Vietnam’s Lower Income Children Will Receive Free Heart Surgery

Vietnam’s lower income children with innate heart diseases will now be given life-saving surgeries thanks to a recently decided government decision. Children living in sponsored service centers will be given free-of-charg...

by Rachel Pozivenec

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Vietnam and Malaysia Solidify Bi-Lateral Commitments to Higher Education

Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin visited Vietnam to solidify relations between the two countries in areas of higher education. A memorandum of understanding was signed between Yassin and Malaysia&...

by Rachel Pozivenec

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Corruption Continues to Inhibit Educational Progress in Low Income Countries

Corruption still remains as one of the major factors impeding progress in low and middle income countries worldwide. Experiences from all over the developing world were included as part of Transparency International’s &...

by Ashleigh Brown

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Vietnam Launches Early Childhood Education Project

Vietnam’s School Readiness Promotion Project was launched this month by the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training. The project plans to raise school readiness for 5 year old children, with a particular emphasis on...

by Rachel Pozivenec

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Vietnam Launches Its First Massive Online Open Course

Dr. Giap Van Duong, a research chemist at the University of Liverpool and the National University of Singapore, has initiated the country’s first massive online open course (MOOC), offering free classes in science, communica...

by Carla Drumhiller

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Child Marriage Common in Rural Southeast Asia

In Southeast Asia, between 10-24% of girls are married by the time they are 18. Though laws against child marriage exist in many countries, the practice still persists, particularly in rural communities. Child marriage is often...

by Carla Drumhiller

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Vietnam’s Universal Pre-school Project Falls Short of Goal

Vietnam faces many obstacles in meeting pre-school children enrollment goals by 2015. It lacks a sufficient number of classrooms as well as teachers. Government figures show that of the “149,000 nursery classrooms nationw...

by Melody Chiang

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ASEAN Countries Work Together to Boost Vocational Education

Three member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam, are developing a new model of vocational education. The three countries plan to develop training programs in each countr...

by Carla Drumhiller

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Vietnam Launches Education for Sustainable Development Initiative

Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) together with UNESCO and Samsung have recently launched the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Initiative. Deputy Minister of Education Nguyen Vinh Hien note...

by Melody Chiang

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