Starting School in Vietnam
From martin.gainsborough@virgin.net Fri Jun 10 03:41:23 2005
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:33:30 +0100
From: Martin Gainsborough <martin.gainsborough@virgin.net>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Subject: [Vsg] Starting School in Vietnam
I have a simple question which I would be grateful if someone could give me the 'definitive' answer on.
It is for a report I am writing in connection with a Vietnamese person who has applied for right to remain in the UK until their 18th birthday but their age is disputed.
Getting my facts right is important because someone's future depends on it!
If you have a December birthday would you start your first year at school at age five, turning six a few months after the start of the school year in September OR do you have to wait until you are actually six before starting school?
Thank you and best wishes
Martin Gainsborough
From phqph@yahoo.com Fri Jun 10 18:16:13 2005
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:15:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Pham Quynh Phuong <phqph@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Vsg] Starting school in Vietnam
Dear Martin,
In this September 2005, all children who were born in the year 1999 (1 January to December 31) will start school; So you see!
Best,
Phuong
Pham Quynh Phuong
Institute of Cultural Studies,
Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences
27 Tran Xuan Soan, Hanoi, Vietnam
Mob:0989538783
From dieuhien@u.washington.edu Sun Jun 12 23:44:36 2005
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:44:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Hoang thi Dieu-Hien <dieuhien@u.washington.edu>
To: vsg@u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: [Vsg] Starting school in Vietnam
Dear Martin,
This is to confirm Phuong's email. Officially, Vietnamese count age by subtracting the year of birth from the year in question. The exact date is irrelevant. In other words, all children born in 1999, regardless of the date, are considered to turn 6 on January 1, 2005 and remain so for the whole year.
Hope this helps.
Dieu-Hien