School teachers deserve a pay raise: professor

Professor Đào Trọng Thi, former Chairman of the National Assembly Commission for Culture, Education, Youth and Children speaks to the newspaper  Lao Đông (Labour) on the need to give a pay raise to school teachers.

End free tuition for aspiring teachers

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.

Raising teachers’ salary a challenging quest

The Ministry of Education and Training recently proposed raising teachers’ salaries, but it’s unclear whether this will be approved given the small portion of the State budget spent on education, according to experts.

Kindergartens suffer from lack of support

Last Friday, the principal of a public kindergarten in Lào Cai Province was suspended on charges of mistreating a four-year-old boy enrolled at the school.

Education reforms risk contradiction: experts1

A major effort to reform the nation’s education system and make it more practical and relevant has been ongoing for the last five years, but there is a danger that this can stumble on its own contradictions, experts say.

NA votes Trần Đại Quang in as new State President

New President Trần Đại Quang was sworn into office Saturday morning after 91.5 per cent of the total National Assembly (NA) deputies elected him to the position by a secret ballot.
 

Revised Child Law: pioneering child rights

The revised Law on Child Protection, Care and Education will be voted on this Tuesday, during the ongoing final meeting of the 13th National Assembly. Much attention has been focused on raising the legal age of a child in Việt Nam from 16 to 18. Việt Nam News spoke to child specialists about this issue.

NA deputies disagree on age of maturity in law on children

National Assembly (NA) deputies yesterday were divided again when discussing a major change in the draft revision to the Law on Child Care, Education and Protection as the definition of a child as a person under 18, instead of 16 as in the current law.

NA deputies discuss Press, Childcare Laws Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday morning discussed amendments to the current Law on Press and the Law on Child Protection, Care and Education.

National Assembly shows confidence in Press Law The National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday gave consent to most of the revised Press bill, which was presented by Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son.