National Assembly (NA) deputies have raised concerns that the draft law on internet security will prevent Vietnamese citizens and companies from accessing information on the web.

Enhancing teachers’ skills is crucial to educational reforms, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc at the meeting of the National Committee for Education Reforms and the National Council of Education and Human Resources Development from 2016 – 2020 on Tuesday.

While many universities in Cần Thơ city have managed to reach 65-100 per cent of their enrolment quotas this year, many vocational schools and colleges are struggling to find students since admission to universities is easier than ever before.

Timely advice could help ease negative feelings and deal with problems related to school, experts said.

Professor Lê Kim Long, former dean of the Education University, talks to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị on the need to end the policy of free tuition for students at public teacher training institutions.

This year, the Ministry of Education and Training will decide minimum entrance score for only teacher training institutions while minimum entrance scores for other universities, colleges and vocational schools will be scrapped.

Every year primary schools in the southern city of Mỹ Tho are excited to welcome their special guests - a group of Australian swimming teachers who come to Việt Nam to teach local children to swim and  train teachers about water safety.

After more than four years of implementation, an ambitious project to enable young people from ethnic minorities to become communal chiefs in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highland) province of Lâm Đồng has not met the desired level of success.

Director of the Department of Teachers and Educational Administrators, Dr. Hoàng Đức Minh, speaks to Tuổi trẻ (Youth) newspaper on changes in the nation's teacher training policies.