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FEATURE  The Higher Education System in Vietnam Everyday one quarter of the total population of Vietnam is directly involved in formal education and training activities, either as students or teachers.  REGIONAL NEWS  AFRICA: Ghana , Kenya , South Africa , Uganda THE AMERICAS: Brazil , Canada , Mexico , United States ASIA & PACIFIC: Australia, Cambodia, China, India, Korea, New Zealand, Pakistan, Thailand CARIBBEAN: Jamaica EUROPE: Germany, Malta, The Netherlands, Former Yugoslavia, United Kingdom MIDDLE EAST: Jordan, Palestinian Authority, Turkey, United Arab Emirates NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES: Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine  PRACTICAL INFORMATION  Education in Post-Revolutionary Iran Following the overthrow of the Shah in 1979, Iran's education system underwent a dramatic process of Islamization.