Category: Education

Can Tho: Vice Chairman of the Can Tho People's Committee Duong Tan Hien on December 11 hosted a visiting delegation from the British Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, with the sides expressing their intention for better joint work in education, health, and transport infrastructure. Heading the delegation, Deputy Consul General Sam Wood expressed his hope that UK localities can connect and collaborate with the Vietnamese Mekong Delta city with a focus on the above-said areas, and enjoy favourable conditions created by and assistance from the municipal authorities. The diplomat vowed to engage in the organisation of various networking activities during his tenure to bring investors from the UK to Can Tho to seek opportunities for investment partnerships. Hien told his guests the three sectors are the city's investment attraction priorities, and that Can Tho welcomes UK enterprises to the city to study the local market and forming cooperation. Can Tho wishes to capitalise on opportunities brought about by the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) serving improved trade between it and UK firms, particularly regarding its strong fields such as rice, fruit, and fishery. Between January and October, Can Tho exported to the UK 19.51 million USD worth mostly of rice, aquatic products, apparel, handicrafts and processed farm produce./ Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi students won two gold and one silver medals at the International Applied Chemistry Olympiad (IAChO), which was held in Bandung, Indonesia from September 28 to October 1.

La Chau Giang, a 12th grader, and 11th grader Nguyen Minh Phuong, both from Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, bagged the gold medals, while Pham Minh Quan, also from the school, won the silver medal.

The IAChO is held annually by the Indonesia Regional Science Association (IRSA), aiming to enhance students’ capacity in science, especially chemistry.

This year, three Vietnamese students competed in the IACho final round, during which candidates were asked to complete a written test and do a presentation, both on chemistry knowledge./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Food enterprises should study the market demand carefully together with branding strategies to expand their international reach, experts said.

According to Nguyen Dang Hien, Vice President of the Food and Foodstuff Association of Ho Chi Minh City, most enterprises had not paid adequate attention to developing marketing strategies and increasing brand recognition for international markets, although Vietnam was a major exporter of agroforestry – fishery products.

An estimate by the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade showed that agricultural products exported with brands would have added value 200-300% higher, even 500%.

Thus, it was critical for Vietnamese food enterprises to invest in building processing systems for high-quality agricultural products and increase branding in the international markets.

Hoang Van Viet from the University of Economics HCM City, said that enterprises could consider promoting digital marketing through social networks, YouTube, TikTok, websites and email.

In addition, enterprises should study the demand of the target markets carefully to develop strategic plans for expanding in foreign markets.

Bach Ngoc Hai Yen, Director of Greatlink Maihouse Investment Company, said that to expand in foreign markets, enterprises needed to build and maintain good relationships with customers, which would be the key to increasing competitiveness for Vietnamese food enterprises.

The focus should be on market study to develop appropriate marketing strategies and customer care solutions.

General Director of Cholimex Food Diep Nam Hai said that food companies should pay attention to developing supply chains to ensure the competitiveness of the products in terms of quality and price.

According to Hien, expanding exports was a solution for food companies in the context of low domestic market demand.

He said enterprises should eye potential markets such as China and India and markets in Asia – Pacific regions.

As consumers were increasingly aware of their personal health and environmental sustainability when choosing foods, enterprises should focus on developing products to meet the consumer demands, such as products of plant origin or organic products, he said.

Transition to green production was important, Hien said, adding that green production became an advantage for food enterprises.

Nguyen Ngoc Hoa, President of the HCM City Union of Business Associations, said the association’s survey found that enterprises with green production were having better orders than others in the context of economic difficulty.

Green production was a passport for many enterprises to penetrate and expand in international markets, he stressed.

Vietnamese food products were now present in around 180 countries and territories around the world./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Religious Affairs Ministry's Research and Development (RandD) and Education and Training Agency called on teachers, especially in madrasas, or Islamic education-based schools, to build students' awareness of caring for the environment."From an early age, students need to be accustomed to take on the role of protecting the environment," head of the agency, Amien Suyitno, remarked at the international webinar "Sharing Experience: Implementation of Project Based Learning" here on Monday. He said all citizens of the world, including Indonesia, are being impacted by the effects of climate change, ranging from pollution to global warming and the greenhouse effect and so on. ccording to Suyitno, teachers in madrasas can teach students about the environment and build awareness against climate change from the perspective of fiqh, or Islamic jurisprudence. He said teachings of religion not only pertain to human matters but are also about the balance between man and nature. Hence, he deemed it im portant for madrasa teachers to instill the values of love and care for the environment among their students. "From the start, our students must be familiarized with the common awareness of environmental sustainability, no matter how small it can be done. When the time comes, it will have a global impact," he remarked. The international webinar was held under collaboration with the Religious Affairs Ministry, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), and the Australian Government. He believes that this type of webinar is essential, as it trains teachers in developing projects, especially in implementing the Merdeka (Independent) Curriculum. He said the Merdeka Curriculum also covers education for caring for the environment. n advisor from the Inovasi Program, Robert Randall, said that it is important for teachers to comprehensively understand the project-based learning curriculum. He noted that if teachers can apply this in class, then s tudents will stand to gain much more from the curriculum.

Source: Antara News Agency

Education has been one of the most prominent areas of cooperation between Vietnam and the US, with both sides designing many policies to strengthen bilateral partnership in this field based on the shared view that education is the foundation of national development.

According to the International Cooperation Department under the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), in recent years, the US has actively implemented a number of programmes to support Vietnam in English teaching and education quality enhancing.

In July 2020, the Governments of Vietnam and the US signed an implementing agreement on English teaching under the Peace Corps programme. The programme was officially started in October 2021, aiming to help Vietnamese students develop their English skills to access studying and employment opportunities.

Volunteers of the Peace Corps programme have been sent to rural schools to train local English teachers and improve students' performance in English language.

According to the MoET, this project is strategically suitable to Vietnam's priorities. So far, nine volunteers from the programme have been assigned to nine senior high schools in rural districts of Hanoi. More volunteers are scheduled to arrived in the city in October for the 2023-2024 academic year.

On September 21, 2022, the MoET and the US's Educational Testing Service (ETS) signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in improving English training quality and testing capacity for the educational system in Vietnam.

In a meeting with ETS Vice President Rohit Sharma last month, MoET Minister Nguyen Kim Son suggested some priorities for cooperation in the immediate future, including sending ETS experts to Vietnam to give consultancy and share experience in testing activities, providing documents and information in organising examinations, and creating conditions for Vietnamese experts to receive training courses of ETS. He also underlined Vietnam's interest in digital transformation in this field.

Besides, universities of Vietnam and the US have enjoyed strong partnership, especially in training and researching.

Currently, about 50 out of more than 400 underway higher education linkage programmes in Vietnam are with US partners, mostly at graduate (655 students) and post-graduate (about 70 students) levels. Those linkage programmes are mainly in science-technology, computer science and economics.

In recent years, the US Government has provided Vietnam with hundreds of undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships through the VEF Foundation, and supported improving English skills through the Fellowship and Fulbright programmes. The US has also provided Vietnam with practical support to strengthen tertiary education capacity through BUILT-IT and FURTHER projects funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

There are currently about 26,000 Vietnamese students studying in the US both as self-funded and scholarship recipients. Meanwhile, in the last five years, an average 10 - 20 students from the US have come to Vietnam to study Vietnamese and Vietnamese studies.

USAID has also provided significant support for Vietnam's education and training sector, with some 68 million USD in total granted to projects in Vietnam.

In September 2022, the MoET and the USAID signed a memorandum of understanding on providing development aid to enhance the higher education quality in Vietnam, with a total aid of 15.4 million USD starting from 2023.

A number of US-invested educational institutions have been established in Vietnam, with six general education institutions in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Binh Duong and a university in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Fullbright University Vietnam (FUV) was established in May 2016 as a 100% foreign-invested higher education institution operating not for profit.

Vietnam has focused on promoting international integration and attracting foreign investment in education in a bid to enhance education quality towards creating a breakthrough in human resources development. Therefore, there is great potential for educational cooperation between Vietnam and the US, contributing to promoting bilateral relations, strengthening the connections between the two peoples and boosting the sustainable development of Vietnam./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in Russia organised a summer camp for over 300 Vietnamese students on September 2-3 in Kaluga province, providing an opportunity for participants to strengthen solidarity and exchanges.

The event was held again after a four-year disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speaking at the event, secretary of the youth union in Russia Nguyen Viet Linh said that with the theme "Train of the Times 2023", the camp was expected to help participants have a right view of the development goal, and strive to make themselves adaptive to the trend of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

On behalf of Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi, Minister Counselor Le Quang Anh expressed his hope that Vietnamese students will become more and more mature, contributing to the building of the homeland and enhancing the friendship between Vietnam and Russia.

Do Xuan Hoang, Chairman of the Vietnamese Association in Russia, said the students sharing the same origin should work together to contribute to their homeland.

At the camp, students joined a fashion show, a music performance, and a play which showed their love and pride for the homeland and their youth aspirations in the new era.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

The STEAMese Festival 2023 with the theme of igniting creativity and unlocking passion, took place in Hanoi on August 27, attracting the participation of numerous students, parents, teachers, and educational institutions.

The event was organised by the STEAM for Vietnam organization, UNICEF in Vietnam, the US Embassy’s American Center, and Phenikaa University.

Speaking at the event, Nguyen Phuong Thuy, co-founder of STEAM for Vietnam, said the ecosystem of STEAM for Vietnam programmes revolves around a mission of providing modern STEAM education to Vietnamese children aged 6 to 18 through advanced technologies, innovative educational models, and the expertise of teachers.

Kate Bartlett, Cultural Attaché at the US Embassy, affirmed that the US diplomatic mission in Vietnam is committed to supporting the Southeast nation’s efforts in enhancing the quality of higher education and preparing its 21st-century workforce for global integration. Vietnamese youths are dynamic, talented, and ambitious global citizens, and their potential is limitless, she noted.

Participating domestic and international experts, policymakers, and schools joined discussions at the festival to share teaching methods and materials design for STEAM educators.

A series of creative and interactive STEAM activities, such as the Scratch and Robotics, scientific exploration, and robot assembly, were also organised, becoming a big draw to students, parents, and teachers from Hanoi, Lao Cai, Soc Trang, and other provinces and cities./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

A Cambodian teacher has been nominated and approved to be a recipient of the Princess Maha Chakri Award 2023, a recognition for the best teachers in the ten ASEAN member countries and Timor-Leste.

On behalf of Cambodia's Minister of Education, Youth, and Sports, H.E. Ung Borath, the Under Secretary of State, on Aug. 16 received a delegation led by Dr. Krissanapong Kirtikara, representing Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand, to discuss the award presentation.

Ms. Hay Chakriya, a mathematics teacher at Sok An Samrong High School in Samrong district, Takeo province, has been selected as a candidate for the 5th Princess Maha Chakri Award in 2023. Her nomination was approved in July 2023.

The Princess Maha Chakri Award, which happens every two years, was initiated by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn in 2015.

Cambodia has so far nominated the best-performing teachers, including Ms. Toch Bandol, a primary school teacher in Siem Reap province; Ms. Dy Sophoan, a primary school teacher in Kampong Chhnang province; Mr. Loy Virak, a high school teacher in Kampong Chhnang; and Ms. Norn Dary, a primary school teacher in Kampong Cham province, for the regional award.

The award conferment ceremony is scheduled to be held in October 2023.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP)