mixed reactions.

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New $3.4 bln education project concerns experts

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Báo Thanh Niên English 25 month(s) ago

New $3.4 bln education project concerns experts

A student browses at the Fahasa bookstore in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. A new VND70 trillion (US$3.4 billion) project to renovate Vietnam’s academic programs and textbooks has drawn flak from experts and educators.

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