Compulsory English classes planned for primary schools

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM–English will be compulsory for 20 per cent of third graders from the 2010 academic year. The Ministry of Education and Training intends to begin its pilot programme with four periods of English in HCM City, Ha Noi and Da Nang each week, says its Educational Science Institute deputy director Nguyen Loc. The ministry expects English to then become full story