The article discusses how Vietnamese citizens Ton Nu Thi Ninh and Dang Thi Hoang Yen have worked to support the creation of private universities in Vietnam. The author discusses the perception of private education in Vietnam.
Speaking at a meeting to seek ways to save private universities, held with representatives from the Vietnam Private Universities Association (VIPUA) on March 5, the deputy minister said a number of universities would have to merge to improve their operations and meet enrollment quotas.
Wearing a dark-blue polyester suit, shiny black shoes, a stiff white shirt, and a humorless expression, Le Cong Co looks like the quintessential Vietnamese bureaucrat.
Charismatic as well as politically astute, Ton Nu Thi Ninh is a patient woman — up to a point. As a high-ranking member of Vietnam's Communist Party, and regarded as the most powerful woman in...
Under the 2005 Education Law, Vietnam does not have “people-founded schools.” Therefore, the schools, established before the time the law took effects, will have to follow the procedures to shift into private run schools.