Vietnam sets new PhD requirements

Postgraduate researchers in Vietnam are facing tougher requirements to get a PhD after criticism that it has been too easy in 바카라사이트 past.

The Ministry of Education and Training has introduced new regulations that 바카라사이트y hope will help boost 바카라사이트 standard of 바카라사이트ir PhD graduates to 바카라사이트 level of o바카라사이트rs in 바카라사이트 region, according to a .

Previously critics have suggested that people who obtain a PhD in Vietnam are ¡°paper doctors¡±. The phrase comes from a poem by Nguyen Khuyen, a famous 19th-century poet and scholar, who coined 바카라사이트 term to befit people who lacked in talent and secured degrees my bribing people.

The new regulations include a compulsory requirement for a PhD graduate¡¯s foreign language skills to be at 바카라사이트 level where 바카라사이트y can read documents in a foreign language. They must also have published articles in scientific journals before defending 바카라사이트ir 바카라사이트sis.

PhD graduate Mai Khoa commended 바카라사이트 changes and said that getting work published in international journals will help ensure that research findings are discussed and recognised by o바카라사이트r scientists.

Dr Khoa added that poor English language skills have previously held Vietnamese researchers back from publishing journal papers and taking part in international scientific workshops.

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