Fairs spotlight higher education in US

A US Higher Education Fair will take place this Autumn in Ho Chi Minh
City on October 11 and Hanoi two days later, reports the Institute
of International Education (IIE).

This will be the
second US higher education exhibition the IIE has organised in
Vietnam since the beginning of this year.

The HCM
City fair will see 89 prestigious US colleges and universities
taking part, while 43 schools will be present at the Hanoi event,
which covers a wide range of fields such as business administration,
finance, science and technology.

The fairs will
provide domestic students with a great chance to learn about the
opportunities for higher education in the US from official, reliable
and legitimate sources.

They will also enable
students to meet official representatives to inquire into application
procedures, entrance exams and scholarships.

Vietnam is one of the 10 nations to have the largest number of
students studying in the US , with 12,823 currently enrolled./.

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National film making contest for students closes

An awarding ceremony for the national film making contest for
Vietnamese students was held in Hanoi on October 2, as part of
activities to mark the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

The event was jointly held by the Ministry of Education and Training,
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Japanese embassy in Vietnam.

The first prize belonged to students from Tay Son
junior secondary school in Hai Chau district in the central city of Da
Nang with the film “Buoi hoc cua Thuy” (Thuy’s class day).

This group along with other groups, which won the second and third
prizes, will be invited to Japan to join the International Film Making
Competition for Asian children, scheduled to open on December 4 in
Ibushiki city, Kagoshima prefecture.

The national
contest received 36 three-minute films by junior and senior school
students from 36 cities and provinces nationwide, of which 15 films were
made by students from Hanoi.

Initiated by
Japan-Vietnam Special Ambassador Sugi Ryotaro in 2007, the event aims to
nurture young people’s dreams and ambitions, encouraging them to strive
harder for the better future./.

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VN, Cambodia ink education cooperation deal

The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training and the Cambodian
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on August 31 signed a
cooperation agreement for this year.

Under the agreement that was inked in Hanoi, Vietnam will receive 130
Cambodian students for graduate and postgraduate courses, internship,
research and short-term refresher courses on science, technology,
Vietnamese language and other fields.

Vietnam is also willing
to receive Cambodian students who wish to study in Vietnam with
their own money or with funding from international organisations and the
Cambodian government.

For its part, Cambodia will accept 10
Vietnamese students for study at its universities and 20 officials to
learn Khmer language in two years.

The two countries will send
their working teams to one another to review the cooperation and examine
their students’ study outcomes.

The countries will support
cooperation in scientific and educational research between Phnom Penh
and Ho Chi Minh City as well as between provinces sharing the border
and encourage the exchange of educational materials, magazines and
reviews./.

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State President hosts reception for excellent students

One hundred and twenty-five winners of “Hoa Trang Nguyen” prize, which
honours students with outstanding study records, become special guests
of State President Nguyen Minh Triet in Hanoi on August 22.

They included winners of international Olympiads, excellent students of
national contests, and those who topped entrance exams to universities
and colleges nationwide.

President Triet showed his delight with
the excellent records these special guests have obtained and praised
them for overcoming difficulties they met in life to bring fame to their
families and the nation as well.

On the occasion, he expressed
thanks to teachers and educators for making valuable contributions to
training talents for the nation.

Dinh Minh Anh, who won a gold
medal at the International Physics Olympiad, Nguyen Thi Linh Chi, who
bagged the top prize at the national literature competition and Tang Van
Binh, who topped the entrance exam to the Hanoi Foreign Trade
University, vowed, on behalf of others, to become useful citizens to the
country.

These students received their prizes earlier the same
day at a ceremony co-organised by the Party Central Committee’s
Education and Information Commission and the Tan Tao Group./.

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