The Ministry of Education and Training has ordered all schools and education centres to stop charging parents additional fees under a newly issued document from Deputy Minister Nguyen Vinh Hien.

The Ministry of Education and Training and the Student Association held a ceremony yesterday to honor all students who won awards at the 2011 International Olympiad and also those students receiving the highest marks in university entrance examinations in Hanoi.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has announced the plan to set up more universities (4-5 year training) and junior colleges (3-year training). Meanwhile, schools are seriously lacking lecturers. The school network programming seems to deviate from the direction.

The Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training has ordered many private universities to stop offering financial incentives to lure applicants in its recent dispatch to the schools.