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15th July - Vietnam News - Vietnam
Gender stereotyping results in male teacher shortages
Raquel D Castillo, Global Campaign for Education's Asia Advocacy and Campaigns Co-ordinator, says this shortage of male teachers means sexual stereotyping ...

25th April – Vietnam Bridge – Vietnam
Millions join in world's biggest school lesson

25th April – Vietnam
Over 200 Schools Attend UNESCO World Biggest Lesson

24th April – Nhan Dan - Vietnam
World biggest lesson takes place in Vietnam

24th April – Vietnam Bridge – Vietnam
Millions join in world's biggest school lesson

12th April - Intell Asis - Vietnam
Vietnam to join int'l education event

11th April - Asia Scout Network - Vietnam
Vietnam joins "The World's Biggest Lesson"

9th April - Vietnam Bridge - Vietnam
World biggest lesson to take place in Vietnam

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Member Organisations
UNESCO, UNICEF, World Vision, Ministry of Education and Training

What happened in Action Week 2008?
Action Aid, Aid et Action, ChildFund, Oxfam, Plan, Supported by the Global Action Week Coalition this year, Vietnam saw a greater involvement of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) resulting in over three million participants throughout the country!

The National Event was held at Thang Long Lower Secondary School and was attended by MOET's Vice Minister Nguyen Vinh Hien, representatives from the National Assembly and other Government Offices, representatives from international organisations including the UN and international and local NGOs.

The students'  creativity and initiative in preparation and performance in the Biggest Lesson were remarkable, and highly appreciated by the invited guests. The presence of National and Hanoi media including television and many newspapers brought extensive coverage for the event. A documentary on Action Week was produced and shown on different TV channels.

What happened in Action Week 2007?

Throughout the week thousands of children across the country took part in Action Week events, and presented to officials from the Ministry of Education including a Vice Minister of Education.

The highlight of the week was a national forum which was held to bring attention to the disadvantaged children, ethnic minorities, and the issue of HIV/AIDS in education.