NDO – Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) officially opened its 2019 academic year on October 5, with the attendance of Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue. 

NDO/VNA – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on educational cooperation between the governments of Vietnam and the United Kingdom was signed in Hanoi on October 3 by Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha and Ed Vaizey, Trade Envoy of the UK Prime Minister. 

NDO/VNA – The Embassy of Sweden and the Plan International Vietnam organised a programme in Hanoi on October 3 to celebrate the International Day of the Girl (October 11). 

NDO – The Vietnam English Championship (VEC) 2019 was introduced on September 27, making it the first English contest for students nationwide that features Industry 4.0 technology. 

NDO – Experts and lawmakers gathered at a meeting held at the Government Headquarters on September 25 to discuss the plan for organising and recognising the results of high school graduation and university and college admission exams after 2020. 

NDO – Five Vietnamese contestants won prizes at the Putra International Piano Competition 2019, which took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from September 20 to 22. 

NDO/VNA – The final round of the United Association of Vietnamese Students (UAVS) Start-up Challenge took place in Sydney on September 21. 

NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a gathering in Hanoi on September 22 marking the 70th anniversary of the Vietnam military school. 

NDO –Vinh University located in Vinh city, the central province of Nghe An held a grand ceremony on September 21 to celebrate its 60th anniversary and receive the first-class Labour Order.  

NDO - Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha chaired the meeting on September 17 with representatives from UNESCO Institute of Educational Strategies and UNICEF's Education Program in Vietnam and members of the Editorial Team of the National Education Development Strategic Plan 2011-2030, with a vision to 2045. 

NDO – Tran The Trung, a 12 grader from Phan Boi Chau High School for Gifted Students in the central province of Nghe An, overcome three other contestants at the final round of the Olympia competition 2019 to become the champion of the 19th Olympia competition. 

NDO – Politburo member and Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh presented scholarships to 500 Cham ethnic students who are living in difficult circumstances in Ho Chi Minh City at a ceremony held in the city on September 14. 

NDO – On September 11, a Vietnamese language class for Vietnamese children in Kiev city, Ukraine, organised an opening ceremony of the new school year 2019-2020. 

NDO - The Vietnam National University - Hanoi, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, and the Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City have recently been named in the Times Higher Education (THE)’s World University Rankings.