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On February 13, 2015, H.E. Prof. Dr. Pham Vu Luan, SEAMEO Council President cum Minister of Education and Training, Vietnam and the Delegation paid their visit to SEAMEO RETRAC.

At the welcome ceremony, Dr. Ho Thanh My Phuong, SEAMEO RETRAC Director, briefed the President and the Delegation on the Center’s accomplishments since 2010 and plans for action in upcoming years and beyond in which emphasis would continue to be placed on such major activities and services as, educational management and …

Division of Foreign Studies (DFS) organized a periodical faculty meeting on February 13, 2015. The meeting aimed to give the faculty an update on the training programs, curricula, textbooks, and issues related to the teachers, to review DFS academic activities in 2014 and to propose an action plan for the development of the Division in 2015.

The agenda of the meeting included presentations and reports on programs, course books, and issues related to the teachers as well as information about …

SEAMEO RETRAC organized its annual staff meeting for the Center’s entire full-time working staff on January 27, 2015.…

A training course in educational leadership and management was conducted by SEAMEO RETRAC in cooperation with the Entrepreneurship Educators’ Association of the Philippines (ENEDA) at the Center’s premises from January 05 to 10, 2015. Participants of the course were 30 educational leaders of universities, colleges and other educational institutions in the Philippines. The course was developed aiming at updating the participants with information about leadership and management in higher education and sharing experience in the related areas. Specifically, the course …

On December 20, 2014, SEAMEO RETRAC organized Christmas activities for 2,500 students of Kiddy Programs. This annual festival always attracted all students with several interesting activities.

Among the activities, students aged from 04 to 07 colored their favorite Christmas pictures. Students aged from 08 to 15 were interested in making models of snowman, X’mas tree and stocking with their wishes to Santa Claus. In addition, Santa Claus visited classes to present candies and take photos with the students. These Christmas …

SEAMEO RETRAC successfully conducted the training course on English Language Proficiency and Educational Leadership and Management for staff of the Institute for Educational Administration Development (IFEAD), Lao PDR from November 24 to December 19, 2014.…

SEAMEO RETRAC as assigned by Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training hosted the Expert Meeting on December 15, 2014 at the Center’s premise. The meeting was the first stage of the Regional Project entitled “Tracking Mechanism for Unreached Populations”. Attending at the meeting were the experts coming from UNESCO Bangkok, Thailand; Ministry of Education and Sports, Lao PDR; Mr. Nguyen Cong Hinh, Director General, Department of Regular Education, Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam; and SEAMEO RETRAC Management Board and …

On the occasion of Vietnamese Teacher’s Day 2014, SEAMEO RETRAC held a drawing competition with the topic of “Thank you Teachers!” among 2,500 students at Kiddy Programs.…

The 37th SEAMEO High Officials Meeting (HOM) was convened at the Plaza Athénée Bangkok, Thailand from November 26-27, 2014 with the participation of more than a hundred and fifty education high officials and representatives from the 11 SEAMEO Member Countries, Associate and Affiliate Members, and other international organizations such as: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan; Asian Development Bank (ADB); ASEAN Secretariat; ASEAN University Network (AUN); UNESCO Bangkok; China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE); UNICEF-East …

On November 19 to 20, 2014, SEAMEO RETRAC, in collaboration with the U.S. Consulate General in HCMC and Can Tho University, held the 2014 U.S. Education Fair in two respective cities: Ho Chi Minh and Can Tho. With the participation of 24 American colleges and universities, the fair welcomed more than 1,080 parents and students. At the fair, visitors had the opportunity to update their knowledge about the visa procedure as well as to meet representatives of the participating institutions …