More universities in Vietnam should open programmes to foreign students as demand for study-abroad courses has increased, according to education experts. Speakers at the American Abroad Conference 2018 explain how universities in Vietnam could attract more international students At the American Abroad Conference 2018 held yesterday in HCM City, Edwina Rowell, adjunct professor of Campbellsville University in the US, said that 325,229 US students studied abroad for academic credit in the 2016-17 academic year, representing 11.1 per cent of all US college and university students, citing data from an Open Doors 2017 study. Of these, 11 per cent studied in Asia, including in Vietnam. Open Doors 2017 is a comprehensive information resource on international students and scholars studying or teaching at higher education institutions in the United States, and for US students studying abroad for academic credit at their home institutions. Vietnam is becoming a more popular destination for American students, according to Open Doors. In the 2016-2017 academic year, Vietnam welcomed 1,012 students from the US. Megan Ames, international outreach and recruitment specialist at Institute of International Education, said the number had increased from 922 in the 2014-2015 academic year. Universities should change their perceptions of studying abroad, and realise that every student expects study abroad to be an “essential part of a university education”, she said. Many countries have incentives for US students. For instance, New Zealand provides merit-based and travel awards for US students. According to the Kaya Responsible Travel and World Internships, Vietnam has great potential… [Read full story]
HA NOI — More than half a million candidates sat for entrance examinations for 125 universities nationwide yesterday. Students take a mathematics test as part of a university entrance exam yesterday at the Tran Phu School Examination Council in Da Nang City. – VNA/VNS Photo Tran Le Lam According to statistics from the Ministry of Education and Training, the number of candidates for yesterday and today has decreased 27.2 per cent compared with last year, down to 662,096 candidates from more than 900,000. Initial figures show that the number of candidates sitting for exams for technology universities amounted to 70…... [read more]
(VEN) - Information from the Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD) shows that since late April, 2010, VSD has granted codes for securities transaction to 14,026 foreign investors, including 1,276 organizations and 12,750 individuals. It is possible to see that the presence of foreign investors on the Vietnamese securities market is closely associated with the growth of this market. Prior to 2005 the Vietnamese securities market was developing slowly and the role of foreign investors on the market was not very strong. The securities index remained low for a long time taking away the trust of many investors, both domestic and…... [read more]
HA NOI - More than half a million candidates sat for entrance examinations for 125 universities nationwide this morning. According to statistics from the Ministry of Education and Training, the number of candidates for today and tomorrow has decreased 4.12 per cent compared with last year, down to 872,044 candidates from more than 900,000. Initial figures show that the number of candidates sitting for exams for technology universities amounted to 70 per cent of those who had applied. This was slightly higher than in previous years. And the rate for those who turned up for exams for provincial universities was…... [read more]
Asia have come to Vietnam to study Vietnamese language. They want to understand more about Vietnamese culture and get good jobs in the country. The number of foreign students at the Vietnam Faculty, founded in 2000, under the Ho Chi Minh City Social Sciences and Humanities University, has increased quickly. Nguyen Van Thanh, a senior official in charge of syllabus at the faculty, said that the number of students registered to sit for the entrance exams to the university was double last year’s figure. This year the faculty will enroll 50 foreign students. In addition, the university also provides Vietnamese…... [read more]
Vietnam must improve its local education system to attract more foreign students to the country. Students at FPT University in Hanoi The issue was discussed at the Europe-Vietnam higher education forum on higher education internationalisation held on November 3 in Hanoi. Deputy Director General for Department of Higher Education Tran Anh Tuan said the number of universities in Vietnam had increased from 100 universities in 1997 to 400 as of now. Vietnam is still struggling to expand university autonomy, improve training quality, quality assessment and research. "To improve the training quality, the Ministry of Education and Training have been trying…... [read more]
