VietNamNet Bridge - Many Vietnamese students studying overseas spend their free time collecting discounted goods and shipping the goods to clients in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Phuong Anh has turned down two scholarships for doctoral study and decided to study first for a master’s degree in English literature in the US. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The news about a university lecturer who had to sell his land to pay for his child’s overseas study has stirred up the public. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Japanese government is tightening management over admission to language schools, but this doesn’t mean the country will reject all Vietnamese students.

VietNamNet Bridge - The well-off are often willing to spend tens of millions of dong for every child, equal to six months of income of many poor people. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Vietnamese register to study in Japan under the mode of self-sufficient study just to seek jobs in the country.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese parents once thought that sending their children to overseas schools was the best choice to help them make their way in the world. 

Many Vietnamese students want to stay in the US for a while after finishing school, but they are concerned about US President-elect Donald Trump's threat to expel illegal immigrants.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese parents are worried about sending their children to the US to study because of US President-elect Trump's attitudes toward immigration. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts say that profits made by overseas study consultancy firms can be up to VND100 million if they enroll one Vietnamese student in a Japanese school.

VietNamNet Bridge - With her appearance, 19-year-old girl Tran Thi Dieu Lien seems quiet and shy unlike many other students who study overseas. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese spend $3 billion every year to pay for their children’s study overseas, but the local education market has not been able to take advantage of this spending. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Studying abroad is the choice of many well-off families as employers often prefer graduates of foreign schools. However, many foreign school graduates are finding it tough to get a job.

VietNamNet Bridge - The $1.5 billion Vietnamese spend every year on overseas study, in the eyes of analysts, is a reflection on the poor education at local schools. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sending high-ranking specialists abroad could bring double benefits: it helps restructure the domestic labor market and strengthens the Vietnamese workforce.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Well-off Vietnamese families are willing to pay several billions of dong a month, a sum high enough to buy 200 tons of rice, to fund their children’s overseas studies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Self-funded overseas studying proves to be the choice of a lot of students who wish to obtain higher education, but fail the domestic university entrance exams.

A lot of Vietnamese students have been trying to go studying abroad just because they want to avoid the compulsory military service.

An opportunity to study abroad is a dream for many, but only a few manage to take advantage of this chance effectively.

Official statistics show that Vietnamese spend billions of dollars a year to fund overseas training courses for their children.