While textbooks are no longer mandated, teachers and students haven't adapted, leading to issues with multiple textbooks. Experts believe a change is justified.
Prime minister Pham Minh Chinh announced the government will establish a national scholarship fund and increase the education budget to create a strategic breakthrough in human resource training.
General Secretary To Lam has called on the education sector to specify a timeline for establishing a nationally unified textbook system, emphasizing that "further delays are unacceptable."
The politburo has directed a review of the implementation of the general education program to ensure a single, unified textbook set for the entire country.