Can Tho (VNA) – Can Tho University wantsto develop links with leading universities from Germany in tertiary autonomyand governance.
Rector of Can Tho University Ha Thanh Toanexpressed the wish at a working session with Director of the German AcademicExchange Service (DAAD) in Ho Chi Minh City Berndt Tilp in Can Tho city onOctober 17.
Toan said his university aims to become a keyresearch centre in the Mekong Delta, especially in hi-tech agriculture.
Therefore, he hopes the DAAD will help connectCan Tho University with German universities.
He noted that Can Tho University has signed severalcooperation agreements with German training and research centres such as BonnUniversity, University of Cologne, The Hanns Seidel Foundation, and MunichPartners of WISDOM Project Phase II.
Since 2000, Germany has sponsored 11 projectsworth 1.7 million EUR for Can Tho University. Forty-two lecturers from the universityare pursuing post-graduate education in Germany.
Tilp said DAAD is interested in cooperation withuniversities in the Mekong Delta, particularly Can Tho University, inpost-graduate education and scientific research.
He introduced scholarships at Germanuniversities, adding that in 2016, 13 Vietnamese students won scholarships aspart of a cooperation programme between the Vietnamese Government and DAAD.-VNA