Minister Nguyen Kim Son: If we cannot adjust extra teaching, educational innovation is still limited
At the 2025 Department of Education and Training Directorate Conference, Minister Nguyen Kim Son emphasized the importance of education in the current development stage, and pointed out that the education sector needs to do a good job of "managing change" to adapt to the new organizational apparatus. He said that if the subjective teaching and learning cannot be adjusted, the educational innovation process will still be limited.
The Minister commented: "The education sector has done many big things, difficult things". In particular, the Ministry of Education and Training continues to implement the 2018 General Education Program, organizes the high school graduation exam effectively and issues Circular 29 on management of extra teaching and learning. He called for solidarity, sharing, and commitment to support the commune-level management team - the foundation force in operating the current education system.
Speaking at the Conference, Deputy Minister Pham Ngoc Thuong emphasized the spirit of innovation and responsibility of the Departments of Education and Training in ensuring the quality of education. The Deputy Minister noted the need to collect opinions from the grassroots when developing policies and called on the entire sector to maintain a spirit of solidarity to overcome pressure, towards sustainable results in the coming time. See more...
More schools predict standard score fluctuations in 2025
Reducing online university admission fees and payment schedules after merging provinces and cities
The 2025 university admission fee is collected online through the National Public Service Portal, from July 29 to 5:00 p.m. on August 5. The registration fee is 15,000 VND/offset, down 5,000 VND/offset compared to the previous year. The Ministry of Education and Training divides the submission schedule according to each local group to avoid system overload. Candidates can pay for themselves or ask relatives or teachers to support them.
Diverse payment channels include: Vietcombank, VietinBank, BIDV, ..., intermediary organizations such as VNPT Money, Napas, Payoo, and popular e-wallets such as Momo, Viettel Money and VNPT Mobile Money. The Ministry of Education and Training notes that if the system is stuck, candidates should wait about 30 minutes and then repeat.
The Departments of Education and Training will support candidates in remote areas or those with difficult circumstances in the payment process. After finishing the fee payment, universities will process the wishes from August 13 to August 20 and announce the standard score before 5:00 p.m. on August 22. See more...
Control school kitchens well before the new school year
Hanoi currently has more than 3,550 school kitchens serving boarding students, but in the first 6 months of 2025, 68 kitchens violated hygiene regulations; more than 70% of food outlets around the school could not trace their origin. This situation makes parents worried, especially when up to 20% of kitchen staff do not strictly comply with regulations on personal hygiene.
Hanoi has spent more than VND3,000 billion to support primary boarding meals for the 2025-2026 school year. However, to promote the policy effectively, it is necessary to strengthen supervision of suppliers, strictly manage food inspection activities, store food samples and handle illegal street vending points around schools.
The Hanoi Department of Health plans to apply QR codes to trace the origin, install surveillance cameras in the collective kitchen, and assign the People's Committees of wards and communes to handle street vendors. Communication also needs to promote propaganda to parents, students and businesses to ensure safe and clean school lunches from the beginning of the school year. See more...
