Start-up makes overseas students feel right at home

Touching down in Melbourne, Australia to begin a term of overseas study, Trần Thanh Vân was nervous. Her fears evaporated when she was welcomed by a Vietnamese student from an airport pickup service that she had booked in Việt Nam.

Vietnamese inventor blazing a trail in the land of the rising sun

To make a name for oneself in a foreign country is no mean feat, but to do that in Japan, that too in the early seventies and eighties, takes extraordinary resolve and perseverance, qualities that Trần Ngọc Phúc has displayed in ample measure.

Overseas student releases music video on depression

Phạm Phương Tú, a Vietnamese singer-songwriter studying fine arts at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in the UK, will release her first music video on World Health Day, April 7.

Vietnamese across the world celebrate Tết

Vietnamese overseas in the US and Canada joined a number of activities to celebrate Tết, Vietnamese Lunar New Year in their host country.

SIM registration: Mostly ayes, nay has a point

Last week, Việt Nam News asked its readers if they support the Ministry of Information and Communications’ decision to retrieve unregistered SIM cards to crack down on advertising, cheating messages. Here are some of the readers’ comments. Most of them support the obligation.

Australia world's most expensive for international students Australia is the most expensive place for an international student to attend university, ahead of Singapore and the United States, with India the cheapest, a study showed.

Talented young guitarist plays for charity Tran Tuan An has loved guitar since he was a child. Today, he hopes to use his talent to give back to the community, bringing audiences closer together and helping to raise money for charitable causes.

Vietnamese guitar student honoured as ‘outstanding' in US Vietnamese guitarist Tran Tuan An has been bestowed the most outstanding student at the 39th annual ceremony to honour Student Laureates of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.

A helping hand for the disadvantaged Thoughts of his home country were never far away for Vietnamese student Le Quang Huy, so he jumped at the chance to launch a foundation for the nation's underprivileged while studying in London.

Overseas education can be often wasted Motivated by earning qualifications that impress employers, masses of young Vietnamese people have studied abroad at the expense of the family budget. Yet, it seems to me the effort may be a waste of time and money if they consider studying abroad is the only way to achieve a higher education. It may also be a waste of time for those who don't know exactly what courses they want to follow or why.