Vietnam, UK enhance ties in education

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh affirmed that education is Vietnam’s top national policy while attending the Vietnam-UK Education Forum held in London, the UK, on September 11.

 

Deputy PM Ninh also told participants that the training of high quality human resources has been defined as one of the main strategic tasks being pursued by Vietnam in order to achieve sustainable development and integration. The Deputy PM expressed hope that the forum would foster partnerships in relation to this matter.

 

He noted that under the law on higher education issued in 2012, local universities are working to strengthen their links with English peers and enterprises.

 

Vietnam British Council Director Cherry Gough expressed her hope that the forum would lay a firm foundation to broaden cooperation at both university and state levels.

 

At the forum, the Vietnamese side asked the UK to continue supporting the Vietnam-UK university project in central Da Nang city, the establishment of an English examination centre, as well as facilitating the study of Vietnamese students in the UK.

 

Institutional standards regarding degrees and academic processes were also discussed.

 

The two sides signed a joint statement on education cooperation between the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training, the British Council, and several universities in the UK.

 

The UK is host to over 11,000 out of the current 100,000 Vietnamese students studying abroad.

 

(Source: nhandan.org.vn)