The University of Natural Science’s youngest PhD holder, 27-year-old Nguyen Huy Tuan, received an “Excellent Researcher” certificate of merit on June 17.The university, which operates under Ho Chi Minh City’s Vietnam National University system, granted the certificate to the student in the Math-IT Faculty after Tuan published two research papers in international magazines recently.His achievements and good study records helped move straight from More...

Examinations are a "cancer in our school systems" that kills the joy of learning and teaching, a distinguished academic and English teacher said last Saturday. Speaking at the fifth annual Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Conference, Prof Alan Maley said the current education system arranged everything with an eye on examinations.Maley, a renowned educator and experienced author of English teaching materials with more than 40 book More...

Vietnam won two silver and one bronze medals at the 21st International Biology Olympiad held in the Republic of Korea from July 11-18. Two 12th graders, Bui Thuy Anh from Hanoi’s Amsterdam High School and Cao Bao Anh from HCM City’s National University’s High School for Gifted Students won silver medals.Another 12th grader, Vu Thi Ngoc Oanh from the Practical Secondary School under the Hanoi Teacher Training University won a bronze medal.Vietnam More...

Educational co-operation is considered a priority in Vietnam-US relations and the number of Vietnamese students studying in the country is growing.Bilateral cooperation in education has turned a new page since the signing of a memorandum of understanding during Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to the US in June 2008.Under the terms of the pact, Vietnam and the US agreed to set up a task force in charge of education to encourage More...