Vietnamese Education Issue
Over the past couple of years while reporting articles here, one theme has come up time and again — poor education is to blame for nearly every problem facing the country. This, of course, could really be said everywhere in the world — in the US we still argue over whether global warming exists, while the rest of the world (including countries in Southeast Asia) are trying to figure how to fix it. But for expats, if we want to understand Vietnam better, then we need to look at what its people are taught. Even knowing simple things such as what pieces of literature are read in schools can give us insight into how young minds here are developed and how they may deal with the many problems afflicting the country.
