Vietnam’s Ministry of Education has found that 146,600 English language learners in Vietnam have International English Language Testing System–known more commonly as IELTS–certificates that were ‘inappropriately issued’. In short, a change in regulations meant that foreign language certificate issuers would need to get approval from the Ministry of Education to

VN Express is carrying an article about Vietnamese students that go overseas to study but can’t find work after they graduate. Interviewees lament in the article that recruiters prefer local graduates who understand the market better. This speaks to changing attitudes in Vietnam toward studying overseas. Whereas there is still

Violations of information disclosure rules have seen APAX Holdings, which runs a chain of English training centres in Vietnam, delisted from the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, VN Express is reporting. Why it matters: APAX well over-expanded before COVID and when the pandemic broke out and centres were forced to