The innovation in educational assessments will be a breakthrough for education renewal, said Nguyen Minh Hien, Deputy Minister of Education and Training, during an online discussion.
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| Students compare notes after finishing an English test at HCM City’s Trung Vuong High School. The reform of education assessments will mark a breakthrough for education renewal. |
Deputy Minister Hien said the innovation in education assessments will include new examination methods throughout the entire education system and new quality evaluations in provinces and training units.
He said such innovation will, in return, have effects on teaching methods.
“Changes in examination methods will result in changes in teaching and learning methods,” he said.
The current education assessments still have many shortcomings, the deputy minister added, saying that it forces students to remember knowledge, rather than practicing.
“For instance, a test given back with only the grade will not tell students what knowledge they lack and what they should improve. The goal of the renovation is that students will know what they should improve,” he said.
Regarding the new method for university entrance exams, Dinh Xuan Khoa, Head of Vinh University in central Vinh City, said such methods will be of practical benefit for both students and universities.
Under the plan being drafted by the Ministry of Education and Training, universities would themselves decide whether to organise entrance exams, or they would enroll students after considering their learning records.
“The reform method will save us from VND70 to 100 billion (up to US$4.7 million),” Khoa said.
Van Nhu Cuong, headmaster of Luong The Vinh Private High School, said such methods should have been applied earlier.
Many participants at the discussion also expressed their welcoming open tests, saying that such tests will encourage students to improve their comprehensive skills.
Regarding the issue of extra-classes, Deputy Minister Hien confirmed extra-class will still exist due to demand from students. However, he said this will not be pressure on students.
He added that open exams, along with changes in training methods, will gradually eliminate useless extra-classes.
Van Nhu Cuong said extra-classes have their own positive impacts, but useless extra-classes must be eliminated and useful ones encouraged.
He said a survey needed to be carried out to determine the demand for extra-classes and who wants them.
Once students acquired all necessary knowledge at school, they won’t have the need to have extra-classes, Cuong said.
Last month, the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee adopted a resolution on the fundamental and comprehensive reform of education and training.
The resolution covers a wide range of renovations relating to all educational activities. The key measures cover education management, developing teaching staff and renovating testing and assessment methods.
Renovation of testing and assessments is considered a breakthrough measure because it will control and change all other educational activities.
It will not be costly, but is expected to help change both teaching and learning methods for teachers and students, said Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan.
SEAMAO meeting
Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan, who is also the elected President of the South East Asia Ministers of Education Organizations (SEAMAO), yesterday met with Cambodian Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuan Naron.
As the president of SEAMAO, Minister Luan requested that Cambodia boost co-operation with the organisation, in an attempt to raise the quality of education and human resources training.
Minister Hang Chuan Naron thanked SEAMAO for helping Cambodia improve its education sector, and has gladly accepted an invitation to attend the 50th anniversary meeting of the organisation.
The two ministers also shared experiences in education management in Viet Nam and Cambodia, and discussed plans to foster mutual co-operation in education and training.
They also agreed on activities among each country’s overseas students. It was further announced that the ministries will complete content to allow for the signing of a co-operation agreement.
Source: VNS
Hanoi’s Department of Education and Training has proposed that the municipal People’s Committee suspend operations at the University of Technology and Management following violations of the education regulations.
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An official from the department, Hoang Huu Niem, confirmed on November 27 that they had made the proposal after conducting an investigation of the university.
“We found that the University of Technology and Management had not met their commitments signed with the department. They do not have the required facilities or staff so we’ve sent a proposal to the People’s Committee to halt their operations,” Niem stated.
According to Niem, government decree stipulates that People’s Committees in cities and provinces are responsible for supervising and managing the quality of training at educations institutions in their areas, while the Ministry of Education and Training will decide the fines and punishment for violating those regulations.
On November 22, the Ministry of Education and Training’s Inspection agency sent a document to the university, saying that they have received numerous complaints from students and their parents about the university and violations in the enrollment process during the 2009, 2010, 2011 school years.
The inspection agency asked the university to send them a report on the issue no later than December 5.
The deputy head of the inspection agency, Nguyen Huy Bang, said that they would strictly punish violating universities in order to ensure the rights of students and the quality of higher education in the country.
Set up in 2007, the University of Technology and Management now has nearly 300 students, but half of the student body enrolled with fake documents.
An inspection conducted of over 254 student enrollment records between 2009 and 2011 found that several students at the university did not meet entrance requirements.
Some are studying in fields different from those for which they registered. As many as 145 students have falsified documents because they actually did not take the university entrance exams.
Source: DTriNews
The Master Program of Finance, Banking and Insurance (Vietnam and Southeast Asia) is an associated training program between the International School – Vietnam National University, Hanoi and the University of Nantes, the Republic of France.
The program has been offering opportunities in career and ways to get promotions for students by equipping the most systematic, advanced and latest knowledge as well as intensive and modern skills in the fields of finance, banking and insurance.
The International School – Vietnam National University, Hanoi – one of the leading public training institutions in term of international associated training program has successfully established and developed tens of undergraduate and postgraduate training programs in English, Russian, French and Chinese.
In term of postgraduate degree, the International School has developed associated training programs at master degree with many prestigious universities all over the world. One of them that demonstrate dominant advantages is the Program of Finance, Banking and Insurance (Vietnam and Southeast Asia) associated with the University of Nantes (the Republic of France).
The program lasts for 18 months and opens at weekends. This timetable is appropriate for those who want to take in-service training with bachelor’s degree of finance, banking, insurance and some majors in economics and management. The recruitment is taken by form of direct admission and interview. After the course, the students shall be granted with the Master’s degree (M2) of Finance, Banking and Insurance (Vietnam and Southeast Asia) by the University of Nantes.
The happiness of the new Masters of Finance, Banking and Insurance in the Graduation Ceremony for Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree on June 2013.
“Our program is designed basing on the knowledge and the experience of training accumulated through years of the Institute of Economics and Management, University of Nantes in combination with the experience summarized by experts through practices in the fields of finance, banking and insurance in Vietnam and Southeast Asia area. The program will equip the students with the most systematic, advanced and latest knowledge as well as intensive and modern skills in the fields of finance, banking and insurance”, said Prof. Yves Perraudeau, the Director of the Institute of Economics and Management, University of Nantes. These blocks of knowledge include the modern theories and models in economics, financial-banking management and risk management; the traditional and derivative financial instruments employed in business and risk management; trends of development of the financial system in the region and all over the world…Also, during the program, the students can update the latest information about the legal framework, the rules and regulations to govern financial institutions together with the skills to deal with statistical data that are being applied in the country as well as in the world. In the program, the financial-banking institutions shall be considered as the enterprises in business. Therefore, the students will be provided with intensive knowledge of management (human resource management, organization management, strategies for development, marketing and trade promotion, cost management and internal control) that supports not only those working in banking sector but also for those in general management.
The program has been successfully developed in Vietnam and “exported” to Cambodia Royal University of Law and Economics. As the expression by Prof. Dr. Nguyen Trong Du, the Head of the International School “With a steady foundation of knowledge, the students are capable of taking various important positions and titles in the fields of finance, banking and insurance after graduation such as: economic analysts, professional directors, network directors, chief representatives of branches and transaction offices, supervisors, experts in evaluating credit records…On the other hand, with the knowledge and skills accumulated during the study as well as in doing graduate thesis, the students are capable of not only keep studying at doctor’s degree but also self-training and supplementing knowledge through practices. That many of our alumni are known holding important positions in the senior Board of Directors of big banks and insurance corporations is the proof for the high appreciation from recruiters for the capacity of our students”.
As Mr. Tran Anh Tuan, an alumnus from the Master Program of Finance, Banking and Insurance, now the Deputy Director General of Petrolimex Insurance Corporation has stated “I am pleased with all aspects of the Master program of the International School, from the methodical and professional way to organize the class to the content of the program, academic schedule as well as the participation of Vietnamese and foreign teachers. I cannot wait to take part in the the PhD post-graduate program of the School”.
For 7 years of teaching English in Vietnam, Ian Kitching – Head of Teacher Coordination of the British Council has made efforts to become a “Vietnamese teacher” to thoroughly understand students’ culture and attach importance to education quality.
After the first moments in Vietnam 7 years ago, Ian Kitching integrates with Vietnam’s culture, and acquires and drew valuable experiences in teaching. To help Vietnamese learners to study and develop English skills naturally, he always finds how to create a friendly relation with the learners to encourage them to study more passionately and effectively.
Ian Kitching, Head of Teacher Coordination of the British Council – Le Quy Don, BA in international relations, obtained English Certificates like TESOL, CELTYL and DELTA; and TYLEC and DELTA. He has experiences in teaching English in Belgium and Spain for 12 years and in Vietnam for 7 years.
In the British Council, Ian Kitching not only undertakes a role of a teacher of English but also makes efforts to become a teacher thoroughly understanding Vietnam’s culture. His connection to learners to establish a relation of mutual trust and respect is his work. This is a factor to help him actively support his learners to obtain results as expected. According to Ian Kitching, a teacher plays an important role in the society of Vietnam and foreign teachers must clearly understand to teach effectively.
Ian Kitching always studies Vietnam’s culture to understand learners’ psychology and help them develop better English skills.
With experiences in teaching thousands of Vietnamese learners at all ages, Ian Kitching recognizes that difficulties of Vietnamese learners in learning English are non-standard pronunciation and less vocabularies; thus, it is difficult to clearly express their opinions. A key to remedy these weaknesses is not that they must learn many single works as some people think mistakenly. The best way is to learn how to use sentences and arrange opinions logically. He always encourages learners to pronounce a complete sentient in stead of pronouncing each word – this is very useful to develop standard pronunciation and help enrich vocabularies.
Besides, Vietnamese people often obtain low mark in vocabulary tests; thus, Ian helps his learners recognize and memorize popular sentences to speak and write. These are two prerequisite skills to make basic progresses for the learners. “After many years of teaching English in Vietnam, we accumulate valuable experiences in designing the courses to meet learning purposes of the learners. For example, contents of English courses in English style are to help the learners increase opportunities study overseas or promote in work”, shared Ian Kitching.
To obtain high quality in teaching, Ian Kitching and teachers of the British Council think that a teacher not only has high qualifications through his/her diploma like CELTA, DELTA and CELTYL or TYLEC, but also thoroughly understands culture and has general knowledge about learners as well as know strengths and weaknesses of each learner to design suitable teaching methods. To obtain this, the teachers must regularly share and update knowledge about culture to understand psychology of the learners. Besides, they are attended lessons and periodically evaluate to ensure high quality in teaching. For further information on preferential programs of the British Council, please contact via (08) 3823 2862 (HCMC) and (04) 3728 1922 (Hanoi).
Learning in an international education environment from the high schools helps students train necessary skills and thoughts as well as English proficiency to adapt to the graduate program in the world.
Bilingual High School Program (BHSP) is a program of Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training and taught in English. It is applied to main subjects: American Literature, Mathematics, Science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) and Social Studies (World History and Geography). Thus, upon graduating this program, students will have a good command of English to study international education programs at higher levels.
This model helps students familiarize method of dynamic study, modern thought and develop all necessary skills such as presentation, team-work and logic thought … The program is compiled in accordance with Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training. Besides training knowledge about the world’s culture, this model ensures nature and tradition of Vietnamese culture for students.
Preeminence of this model is recognition of academic results transited between Vietnam’s program and America’s program. Students have two options to examine and obtain high school diploma of America or Vietnam; or transit to the high schools in America or other countries from grade 11 to complete the high school education and obtain the diploma in America.
Students of Vietnamese American Private School (VAPS) are awarded American high school diplomas.
This helps save time an tuition to the maximum for students who want to study overseas or study international programs in Vietnam, from high schools to the universities. At present, in Vietnam, Vietnamese American Private School is one of the school pioneering in applying bilingual education model in two form of diploma.
Attending this program in VAPS, students upon transiting to any high school in America will be admitted without re-studying or forcing to study ESL classes. In addition, upon graduation, the students will be issued with high school diploma by Texas – UTHS under University of Texas – Austin. This diploma is admitted in America’s renowned universities such as University of California Berkley, University of Southern California, University of Colorado, University of Virginia, Pennsylvania State University, University of Texas at Arlington and Texas Tech University…
At present, after being licensed by the Ministry of Education and Training, the school completed 2 first courses in this model. As a result, 100% of the students graduated America’s high schools.
100% of the students in 2 courses graduated America’s high schools. Vietnamese American Private School (VAPS) is located at 23 Road 1011, Pham The Hien, Ward 5, District 8, HCMC. Tel: 3850 7632 – Ext 0 or 40 and website: www.nammy.edu.vn
Dr. Tran Van Hien, Houston University – Clear Lake, Texas, America, Chairperson of the Consulting Council of Vietnamese American Private School/VAPS said that percent of the students graduating high schools in America is a unique achievement that I have ever seen, even students in a high school in America are difficult to obtain 100% passing the graduation examination. This is a significant success for an education establishment outside America, especially in Vietnam, where English is not a orthodox language”.
Information Festival is to introduce the transition programs to over 50 UK universities and provide attractive opportunities like 100% scholarship, support of 100% visa fee and ipad reward.
The “Information Festival” is to introduce the transition programs to over 50 UK universities such as London School of Economics, Birkbeck University of London, Exeter, City University London, Manchester, Newcastle, East Anglia, St George’s University of London, Sheffield, Liverpool, Queen’s Belfast, Queen Mary University of London, Brunel, Swansea and Westminster….
You will have a chance to win a scholarship up to 100% fees for the course in 9/2013 and 01/2014.
This event is jointly held by the British Council in coordination with 4 education organizations like INTO; Cambridge Education Group; Navitas and Kaplan International Colleges. This event is to provide information on the courses: A-levels program and undergraduate program for students in grades 10, 11 and 12; Diploma Program (equivalent to the first-year university) for students graduating grade 12 and completing the first year university program in Vietnam; Pre-Master Program for the students graduating university; and English Program for students at all levels.
Especially,
1. New undergraduate course, Art & Design major in Plymouth University without submitting works.
2. New undergraduate course of London University designed and supervised by London Economic University; studying in Birbeck University under London University.
3. MSc course in International Management (Brighton) for 3 months in America or France, Germany and Italy to obtain MSc or MBA diplomas besides UK diploma.
4. Four-term Diploma Course (equivalent to the first-year university program) in Gloucestershire University required IELTS 5.0 (completion of 4-term Diploma and transition to the second-year program in 9/2014 in Art, Design and Media, Business and Management, Accounting and Business Information Systems, Hospitality, Event and Tourism).
The seminar helps you find suitable school and course.
This event is held at Saturday, 9:30 – 11:30 on 22 June in Norfolk, Manly Room – 117 Le Thanh Ton, District 1, HCMC; and at Sunday, 9:30 – 11:30 on 23 June in Melia Hotel, Function Rooms 1 and 2 – 44B Ly Thuong Kiet, Hanoi.
Please register and contact the British Council via telephone number: (08) 3 8232 862 (ext. 2501) (HCMC) and (04) 3 728 1920 (ext. 1962) (Hanoi).
The seminar helps you find suitable school and course. Attending the Information Festival, you will be provided with consulting information by Mrs. Jacky Dyer – UK education consultant and representative of the Education Group for all levels (grade 10 to postgraduate).
You will be provided with all information; update information on transition programs; and fill in application for admission and scholarship on site. You will also obtain a scholarship up to 100% of tuition for the new-academic year course in 9/2013 and 01/2014. Support of 100% of visa fee worth VND 9.8 million is for students registering the course in 9/2013 and 01/2013 in the “Information Festival” and drawing lucky vote of ipad prize.
Attending the Fair, you will have a change to register overseas study programs from many renowned colleges and universities in UK, Australia, USA, Singapore and Switzerland…
As usual, to meet demands of learning information and overseas study plan for students, on 15-16/6, an “International Education Fair 2013” was organized by Blue Ocean and partner schools in many schools worldwide at Saturday on 15 June from 13:30 to 18:00 in Melia Hotel – 44B Ly Thuong Kiet, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi and at Sunday on 16 June from 13:30 to 18:00 in Kim Do Hotel, 133 Nguyen Hue, District 1, HCMC. Please register to attend the fair via email: [email protected] telephone number: (04) 3537.6854 (Hanoi) and (08) 3930 1824 (HCMC).
The “International education fair 2013” includes many renowned colleges and universities of UK, Australia, USA, Singapore and Switzerland … This is a change to submit documents, directly interview with the schools’ representatives in general program, English program and college, undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate programs.
Through the fair, students and their parents will have a chance to directly discuss with representatives of the international schools and receive official information on courses, tuition ad living and studying conditions as well as admission procedures and documents. Besides direct contact with the schools’ representatives, students and their parents will be provided by the consultants with comprehensive and practical information like living and studying overseas; jobs for Vietnamese students graduated overseas; scholarship program of the Government and the schools as well as procedures of student visa.
Especially, you will have a change to receive preferences and participate in the special study promotion programs organized by Blueocean Education and the schools like valuable scholarships at all education levels; receive the latest edition on overseas study information in the world; and attend lucky draw for the students submitted documents in “International Education Fair 2013” in Office of Blue Ocean Education since 27/7 (applied in office in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City).
The prize awarding program for student testing “Online Quiz” and sharing experiences in “Successful overseas study plan” takes place on 25/5 to 12/6. Two special prizes include mini ipad (a prize in Hanoi and a prize in Ho Chi Minh City); and the second and third prizes are awarded with attractive presents. Criteria of the contest are to select 40 first students having the most correct answers and the best articles.
The Program also provides a 15-hour course titled “Instructions of assays for overseas students” taught by a native teacher or a scholarship of 50% of tuition for 60-hour IELTS Intensive course of Blue Ocean ELT School for 10 students obtaining the highest results in “English testing” held from 25/5 to 12/6 (only applied in Hanoi).
You have a change to exchange and share experiences in living and studying overseas with former overseas students in Singapore, UK, Australia and USA. Please register and attend to receive attractive presents from the Fair.
For details, please contract:
Blue Ocean Education:
– No.208, Xa Dan 2, Dong Da, Hanoi (Floor 2, 3, 4 – Veba Building). Tel: (04) 353 768 54 – 3577 2945 – 3577 2946.
– No.115 – 115A Vo Van Tan, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City (Floor 3 – Minh Tinh Building). Tel: (08) 3930 1824 – 3930 1825.
– No.11 Vu Gioi, Suoi Hoa Ward, Bac Ninh City. Tel: (0241) 6252 104
Email: [email protected].
Web: www.blueocean-duhoc.com.
Students who are admitted to the world’s top universities have opportunities to attend free-of-charge training course and receive a prize worth USD 20,000.
Total value of the prizes up to VND 400 million is awarded by Yola Institute – the premier higher education consulting and preparation school – to the excellent overseas students through Young Leaders Program, including domestic and overseas excellent students admitted to the world’s top universities.
The Program is to encourage the overseas students and create conditions to improve knowledge and skills of leadership and develop necessary social network to make contributions to the community.
Then, each student winning a prize will receive an amount of USD 1,000 – 2,000; support of Yola during overseas study; training and vocational orientation.
Deadline for submitting documents is on 22 May. The students participating in the Program this year must obtain excellent academic achievements and be admitted to the world’s top universities of USA or UK in 2013-2014. The students must show thinking and creative capacity and leadership skills through an essay and self-introduction video.
Yola 100 is a prize to help Vietnamese overseas students to connect and succeed.
The board of examiners include former excellent overseas students who succeed in different fields in Vietnam and USA, those are Van Dinh Hong Vu, MA in business administration and MA in education of Stanford University, strategic administration consultant of Booz&Company Group and founder of VietSeed organization; Nguyen Huong Thao, Doctorial candidate of Massachusetts- MIT Technology Academy and Nguyen Chi Hieu, Dr in Economics of Stanford University, HR director of Yola Institute.
Yola 100 prize is established by Yola Foundation, a social organization of Yola Institute with a mission to develop talents and expand education opportunities for Vietnamese students.
For details, please access to website:www.yola.vn.
Mr. Pham Anh Khoa, Managing Director of Yola Institute and Director of Yola Foundation, former student of Bates University (USA) said that this prize was a project prepared for a long time. Through his experiences in overseas study and training and consultancy for over 5,000 Vietnamese students to pursue overseas study dreams, he found that besides excellent academic achievements, the students must have a chance to connect with the preceding generations and conditions to contact challenging working environment and train leadership skills to succeed in international and domestic environment.
Founded in 2009, Yola Institute has 5 education establishments and over 100 teachers to train thousands of students from 300 high schools nationwide. Yola’s students are admitted to over 100 top universities in USA, Australia and UK.
The Ministry of Education and Training requires the education officers to not absolutely introduce, diffuse and mobilize purchase or issuance of reference books to students and their parents in any form.
The Ministry of Education and Training delivered the Departments of Education and Training official dispatch guiding use of the reference books in replacement with the official dispatch in 2008 with backward problems. As stipulated, the text books are main materials for students to study and for teachers to use during teaching and examination. The teachers must base on standard knowledge and skills and determine focuses of the lessons to design the lesson plans in conformity with the students’ acquisition.
Education officers must not absolutely introduce and issue the reference books. Photo: Tien Dung
Besides, the teachers may use the reference books to support design of the lesson plan and self-enhance professional levels … and the students may use the reference books to expand and enhance knowledge. During use, in case of discrepancy between the reference books and the textbooks, the textbook will be the basis for teaching and studying.
“Organizations and individuals of the Departments and Offices of Education and Training must not obsolutely introduce, diffuse and mobilize purchase or issuance of reference books to students and their parents in any form.”, guided Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Vinh Hien.
The Ministry of Education and Training provided that leaders of the education establishments must take responsibility for list of the reference books circulated in their establishments.
In recent time, many parents have expressed dissatisfaction upon detecting many reference books with printed China’s flag and the Chinese (broken) U-shaped line… The Ministry of Education and Training requires withdrawing these books and assigns the publishing house to resolve and recommends that the publishing houses only ensuring sufficient conditions issue the reference books.
Teacher Vo Trong Phuc appeared in Vietnam’s Got Talent 2011. Trong Phuc has a handsome face and strange and rare singing voice …
Vo Trong Phuc is a teacher of English of Elite International English School.
Teacher Phan Hong Anh – Second Winner of Imiss Thang Long 2010 – graduated from the high-quality class – Math – Informatics Faculty – Hanoi Univeristy of Pedagogy in May 2012.
She was born in 1991 and has become a center of attention in the Creative Festival of Hanoi – Amsterdam School.
Hotgirl Holly Ha, real name of Thu Ha, is a beautiful and talent girl in a role as a trainer of artistic gymnastics.
Holly Ha is a familiar face in the referee board of the artistic gymnastics competitions. It is regrettable for the golden girl of Vietnam’s artistic gymnastics who left her career because achievements Holly Ha obtained are admired.
Le Thi Le Vy is an impressive girl in The Voice. Le Vy likes children very much. At present, she is a teacher of music in the Primary School No.2, Phu Bai, Huong Thuy Town, Thua Thien Hue Province.
Le Vy was one of the singers who overcame “Hidden face” round in The Voice 2012.
With his bass and emotional voice, MC Le Anh is loved by millions of the TV viewers.
Hoang Anh Duy is a lecturer of Hanoi Foreign Trade University. He won the first prize of “Television MC 2009. He studied abroad for Master course.
Anh Duy was a student of Business Management Faculty, Hanoi Foreign Trade University. He is a potential lecturer of this famous school. He likes arts and feels natural association with a role as MC.
TPO – A group of American overseas students in Vietnam attended a funny and cozy Halloween Party together with their friends at the dormitory for international students – A2 Ta Quang Buu, Hanoi.
In spite of no conditions to organize the Party like in America, the overseas students spent an interesting Halloween night together with Vietnamese friends.
15 American overseas students are studying in semester 2 of the third year. These students may select other Asian countries. 15 students of Hobart William Smith and Union College (headquartered in New York), through introduction of the professor and other students, love Vietnam and choose Vietnam to study.
They are students of Socialism, Politics, Mathematics – Agriculture, Public Policy and Information Technology …
On the evening of 31 October, together with young people in Vietnam and all over the world, this student group organized an American Halloween night.
Vietnamese children were happy to welcome Halloween Festival together with the overseas students.
To prepare the festival night, they bought apples and pumpkins. Apples were used to play bobbing for apples (putting apples in the water tub or basin) and pumpkins were used to carve pumpkin (carve smile face and cruel ghost … subject to intentions of the carver)
“Bobbing for apples” game is to use mouth to put apples in the water tub or basis faster.
First, all people gathered and invited children to play games. The children also made up and worn costumes of characters they wanted. A member said that on the Halloween day, in America, the children would go “Trick or Treat ’’ – ask for candies of the neighbor houses.
And here the children traveled from room to room of American students. The American students prepared candies and agars … and waited for the children in their rooms. Upon the children knocked at the doors, the room owner opened the door, the children asked for treats with the question ‘Trick or Treat’ and the room owner delivered candies to the children. Then, they traveled another room and do similarly.
Try on “Witch”
Horrible make-up
The second game was ‘Bobbing for apples’ – use mouth to put apples in the water tub or basis faster. This game challenged your skill.
The third game was ‘Carving pumpkins’. This game is rather traditional in America. They often carve pumpkins before several days of Halloween Festival. Here the students had four pumpkins and divided into four groups to carve pumpkins. Upon completion, they placed candles inside the carved pumpkins to see faces of the pumpkins.
Influence of young teachers such as Khac Hieu, Anh Duy or Hong Anh … gets out of the walls of the schools and admired by students in Vietnam.
Psychological teacher Nguyen Hoang Khac Hieu
Mr. Khac Hieu is famous for “problem-solving” clips shared on the forums by the young people. In these clips, he gave students instructions for fighting against robbers, escaping from danger by sexual harassments and responding to black clips …
A strength of the clips supplied by him and student team is highly educational but not dry. Each clip obtains hundreds of thousand visitors on Youtube. And among the teachers named in this list, Mr. Hieu has the largest number of fan page members on Facebook (129,000 people).
Nguyen Hoang Khac Hieu is a lecturer of the Educational Psychology Faculty, Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy. He is a postgraduate of psychology doctorial course in Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. Besides, he is a psychologic consultant on telephone exchange.
During studying and working, MA. Khac Hieu was awarded “Young psychologic talent” of Vietnam Education Psychological Science Society in 2006 and prized “Scientific research” of the Ministry of Education and Training in 2006.
“Beauty queen” Phan Hong Anh
Phan Hong Anh is well known after an extra-curricular event of Ams School in August. In this event, Hong Anh plays a role as a member of the jury.
At that time, this young teacher was rather new to most of the students. Young people admire her and bravely ask for taking photos with Hong Anh and upload on the Internet. For nearly a day, after network community knew Hong Anh, her “secret file” was disclosed.
Hong Anh was a second winner in Hanoi Elegant Beauty contest – Imiss Thang Long 2010. She came first of Math Faculty in the university entrance examination and graduated excellent grade.
“Hot boy” Lai Minh Tien
With handsome face as actors, Math teacher Lai Minh Tien makes many schoolgirls “love”. He is known by the network community through a social web page of Luong The Vinh High School. His photo together with his students is uploaded on this page with “wing” praises.
Mr. Minh has a nickname Minh “cute” by his young face. But, his achievements are not “young”. He is a MA. And studying Doctorial Course.
During working, Mr. Minh has guided students to take the 20th National Olympic Math test. He shares that he will continue to guide young Math teams in future if he has opportunities.
Teacher – M.C Hoang Anh Duy
Like Mr. Minh, a young lecturer Hoang Anh Duy is also a MC. At present, he is a MC of “Ring the Golden Bell” show, a favorite game show of the students.
After becoming a lecturer of Hanoi Foreign Trade University, Anh Duy won “Golden Swallow” prize of “Television MC 2009” contest. He had many opportunities to develop MC Field, but he did not give up his job as a teacher. He has cleverly combined teaching and MC work.
Mrs. Dung – History teacher of Phan Dinh Phung High School (Hanoi)
Her fan page is not imposing in quantity but like a common house of students in Phan Dinh Phung School. Her students call her “idol” and feel pleased with her humorous teaching method.
Mrs. Dung often has “immortal words” and inserts life lessons in the history class to help students understand easier. She is not strict but often raises thorny questions. The most impressive thing is that no student hesitates to study History with Mrs. Dung, a theoretical and unattractive subject.
Although she is loved by her students, she does not understand why she is “well-known for no reason at all”.
“Best Physics teacher” – Duong Van Can
In spite of being not young like the above teachers, the unique personality of Mr. Can helps him have a large number of the fans. He created poems to insert into dry Physics lessons and his students are interested in it. He thinks and desires that his students are the happiest and apply Physics into the life but is not stuff his students’ head and write on exam papers and forget after examinations”.
Thus, his lessons in the preparatory center for university entrance examination is paid attention to and noted carefully by the students. Later, his students set a fan page for Mr. Can and uploaded good Physics poems created by Mr. Can. Even, his students offered him a cup printed “Best Physics teacher”.
Mr. Tran Tho was trusted and nominated by Da Nang People’s Council and elected by 47 out of 48 members (one absented with reason). The meeting also dismissed the Chairman Nguyen Ba Thanh because of being assigned to hold the position of Head of Central Committee of Internal Affairs in Hanoi by the Politburo.
Mr. Tran Tho, in charge of Da Nang Committee of the Party, won in the election of Chairman of Da Nang People’s Council. Image: Nguyen Dong
Speaking after being elected, Mr. Tran Tho said he would try his best to complete the tasks. Recognizing the difficult challenges in the terms of socio-economy in 2012 significantly affecting that in 2013 and surely lasting for the following years, he called: “Each of us has to further promote the comprehensive strengths, concentrating, striving, and thinking correctly and working more and more, striving to maintain a stable Da Nang, continuing the sustainable development.”
The new Chairman of City People’s Council suggested the delegates to ceaselessly listen carefully, immediately reflecting the reasonable, legal and proper and recommendations of the people, enhancing the supervisory liability, implementing resolutions of the People’s Council to improve the living standards of the people.
Holding office as the Chairman of Da Nang People’s Council since 2004, Mr. Nguyen Ba Thanh asserted he had strived at best in favor of that position and was very touched as saying goodbye while there were a lot of unfinished duties. He also expressed his gratitude to the People’s Council members, teams of officials and the citizens who always supported him on his service, expected the people to ignore his omissions and concurrently sent the message to the city leadership to at any time unite and build the trust within the people.
Head of Central Committee of Internal Affairs also wished Da Nang to continue the administrative reform, improving the responsibility in serving the people, re-distributing the population, focusing on the clearance and compensation and arranging the apartments for civil servants and the poor, resolutely rubbing out the image that the poor had to commonly pay to have the house.
“My duties are today finished but my responsibility still lasts. I contribute my general ideas however you must take responsibility for your decisions. Building Da Nang as today, we are not entitled to satisfy that there are many works to do. I believe that the city will further develop provided that all of you must be in the same mind, and as doing, it must be conclusively,” Mr. Thanh said and showed to continuously hold the office of Chairman of the National Assembly delegation, Chairman of the unfortunate children of the City.
Head of Central Committee of Internal Affairs also expressed that there were many Department leaders signed with relief in the meetings when he was not be Chairman of the People’s Council because they would not be questioned or blamed. “I request Mr. Tran Tho to continue this spirit. Not discipline or punish someone that to be responsible with the people,” Mr. Thanh stressed.
In respect of the position of the Party Committee Secretary, Mr. Thanh revealed: “It is likely Mr. Tran Van Minh (former Chairman of Da Nang People’s Committee) will hold the position of the Party Committee Secretary, or the Politburo will appoint the Central party member to hold this position.”
Nguyen Dong
9 out of 10 universities in this list are from the U.S., led by Harvard University and followed by such universities as Pennsylvania, Stanford, New York and Columbia.
Wealth-X has just released the ranking table of universities producing the most billionaires in the world. The number of graduate billionaires, total value of assets and typical former students are enclosed with every university.
In the top 10, all mostly are private schools and located in the U.S. According to David Friedman, Chairman of Wealth-X, this list is “only to re-affirm what we predicted, the problem is not only to know which school but also who has studied there.”
1. Harvard
Nation: United State
Number of billionaires graduated: 52
Total assets: USD 205 billion
Typical billionaires: New York Mayor – Michael Bloomberg, founder of Citadel Investment Fund – Kenneth Griffin and petroleum tycoon – David Rockefeller. Two other famous billionaires – Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg are not considered because of discontinuing their studies for business starting.
2. Pennsylvania
Nation: United State
Number of billionaires graduated: 28
Total assets: USD 112 billion
Typical billionaires: Billionaire in real estate – Mortimer Zuckerman, Daniel Och of Och-Ziff investment fund and financial expert Michael Milken.
3. Stanford
Nation: United State
Number of billionaires graduated: 27
Total assets: USD 76 billion
Typical billionaires: Co-founder Jerry Yang of Yahoo, two founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google, founder Philip Knight of Nike.
4. New York
Nation: United State
Number of billionaires graduated: 17
Total assets: USD 68 billion
Typical billionaires: co-founder Home Depot Kenneth Langone, two managers of Millennium hedge fund- Israel Englander and John Paulson.
5. Columbia
Nation: United State
Number of billionaires graduated: 15
Total assets: USD 96 billion
Typical billionaires: Investment billionaire Warren Buffett, co-founder and CEO of KKR investment fund – Henry Kravis and Chairman and CEO of Kraft – Robert Kraft Group.
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nation: United State
Number of billionaires graduated: 15
Total assets: USD 114 billion
Typical billionaires: Brothers Charles and David Koch of Koch Industries group, co-founder Irwin Jacobs of Qualcomm.
7. Cornell
Nation: United State
Number of billionaires graduated: 14
Total assets: USD 35 billion
Typical billionaires: Founder of PeopleSoft – David Duffield and five members of family SC Johnson & Son.
8. South California
Nation: United State
Number of billionaires graduated: 14
Total assets: USD 32 billion
This university, in addition to the training of many famous artists and athletes, also produces such billionaires as Bradley Hughes of Public Storage and Scott Cook of Intuit.
9. Yale
Nation: United State
Number of billionaires graduated: 13
Total assets: USD 77 billion
Typical billionaires: Forrest Mars Jr. and John Mars from Mars food, Cargill MacMillan Jr. and Whitney MacMillan of Cargill group, co-founder Blackstone – Stephen Schwarzman.
10. Cambridge
Nation: English
Number of billionaires graduated: 11
Total assets: USD 48 billion
Typical billionaires: Founder of Soho Real estate Group (China), Zhang Xin and Hong Kong billionair in real estate, Raymond Kwok.
Thuy Linh (theo CNBC)
Foreign investors’ net purchase value has reached $200 million so far this year, according to the HCM City Stock Exchange. The figure is really very small if compared with the golden age of the Vietnamese stock market in 2006-2007. However, it is very encouraging if noting that the stock prices are at the lowest levels in the history of the stock market.
Don Lam, CEO of VinaCapital fund management company, told the press many times that the funds being managed by the company have $250 million in cash and that they are expecting the best opportunities to make disbursement.
Meanwhile, Andy Ho, Investment Director of VinaCapital last week said the right time to come back for disbursement nears. Of the close end funds present in Vietnam for the last five years, the funds of VinaCapital are the only institutions which still have so much money.
Foreign investors seemingly have regained their optimism after witnessing the prices of VN-30 shares (the shares with the highest capitalization value in the market) standing firmly high after reaching their peaks in mid-May, or increasing by 30-70 percent from the deepest low last December.
The prices of bluechips have been firmly high thanks to the reported good business results of the leading companies such as Vinamilk, Hau Giang Pharmacy, FPT, REE or Hoa Phat Group.
Kevin Snowball from PXP Vietnam believes that investors are now in the early stage of the bull market. The growth rate of the net asset of PXP Vietnam has been higher than the VN Index increase thanks to Vinamilk shares, dominating its investment portfolio. Meanwhile, Vinamilk, the leading dairy producer, has been growing strongly so far.
Prior to that, Dragon Capital, a fund management company, released a report, noting that it is now the right time to buy shares of potential real estate firms. Just three months after the report was released, the stock market witnessed the recovery of the shares.
The foreign investors’ optimism explained the establishment of a new open end fund managed by Asia Frontier Capital. The fund with the investment capital of $50 million would target Vietnamese listed companies.
The big significance of the fund does not lie in the number of investment capital, but in the time it is established. It is the only investment fund specializing in making investments in Vietnam set up over the last seven years. The move, in the eyes of analysts, shows that investors now expect the market prosperity and they have got ready for the disbursement.
All that is happening in the market can clearly show the readiness of the foreign portfolio investment capital. The Securities Depository Center reportedly has granted securities transaction codes to 16,677 foreign investors, including 2,243 institutional investors.
Dinh Quang Hoan, Deputy General Director of Ban Viet Securities Company, has confirmed that some big foreign funds have opened their accounts at Ban Viet. This means that they believe the time to make disbursement is nearing.
Thanh Mai
