By 2035, Vietnam aims to make English a compulsory second language in all schools - and a mandatory subject from Grade 1 by 2030 - to improve the country's global competitiveness.

I am a translator by profession - mainly German into English - and I am keen for my 18-month-old son to have a head start ...

A tussle among parents over the language of learning at a no-fee primary school in Delmas, Mpumalanga, has parents asking: ...