Doctor, lawyer, engineer--the three dream jobs every Vietnamese parent has for their children. Today, I’m going to talk about lawyers, and specifically the long path towards law school that begins right about now for many students across the nation. The great thing about law school is that it doesn’t require any specialized undergraduate degree. Sure, there’s a ton of … [Read more...] about Graduate Schools: Getting into Law School
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Ivy Walls: America’s Best Colleges
If you're Asian, more often than not, you've probably heard the phrases, "Don't end up working in a nail salon!, "Get into college!" "Be a doctor!" or something to that effect. College is on the minds of many students and worried parents. From the time a child speaks his first words to the age of 18, this topic probably arises thousands of times. To address these issues, I want … [Read more...] about Ivy Walls: America’s Best Colleges
Students in Ho Chi Minh City Are Weak in Soft Skills
Submitted by guest blogger: Kha Huynh, a freshman at Foreign Trade University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and translated by Hang Nguyen and Neil Nguyen. A Survey of 234 recruiters and 3,364 graduates from 20 universities, published in the research "Solutions for Enhancing Higher Education Quality" by Ho Chi Minh University of Pedagogy, uncovered that both graduates and … [Read more...] about Students in Ho Chi Minh City Are Weak in Soft Skills
10 Do’s and Dont’s in Tet
For many of us younger Vietnamese, Tet always had been something very important to our families, to our culture and to our people.� However, we often don't understand certain things that the older folks in the family usually say and do during these 3 important days of the Lunar New Year.� Just like many of the young Vietnamese living overseas, I have been through the age of … [Read more...] about 10 Do’s and Dont’s in Tet
Uneven Progress of Education in Vietnam
Vietnam’s education system has progressed dramatically over the years, as demonstrated by the current adult literacy rate of 90%. Student-to-teacher ratio in primary education (elementary school) decreased from approximately 39-to-1 to 25-to-1 in 2006, while secondary education remained unchanged at 25-to-1, according to UNICEF. Today, more students continue to post-secondary … [Read more...] about Uneven Progress of Education in Vietnam