Nearly 23 million pupils nationwide attended the opening ceremony for the 2016-2017 academic year on September 5. The Ministry of Education and Training reported that nearly 23 million students would be attending schools this year, including 4.87 million at kindergartens, 15.7 million at primary and high schools, and 2.46 million at colleges. The country has about 1.3 million teachers and lecturers. "The 1.3 million teachers will decide the success of the reforms which we recently began." The president also asked the education sector to invest more in education and training in remote and border areas and islands, as well as for revolutionary veterans.

Source: VietNamNet News September 05, 2016 03:11 UTC