VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training on November 15 held a meeting to mark the Vietnamese Teachers’ Day (November 20). 
Attended by Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan, the meeting also included a get-together for 322 teachers honored as the People’s Teachers and Emeritus Teachers in 2006. Congratulating teachers on their day, Vice President reiterated that Party and State always place importance on investment in education, especially strengthening a growing contingent of teachers.
Viet Nam now has more than 1 million teachers, a surge from 400,000 in 1982 when the government decided to take November 20 as the Vietnamese Teachers’ Day.
In the current teacher workforce, 463 are professors and 2,467 are associate professors. There are 5,882 teachers holding PhD degrees and 18,282 with Masters Qualifications.
Since 1988 to now, 253 teachers have been honored as “the People’s Teachers”, and 4,275 others have been awarded Emeritus Teachers.
(Source: SGGP)