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Parents in Singapore are placing funding children’s tertiary education highest on list of priorities
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A new report by HSBC has found many parents in Singapore are willing to spend a lot of money to

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Malaysia faces chronic shortage of rehabilitation physicists
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There are fewer than half of the recommended number of rehabilitation physicians in Malaysia. University Malaya rehabilitation medicine department head

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Vietnam pledges to boost education ties with UK, US and Japan
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Vietnam has put cross-border education at the center of bilateral talks with leading foreign partners since appointing its new prime

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Germany and Malaysia ‘top performers’ for internationalization in recent British Council research
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Germany and Malaysia have been singled out as the best performers in major British Council research that looks at national

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Demand for tertiary-level international programs and international universities expected to rise
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The number of Thai students enrolled in local international universities is expected to increase sharply in the next five years,

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Malaysian students’ interest in STEM drops to 20 per cent
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The percentage of Malaysian students interested in STEM dropped to 20 per cent in 2014 from 44 per cent in

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UNESCO recognizes Malaysia as top 10 preferred international education hub
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Malaysia has been recognized by the United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as among the top 10 preferred

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America and Japan reporting big gains in Vietnamese enrolment
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The number of Vietnamese students studying abroad is soaring, particularly in Japan. In 2015 38,882 Vietnamese students studied in Japan

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Vietnam plans to shorten university training time
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The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), in an effort to reform higher education, is considering shortening the time for

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New Zealand grants scholarships for 30 Vietnamese students
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The New Zealand Embassy in Vietnam held a ceremony on January 8, 2016 to grant 30 scholarships under the New

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