Vietnam

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Country in a nutshell

Vietnam (Việt Namin Vietnamese), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east. With a population of over 86 million, Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world.

The people of Vietnam regained independence and broke away from China in AD 938 after their victory at the battle of Bạch Đằng River. Successive dynasties flourished along with geographic and political expansion deeper into Southeast Asia, until it was colonized by the French in the mid-19th century. Efforts to resist the French eventually led to their expulsion from the country in the mid-20th century, leaving a nation divided politically into two countries. Fighting between the two sides continued during the Vietnam War, ending with a North Vietnamese victory in 1975.

Emerging from this prolonged military engagement, the war-ravaged nation was politically isolated. The government’s centrally planned economic decisions hindered post-war reconstruction and its treatment of the losing side engendered more resentment than reconciliation. In 1986, it instituted economic and political reforms and began a path towards international reintegration. By 2000, it had established diplomatic relations with most nations. Its economic growth had been among the highest in the world in the past decade. These efforts culminated in Vietnam joining the World Trade Organization in 2007 and its successful bid to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in 2008.

Copied from Wikipedia page about Vietnam.

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Open Universities

The Ho Chi Minh City Open University (HCMCOU) is a 'semi-public' organisation and the country's first open university. The Hanoi Open University (HOU) is a state university that offers open education courses.

Others The Australian Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology RMIT has a campus in Vietnam.

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References

1. Vietnamese government web site]
2. Ministry of Education and Training
3. Wikipedia page about Vietnam
4. Wikipedia page about Vietnamese education
5. News article Vietnam: Education in Vietnam - an Overview from 1945 – 9/2007, 2007, Vietnam Review

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