Category Archives: Higher Education

Vu Nhu Tien, an orphan from Da Nang, is getting a master degree in USA

Raised in an orphanage from childhood, 22-year old Vu Nhu Tien has worked his way to study in the US and will soon get a master’s degree before going back home to pay back those who turned his life in another … Continue reading

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Deputy Minister of Health Cao Minh Quang, with a fake doctorate degree, gets to keep his job

  Commentary:It is interesting that the investigation of the CPV found that the wrongdoings in his capacity of a deputy minister and his false claim of having a doctorate degree in Norway had violated the criteria of being a party … Continue reading

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Văn Miếu Hưng Yên/Temple of Literature

Originally built in 1070 in the Ly dynasty, the temple is a shrine to Confucius and his disciples responsible for spreading his teachings. Six years later, Quoc Tu Giam or School for the sons of the Nation was established for … Continue reading

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Top 1 % of Income Earners and College Degrees

We got an interesting question from an academic adviser at a Texas university: could we tell what the top 1 percent of earners majored in? The writer, sly dog, was probably trying to make a point, because he wrote from a biology department, … Continue reading

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Myron Jacobson, P.h.D. named Founding Dean of College of Pharmacy at UNT

 UNT Health Science Center President Scott Ransom, DO, announced today the appointment of Myron (Mike) Jacobson, Ph.D., as the founding dean of the UNT System College of Pharmacy. “After a national search we were very pleased to recruit a renowned … Continue reading

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