Nguyen Minh Quang is a senior lecturer at the School of Education, Can Tho University and currently a PhD researcher at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), the Netherlands. He has authored numerous academic publications covering politics, education reforms, and environmental geography in Vietnam.James Albright is an emeritus professor at the Newcastle University’s School of Education. He is internationally known for his contributions to the sociology of education and his research in curriculum theory, literacy education, professional development and school change.

• 1. Introduction: The Vietnamese Way of Education Development under Challenges 2. Change and Continuity of Education Reforms in Vietnam: History, Drivers, and Niches 3. Neoliberalism and Education in Vietnam: A Political Economic Perspective 4. Impact of Education Reforms: A Focus on National High School Graduation Exam 5. Vietnam’s Private Higher Education: Saturation or Maturation? 6. Exploring Informality in Vietnamese Higher Education: Causes, Impacts and Government Responses 7. Human Rights Approach to Education for Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam: A Policy Review 8. Education Matters for Sustainable Development: Reconsidering the Environmental Education in Vietnamese General Education

Nguyen Minh Quang is a senior lecturer at the School of Education, Can Tho University and currently a PhD researcher at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), the Netherlands. He has authored numerous academic publications covering politics, education reforms, and environmental geography in Vietnam.James Albright is an emeritus professor at the Newcastle University’s School of Education. He is internationally known for his contributions to the sociology of education and his research in curriculum theory, literacy education, professional development and school change.

• 1. Introduction: The Vietnamese Way of Education Development under Challenges 2. Change and Continuity of Education Reforms in Vietnam: History, Drivers, and Niches 3. Neoliberalism and Education in Vietnam: A Political Economic Perspective 4. Impact of Education Reforms: A Focus on National High School Graduation Exam 5. Vietnam’s Private Higher Education: Saturation or Maturation? 6. Exploring Informality in Vietnamese Higher Education: Causes, Impacts and Government Responses 7. Human Rights Approach to Education for Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam: A Policy Review 8. Education Matters for Sustainable Development: Reconsidering the Environmental Education in Vietnamese General Education

Nguyen Minh Quang is a senior lecturer at the School of Education, Can Tho University and currently a PhD researcher at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), the Netherlands. He has authored numerous academic publications covering politics, education reforms, and environmental geography in Vietnam.James Albright is an emeritus professor at the Newcastle University’s School of Education. He is internationally known for his contributions to the sociology of education and his research in curriculum theory, literacy education, professional development and school change.

• 1. Introduction: The Vietnamese Way of Education Development under Challenges 2. Change and Continuity of Education Reforms in Vietnam: History, Drivers, and Niches 3. Neoliberalism and Education in Vietnam: A Political Economic Perspective 4. Impact of Education Reforms: A Focus on National High School Graduation Exam 5. Vietnam’s Private Higher Education: Saturation or Maturation? 6. Exploring Informality in Vietnamese Higher Education: Causes, Impacts and Government Responses 7. Human Rights Approach to Education for Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam: A Policy Review 8. Education Matters for Sustainable Development: Reconsidering the Environmental Education in Vietnamese General Education