
The national VTC was held on June 18 to review theimplementation of a project on building a learning society from 2012 – 2020.
The ministry said thanks to the project, the network ofeducational establishments was expanded nationwide. The country now has over 17,000continuing education centres, providing non-formal education for out-of-schoolyouth and adults.
There are also more than 10,000 community learningcentres across the country.
The country has completed universalisation of pre-schooleducation for five-year-old children and primary education for children ofschool age.
In the next phase from 2021 – 2030, the project aims tohelp Vietnam develop an open, flexible and connected education system and makesure all people will have an equal opportunity to access high-quality life-longeducation.
Vietnam met the national standard for literacy in 2000,with 94 percent of the population aged between 15 and 35 literate, compared tomore than 95 percent of the population being unable to read or write in 1945. Theliteracy rate in this age group increased to 98.1 percent in 2016, according tothe Ministry of Education and Training./.