Vietnam’s trillion-dong attempt to reform English education: a laudable reform or a costly failure?

Xuan Minh  Ngo

doi:10.1017/S0266078419000440

Vietnam’s trillion-dong attempt to reform English education: a laudable reform or a costly failure?

Xuan Minh Ngo^*

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In Vietnam, English has been held in high regard since the country embarked on its economic reform known as Doi Moi (Renewal) in 1986 (Ngo, 2018a; Nguyen, 2016). Yet, over the past decades, the country's English teaching sector has consistently been underperforming (Le, in press; Ngo, 2018a, 2018b; Nguyen, 2016; Nguyen & Nguyen, 2019).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	115-119
Number of pages	5
Journal	English Today
Volume	37
Issue number	2
Early online date	17 Dec 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266078419000440
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2021

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

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Vietnam
EFL
Language policy

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