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Belgium wishes to cooperate with Can Tho University

A delegation from the Belgian Federal Parliament and the Belgian Embassy in Vietnam visited Can Tho University in the Mekong Delta city of the same name on March 9 to discuss cooperation in developing human resources in education as well as issues of mutual concern such as water resources and high-tech agriculture.
Belgium wishes to cooperate with Can Tho University ảnh 1Delegation from the Belgian Federal Parliament and the Belgian Embassy in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)

Can Tho (VNA) – A delegation from theBelgian Federal Parliament and the Belgian Embassy in Vietnam visited Can ThoUniversity in the Mekong Delta city of the same name on March 9 to discusscooperation in developing human resources in education as well as issues of mutualconcern such as water resources and high-tech agriculture.

Prof. Dr. Ha Thanh Toan, Rector of Can ThoUniversity, said the university is a key human resources training centre in theMekong Delta region.

Highlighting the university’s strengths, he saidhis school wishes to cooperate with major schools and institutes in Belgium.

Belgium, particularly its tertiary system, is animportant partner of the university in the fields of research and training,Toan said.

Since 1980s, the two sides have jointlyconducted research in aquaculture, development of rice-fish agriculture model,and soil improvement, he added.

Georges Dallemagne, head of the Belgian delegation,underlined the bilateral cooperation in training high quality postgraduates andlecturers.

Meanwhile, Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam PaulJansen expressed his interest in climate change, landslides, clean waterresources, and high-tech agriculture in the Mekong Delta, especially rice.

Over the past time, 28 postgraduates and over100 tutors have been sent to Belgium for training through the Mekong 1000Project while thousands of Belgian experts have come to support farmers in thedelta through projects on food industry and aquaculture science betweenVietnamese and Belgium universities and academies.

Toan hoped the two sides will continuemaintaining and developing the sound relations and have more cooperationprojects to increase the quality of human resources and develop theenvironmentally-friendly agriculture in the Mekong Delta.-VNA
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