"The tradition of learning to pass exams" is typical of Confucian education systems and is also found in other Asian countries like China, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea, Nguyen Vinh Hien said.

And the final kick up a CSVN mongrel AHOLE --> Nguyen Vinh Hien also noted "that among countries with Confucian traditions, Vietnam ranked the lowest, so there was no reason to be happy about the country's ranking."