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Ton Duc Thang University in Ho Chi Minh City has become the first in Vietnam to be included in the Academic Ranking of World Universities’ top 1,000.

Hanoi’s schools are getting more crowded this year, with experts predicting some classrooms could have up to 70 pupils.

The Government recognises the importance of private schools to development of the national education system, Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children Phan Thanh Binh has said.

The results of the public high school entrance exams in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been announced, giving great joy to those students who passed and their families.

Hundreds of parents have joined lucky draws to get a place for their kids at State-owned pre-schools, especially in Hanoi’s new urban areas, due to the severe shortage of public facilities there.

Phuc Giang School woodblocks, a UNESCO Documentary Heritage by Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific, are on show at an exhibition in Hanoi that opened on May 23.

The Danish Embassy in Vietnam and the Vietnam – Denmark Friendship Association presented awards to winners of the writing contest “Denmark in Your Eyes” in Hanoi on June 13.

Six Vietnamese non-governmental organisations set up a network for migrant workers called M.net, which aims to help migrant workers receive better social welfare services.