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When the organisation board of the 19th Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) announced the names of the contestants receiving special prizes, Trần Đức Huy stepped up to receive the award. Huy, a student of the physics specialised class of the Hanoi-Amsterdam Gifted High School, received the award for the best contestant of the host country.  Special prize: Trần Đức Huy (centre) was awarded with a gold medal presented by Asian Physics Olympiad President Leong Chuan Kwek (second from left). This is the first time he competed in the international contest. Photo moet.gov.vn Just minutes before, Huy, who participated in APhO for the first time, was awarded a gold medal for his excellent performance in the contest. “I was overwhelmed with surprise and happiness on receiving the awards. They became particularly meaningful to me when the contest was organised right in Hanoi” he says. Huy says, on his journey to win the gold medal, he made a … [Read more...] about School student lives his passion for physics

"In South Korea, I can only look for jobs without much prestige, like a photocopy guy. So I decided to come to Vietnam and gain some work experience," Choi Chang-min, a 31-year-old South Korean man, told VnExpress. Choi has two bachelor’s degrees in international trade and finance and currently works as an executive assistant for a Korean company producing fashion garments for export in the northern province of Hung Yen, 54 km south of Hanoi. His main task is to make production plans and manage inventory. Choi is among 400 South Koreans who’ve moved to Vietnam to work under a program called K-Move, launched by the South Korean government to connect young Koreans to "quality jobs" in 70 countries. K-Move found overseas jobs for 5,783 graduates last year, more than triple the number in 2013, when it was first launched, Reuters reported. The unprecedented paucity of jobs at home has seen many young South Koreans, who account for about a fifth of the 51 … [Read more...] about Young South Koreans make a beeline for Vietnam as jobs dry up at home

Between 70 and 80 percent of the unemployed are junior college (3-year training) or university (4-5 year training) graduates. The number of workers finishing junior colleges and universities accounts for the highest proportion of trained workers. However, there are only 30 workers with junior college or higher education degrees per 1,000 people, which is lower than 52 per 1,000 in South Korea and 70 per 1,000 in Japan. The World Bank found that Vietnam’s state’s investment in each Vietnamese student was very low compared with Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia. In 2013, Vietnam spent $645 per student, while it was $12,013 in Singapore, or 20 times higher than Vietnam. Le Ha Should there be common standards for university graduates? Higher education establishments all have announced their standards for graduates. Overseas university graduates reluctant to return to Vietnam Complicated procedures, low incomes and bad working environments explain why … [Read more...] about In Vietnam, unemployment rate among higher education graduates is higher than others

The students are enrolled at Incheon National University’s Korean language school that, according to Korea Times, confirmed their more than two-week absence. They are among 1,900 Vietnamese on a one-year Korean language training course, which commenced four months prior, it was added. South Korean police, the South Korean Immigration Department and the Justice and Education ministries are all investigating the incident, Vietnam News Agency reported. Vietnamese students are the fastest growing group attending South Korean universities, second only to China in enrollment numbers, according to the National Institute for International Education figures under South Korea's Ministry of Education. Over 37,000 Vietnamese learners are studying in South Korea, up 10,000 from last year, official data shows. … [Read more...] about 164 Vietnamese students disappear in South Korea, illegal employment suspected

The 35-year-old man, whose name has not been disclosed, was stopped at the airport after customs officials found 418 used cell phones worth VND3 billion ($128,180) in his luggage. Among the phones were brands popular in Vietnam, like iPhones and Samsung, media reports said. The man failed to declare the phones he was carrying in his luggage, customs officials said. Police are investigating the incident. Earlier this year, another South Korean man was arrested at the same airport smuggling 200 used cell phones into the country. In 2017, a Ho Chi Minh City court sentenced two South Korean men to three years in jail each for smuggling 96 used cell phones to Vietnam. Vietnamese regulations require mobile phone importers to register for quality inspections with the Department of Telecommunications. Importers who fail to do so will be fined and ordered to re-export their goods. However, passengers arriving in Vietnam are allowed to freely carry a second mobile phone with them if it is for … [Read more...] about South Korean man arrested with 400 used mobile phones at Saigon airport