Hanoi has the largest education network in the country, with 2,913 schools, 2.3 million students, and nearly 130,000 teachers

The success is a testament to the strength and determination of Hanoi's students in international competition.

The What A Wonderful World art competition aims to inspire local artists to express their passion and further their careers.

After its debut in 1970, the autobiography Toi Di Hoc (I Went to School) by disabled teacher Nguyen Ngoc Ky is being republished by First News and will be displayed at the 2014 Book Festival in HCM City on Monday.

The first two PTE Academic testing centres are due to start operations in Hanoi and HCM City in mid-March.

The Book Day will be organised throughout the country on April 21 to encourage reading among the people and increase awareness about the importance and significance of reading books

Truong Thi Ut from Binh Chanh District faced a dreadful dilemma. Should she give birth to her six-months old, unborn son if he had a cleft lip, as ultra sound images revealed?

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on March 17 approved the establishment of the Vietnam-Japan College under the Vietnam National University in Hanoi.

The Nguyen Van Huong Scholarship Management Board will be awarding 100 scholarships to medical students at Pham Ngoc Thach Medicine University and the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City.

A bilingual English-Vietnamese book on the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, comprising 400 photos and notes taken by the photographer Hoang Chi Hung, has been launched in HCM City.

E-learning, with its high usability and interaction level, has become more and more popular in Vietnam. The market is expected to witness a boom once more big e-learning app developers jump into it.

​The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has vowed to produce 20,000 PhDs more by 2020. To reach that number, Vietnam will have to handle a gigantic workload.

Deputy chairman of HCM City People`s Committee Hua Ngoc Thuan has urged the relevant bodies to bolster efforts towards gender quality.

Over 300 delegates from around the globe gathered in Hue city for a March 15-16 dialogue addressing global standards for education reform.

A project approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will see upgrades to more than 70 traditional medicine hospitals across the country, from now until 2020.

Representatives of Germany’s labour companies made the offer at a reception in Hanoi on March 12 given by vice chairwoman of the Municipal People’s Committee.

As many as 26 world-famous book producers, including Cambridge and Oxford, are expected to join local publishing houses in Ho Chi Minh City’s eighth biennial book festival on March 24-30.

Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Health Hoang Duc Hanh on March 11 said the capital is keeping human diseases under control.

Ho Chi Minh City has provided assistance worth 30 billion VND (1.4 million USD) to the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien to help the locality hasten the construction of a general hospital in Muong Ang district, which has halted due to a shortage of funds.

​Up to 94 percent of people receiving eye check-ups are unaware of the effects of glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness, heard a meeting held in Hanoi on March 11 to mark the World Glaucoma Week.

The 8th Book-Culture and Development Fair will be held at Le Van Tam Cultural Park in District 1, HCMC from March 24-30.

The Ministry of Health`s Food Safety Department announced that inspections had not detected unsafe mushrooms.

The Russian Cultural Centre (RCC) in Vietnam on March 10 launched the ‘Russian Universities’ project, part of activities to realise the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.