VOV.VN - Vietnamese proficiency of the English language has dropped this year, falling five places to 63rd, the lowest position over the past three years.

Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung, and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan provided insights into their respective sectors and addressed pressing concerns raised by lawmakers at the 15th National Assembly’s eighth session in Hanoi on November 4.

In Vietnam, social media influence and insufficient sexual education have contributed to an alarming increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among adolescents.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh outlined major orientations to develop Vietnam’s education-training system on par with developed countries in the world, at a meeting of the National Committee for Education and Training Innovation in Hanoi on November 2.

The Foreign Trade University (FTU) organised the seventh Forum on Internationalisation in Higher Education (FIHE7) in Hanoi on November 1.

VOV.VN - Leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City administration on November 1 hosted a reception for Tim Paolini, director of Google for Education project in Asia - Pacific and the Middle East region, to discuss the orientations for achieving cooperation in digital transformation in the education sector.

Party General Secretary To Lam on October 29 urged the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education to keep innovating in popularising the Party and the State’s policies and laws to the public.

VOV.VN - The National Economics University (NEU) and its 15 training programmes received a certificate from Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA)on October 24 for meeting its educational institution quality standards.

The Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV), Vietnam’s first non-governmental organisation focused on wildlife conservation, organised a press conference on October 22 to review its efforts over the past two decades to end bear farming for bile in the country.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the European Union are examining education cooperation opportunities for Erasmus +, a leading EU program for education, training, youth, and sports, in Hanoi on October 22-23.