Concerns about severe school shortage have been raised as Hanoi is flooded with apartment building projects without new parks or schools.

Hundreds of parents have joined lucky draws to get a place for their kids at State-owned pre-schools, especially in Hanoi’s new urban areas, due to the severe shortage of public facilities there.

The Education Ministry on July 7 defended the surprising surge in the number of perfect scores in the latest national high school examination results saying they were concentrated in traditionally studious areas.

The Nam Cuong Corporation, in cooperation with the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and the Italian landscape development group EGO International, will build an astronomy park in Hanoi.

Fulbright Everest Launchpad, a free English teaching programme for 40 11th and 12th graders around the country started on Monday.

Hanoi People's Council have approved a resolution to raise tuition fees at state schools from the next school year in an attempt to improve teacher salaries.

A model of advanced schools in which students learn soft skills, English and computer skills in a modern facility has been expanded to nine more public schools after approval by the HCM City People’s Committee.