Education is very important to the

Education is very important to the Vietnamese. Educational attainment translates into increased social status. Although still a poor country with low per capita income (Smith, 2010), Vietnam has unceasingly recorded significant achievements in education (Orkin, 2009). In 1997 there were 22 million students across the country, 13.2 million in primary schools, 4.3 million in secondary schools and 26,000 in colleges and universities. The literacy rate in Vietnam is high (92%). Of the 8% whom are illiterate 80% of them live in remote areas and 60% are female.