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A young girl in northern Vietnam. Ethnic minorities account for 13 percent of Vietnam's population, but 44.4 percent of the country's poor. © Alisa Tang/IRIN. For more than a decade, Nguyen Thi Quyen’s ethnic minority students in Lao Chai village primary school would stare at her blankly, unable to respond to her...

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NGO Loreto officer Stephanie Nicole Giles poses for a photo with the kids after giving them packs of gift at Vo Van Thoi Primary School in Hoc Mon District on Sept 7 The Loreto Vietnam-Australia Program (LVAP) donated notebooks and pens to over 1,600 kids at seven primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday and Thursday...

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A primary school student has broken her collar bone because her book bag was too heavy.  VietNamNet Bridge – A primary school student has broken her collar bone because her book bag was too heavy.  This news has  concerns among parents, who believe that their children must bear schoolbags that are too heavy.   Heavy...

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Only on September 16 did primary schools receive word from the HCM City Education and Training Department requesting schools to prepare for universal English teaching program. VnnNews – Only on September 16 did primary schools receive word from the HCM City Education and Training Department requesting schools to prepare for universal...

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MOET decided that the program on teaching English at the primary level will be carried out on a trial basis rather than a massive scale, during the 2010-2011 school year VnnNews – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) decided that the program on teaching English at the primary level will be carried out on a trial basis rather...

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VnnNews – The number of excellent students at many primary schools in the 2009-2010 school year was surprisingly high VnnNews – The number of excellent students at many primary schools in the 2009-2010 school year was surprisingly high, a result blamed on the new system to appraise students.   Art subjects necessary for schools? School...

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With simple English songs and chants, Huynh Thi To Anh, an English teacher at the Trieu Thi Trinh Primary School in District 10, is able to control her class . . . Fifth grade students of Trieu Thi Trinh Primary School sing along with their English teacher. Singing English songs is part of new teaching techniques that get students more interested...

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VnnNews – Hanoi has decided that teachers must not assign homework to day students. Yet other parents insist that homework is necessary. The parent of the student of Nguyen Du School stated said that her child usually finished doing homework at 11 pm, leaving the child no time to relax or to “just be a kid.” According...

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Second-grade student Nguyen Anh Tuan began learning English eight times a week when he started school a year ago, but his mother feared it would be too difficult or tiring. Students at Long Say English Centre in HCM City. More activities are being introduced to make learning English more fun for students.However, Tuan who studies at District...

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VietNamNet Bridge – Many schools in HCM City do not have playgrounds for their students. In the last several years, no matter rain or shine, the security guard of Huynh Man Dat Primary School in HCM City has had to stand unsheltered in the open air to watch over students running on the pavement.  The school lacks playground facilities...

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