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Sudden increases in university school fees have brought challenges to both parents and students.

Vietnamese and Lao authorities and businesses exchanged information about investment policies in Hanoi and Vientiane, and sought cooperation opportunities at an investment, trade and tourism conference on August 10.

After the results of the national high school graduation exam were released, retail stores recorded an increase in the purchasing power for laptops.

Vu Thi Bich Ngoc, wife of the Vietnamese Foreign Minister, and spouses of the Vietnamese Ambassador and diplomats to Cambodia on August 2, visited and presented gifts to students of the Khmer-Vietnam friendship primary school in Prey Veng province.

Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien on July 28 visited and presented gifts to Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual school in Vientiane, during his official visit to Laos.

As many as 53 students from Vietnamese universities are joining the 20th ASEAN University Games, which kicked off in Ubon Ratchathani province, Thailand, on July 26.

Children nowadays are encouraged by their parents to participate in extracurricular summer classes rather than math, physics or chemistry.

All the six Vietnamese high-school students competing at the 2022 International Mathematical Olympiad have secured medals, with two golds, two silvers, and two bronzes.

The Ministry of Education and Training has issued a plan of teaching history as a compulsory subject in the general education programme, with 52 lessons each year in the senior high school curriculum.

Nearly one million students nationwide sat the last test of this year’s national high school graduation exam on July 8, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) announced at a press conference on the same day.

Over 50 works by modern Vietnamese masters from the early generation of Indochina School of Fine Arts will be showcased at Sotheby’s first exhibition in Vietnam entitled “Timeless Souls: Beyond the Voyage” – Hồn Xưa Bến Lạ.

The 2022 national high school graduation examination started on July 7 morning with literature being the first subject to be sit for.

Representatives of the Lao and Vietnamese governments have officially handed over Laos - Vietnam Friendship Secondary School to the administration of Lamam district in southern Xekong province of Laos, according to the Vientiane Times.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just issued a directive on strengthening the prevention of school violence and bullying while seeking strict punishment for any breaches.

In cases candidates for the high school graduation exam are COVID-19-positive and have certificates for their health condition, they can be exceptionally approved for graduation, according to regulations issued by the Ministry of Education and Training.

National Archives Centre No. 3 received a photo album on industries in Vietnam in the early years of the 20th century from a Vietnamese-French ethnologist on June 1.

The information that history would be an optional subject in the senior high school curriculum as from 2022 has drawn special public concern.

The National Assembly (NA)'s Committee for Culture and Education has submitted to the NA Standing Committee a report affirming that many voters, experts, scientists and teachers disagreed with a plan to make history a selective subject in senior high school curriculum.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 30 sent messages of sympathies to US President Joe Biden over the recent mass shooting in Uvalde city in Texas state.

The new senior high school curriculum still ensures the role of history education, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Huu Do said, referring to the ministry’s decision to make history an optional subject in the national senior high school curriculum that will take effect from the next academic year.