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Asia academia failing to match market

Asian universities and secondary schools must better align themselves with labour market so they can ensure graduates have the skills and knowledge required by employers, says a new Asian Development Bank report, Improving Transitions: From School to University to Workplace.Detail

Vietnam to scrutinise foreign language teachers

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) will scrutinise the quality of foreign language teachers at tertiary level starting in November and build a training plan for future teachers.Detail

Banking major students fear of becoming redundant

Not only the students studying at domestic universities, but the ones graduating from foreign schools also find it difficult to get the jobs in the banking and finance sector nowadays.Detail

Vietnam 'needs higher education ministry'

Vietnam's complex higher education system needs to be better integrated in order to improve training quality, a foreign education expert has suggested.Detail

College lecturer makes pipe-cleaning Curiosity rover lookalike

A Ho Chi Minh City college lecturer has just created a car-shaped robot able to clean the inside of ships’ pipelines by remote control. Detail

City college lecturers dodge annual research requirements

College lecturers in Ho Chi Minh City are trying to evade research, however compulsory it is, as a result of funding problems and even gaps in their qualifications.Detail