Hanoi parents race for pre-school admissionsVietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of parents have joined lucky draws to get a place for their kids at State-owned pre-schools, especially in Ha Noi’s new urban areas, due to the severe shortage of public facilities there. With this method, parents said they no longer had to stay up all night to queue for application forms. Minh said he, like other parents, had been waiting with baited breath for the lucky draw, and nervously opened the results. In Hoang Liet Ward, there is only one public pre-school, school 13 per cent of local children. But education experts say draws for pre-school enrollment are not the solution.

Source: VietNamNet News July 13, 2017 07:18 UTC