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Based on extensive in-country and regional experience, I have good news amidst this rhetorical gloom and doom. Vietnam compares very favorably to other Asian countries, including those with huge economic, educational, and historical advantages such as China, Japan, South Korea and Thailand. If you’ve traveled to one or more of these countries and Vietnam, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. Since 2005, I’ve noticed a sea change in the ability of growing numbers of young people to communicate in English. Vietnam is to be congratulated on this singular achievement. … [Read more...] about Missing the forest for the trees: National English exam results reconsidered

The duo and the director’s wife and child have been missing since Sunday after their house was hit by a landslide. The director was injured and is in hospital. … [Read more...] about Two Vietnamese missing as Typhoon Haishen hits Japan

The country sent 33,500 guest workers overseas in the first half of this year, a 40 percent year-on-year decline due to travel restrictions to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. At a government meeting last month Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said such workers could be sent abroad if accepted. … [Read more...] about Japan to ease visa issuance restrictions for Vietnamese employees

Linh, 13, who was not seeded, defeated second seed Manavi Bedi 0-6, 6-4, 10-4 in the quarterfinal and Manasi Bedi 6-2, 6-2 in the last four before crushing third seed Natalia Paiva 6-2, 6-1 to win the girls' 14 title on Wednesday. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese siblings triumph at US junior tennis tournament

Last year, authorities ordered a halt to the construction of a 40-villa complex on the Son Tra Peninsula in the central city of Da Nang, home to the country's largest population of red-shanked douc langurs, after photos of illegal construction were posted on Facebook. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese ministry orders removal of giant concrete staircase from World Heritage site