VietNamNet Bridge – A project to teach traditional musical instruments and folk music in primary schools had been lost in oblivion in the last ten years since implementation, but seems to be reviving now.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training has issued new methods for marking in primary schools for the new academic year 2013-2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Film director Viet Dang believes that films can help audiences change their lifestyle and way of thinking in a positive manner.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City has set up 150 sites to collect hazardous household waste in 11 districts in a week-long campaign which kicked off on July 1.

Affirming that teaching of literacy and calculations for preschoolers is unscientific, the Ministry of Education and Training has issued an instruction prohibiting teachers from teaching the first-grade curriculum to preschoolers.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 125,000 children are expected to register for first grade next month, an increase of 11,000 that places primary schools at risk of overcrowding,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cities and provinces in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have mobilised funds to build more kindergartens as they strive to eliminate old, dilapidated classrooms.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For years, ambitious university students balked at a teaching career, primarily because of low pay and less than desirable working conditions.

Since state owned schools provide different education quality, parents have to spend big money in “under-the-table fees” to obtain the seats at prestigious schools for their children.

Nearly all the general schools in Hanoi would be subject to the punishment because of the substandard material facilities and overloaded classes, once the decree being drafted by MOET is promulgated.

Only when a mother discovered the image of Chinese flag on her child’s book did the Vietnamese parents realize that their children have been mostly reading foreign books for a long time.