The government aims to make English a mandatory subject from grade 1
The Government's project "Making English the second language in schools in the 2025-2035 period, with a vision to 2045" was announced. With the goal of making English a mandatory subject from grade 1 in all general schools nationwide from 2025-2030. Of which, at least 20% of schools have achieved level 1 in English teaching, with levels gradually increasing in the following years until 2045. Currently, English is mandatory from grade 3, but in qualified schools, it can be taught from grade 1 in optional or voluntary form.
The project is widely applied from preschool, general education, university, to vocational education, regularly with the goal of building an ecosystem using English in the educational environment and life. Accordingly, 22,000 more teachers of preschool, primary and vocational English are needed to train and train about 200,000 teachers of English by 2035 to meet the needs and ensure quality. See more...
Increasing teachers' salaries needs to be accompanied by effective management and training
Educational institutions in Ho Chi Minh City contribute opinions on regulations on extra teaching and learning before October 31
The draft regulations on extra teaching and learning in Ho Chi Minh City for the 4th time have been published to collect comments from organizations, individuals and the community before being finalized. In this draft, there are many notable new points such as removing the regulation prohibiting extra classes after 8pm, instead requiring extra classes to publicize the list of students, classes, timetable, tuition fees and related documents when organizing activities.
Regulations on the responsibilities of principals, financial management, teacher management and organization of tutoring institutions are also mentioned more clearly. In particular, principals are responsible for mobilizing legal financial resources, inspecting, reviewing and supervising extra teaching activities in schools; while extra teaching institutions must report, register and establish a complete and transparent data management system to ensure operations in accordance with regulations, limiting negativity.
The draft also mentions inspection, examination, and handling of violations, and clearly stipulates the disclosure of information about students, teachers, and tutoring activities for the community and agencies to promptly control. The consultation must be completed before October 31 to complete the official regulations as soon as possible, improving the effectiveness of managing extra teaching and learning activities in Ho Chi Minh City. See more...
Conflict of inexorable accounts over investment capital contribution of Hanoi University of Business and Technology
Hanoi University of Business and Technology has gone through a serious legal crisis related to "abandoning" hundreds of investors and "losing" more than 117 billion VND in capital contributions.
According to the 2018 audit results conducted by AASC Auditing Company Limited, the school's equity capital is VND855 billion, of which the equity contribution capital is more than VND118 billion with nearly 952 shareholders. However, the 2025 audit report only recognized 40 investors with a total capital of more than 444 million VND, creating a difference of more than 117 billion VND and doubting transparency.
Many shareholders, including Mr. Lai Viet Hung - representative of the Investor's contact board, reflected on the monopoly, internal conflicts and requested competent authorities to intervene to protect their legitimate rights. After Professor Tran Phuong - Principal and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the school - passed away, an Investor Conference organized by the Vietnam Economic Sciences Association caused controversy for not complying with legal regulations and school regulations.
Board members and many shareholders opposed the conference organized by the Economic Science Association, saying that this conference was unlegal and affected the rights of the majority of shareholders. See more...
