ICAEW joins forces with leading universities, raising qualityof accounting and finance professions ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales), a world leading professional membership organisation that promotes, develops and supports more than 147,000 chartered accountants worldwide, and a series of leading economic universities in Việt Nam have signed a series of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs). Universities such as Ton DucThang University, National Economics University, Thuong Mai University and University of Economics and Business (Vietnam National University, Hanoi) signed agreements to collaborate at ceremonies in Ho Chi Minh City and Ha Noi. A Vietnam News reporter spoke to Mark Billington, ICAEW regional director, South East Asia, about this collaboration. 1. What is the reason for the cooperation between ICAEW and Viet Nam's leading universities. And how do you evaluate these MOUs? The reason ICAEW is working with leading universities in Viet Nam is … [Read more...] about ICAEW joins forces with leading universities, raising quality of accounting and finance professions – Vietnam News Politics, Business, Economy, Society, Life, Sports
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Bản in : University enrollment to remain the same next year
Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga has assured students that there will not be major changes in the university enrollment procedures for next year. He made the statement at an online dialogue on Changes in University and College Enrollment of the year 2014, held on December 27 on the Government's online portal. The statement was aimed to quell fears expressed by students about a recent draft regulation announced by MoET, under which universities would have more discretion over student enrollment procedures from next year. The draft regulation created an uproar from students concerned that the new enrollment procedures would undermine their current efforts for exam preparation. Talking directly to student concerns, the official said the draft regulation required all universities to organise their own enrollment procedures from 2017. Universities across the country are currently following a generic enrollment procedure where students wanting to enter universities … [Read more...] about Bản in : University enrollment to remain the same next year
Bản in : Universities aim to achieve educational reform targets
Two-thirds of universities and colleges had started making changes to meet the Government's tertiary education reform target by 2012, Tran Quang Quy, Deputy Minister of Education and Training told an online conference on May 17. The HCM City University of Technical Education, for example, will reduce the number of credits for four-year courses to 140-150 from the current 185. Associate Professor Dr Thai Ba Can, the university rector, said the credit point reduction would bring the university in line with international practices. Over the next three years, the university would adopt policies to attract Ph.Ds and Overseas Vietnamese scientists and visiting professors from famous foreign universities, Can said. The university's lecturers and management staff would be able to attend training programmes in Vietnam and abroad, he said. Can said the university also aimed to improve its laboratories, libraries, and other facilities over the next three years. Many universities and … [Read more...] about Bản in : Universities aim to achieve educational reform targets
Vietnam to expand university autonomy – Social affair
At the workshop on tertiary education held in Ho Chi Minh City, he said that tertiary autonomy was necessary to ensure that universities planned their use of resources wisely, according to their purposes and goals. "Autonomy does not mean that government does not invest anything in universities," he said. He assured education officials that universities with autonomy would still receive money from the State, but would retain the right to decide how the money is spent. Universities with autonomy, for example, have the right to use tuition as well as funds from enterprises and the government without asking permission from the Ministry of Education and Training. The universities also have the right to make decisions on human resources and organisational structure. In the 2014-15 academic year, 11 public universities and institutes took part in a pilot programme on autonomy in training, research and international cooperation. They were allowed to collect higher tuition than tertiary … [Read more...] about Vietnam to expand university autonomy – Social affair
Havard president visits Fulbright University Vietnam DTiNews
President of Harvard University, Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust, has paid a visit to Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV) on March 23. Dr. Drew Faust met with faculty and alumni of the Fulbright Economics Teaching Programs (FETP), originally a collaboration of Ho Chi Minh City’s University of Economics and Harvard Kennedy School that was transferred to FUV last September. President Faust praised FETP as great distinction part of Harvard’s global engagement over the last twenty five years. She also participated in a discussion on the design and development of FUV, which built on FETP legacy and envisioned as the first truly American style university in Vietnam with the FUV leadership. Harvard Kennedy School and Fulbright University Vietnam signed a memorandum of understanding in which the two sides agree to explore opportunities for collaboration in public policy teaching, research and related areas. “It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that Fulbright University Vietnam … [Read more...] about Havard president visits Fulbright University Vietnam DTiNews