The International Conference on Teacher Education Renovation, themed I AM STEM 2019, was held at the Thai Nguyen University of Education in the northern province of the same name on September 28.

On the sidelines of the conference (Source: baothainguyen.vn) 

The event brought together experts and researchers from Vietnam and foreign countries like Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the Philippines. 

 In his opening remarks, Associate Prof. Mai Xuan Truong, head of the Thai Nguyen University of Education, stressed the significance of STEM (science, technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education to improving economic competitiveness amidst globalization and the fourth Industrial Revolution. 

 Reports presented at the conference focused on such issues as IT application in STEM teacher education, STEM education in developing countries, STEM teacher education in the context of the fourth Industrial Revolution and STEM education in disadvantaged, mountainous and ethnic minority-inhabited areas.