Hanoi (VNA) – Cooperation in education-training is an important factorhelping improve the quality of the Vietnam-India relationship in the long-term,heard a networking seminar and Indian education fair held by the Indian Embassyin Vietnam on March 19.
India’seducation system has made great strides over the past two decades and thecountry has become a leading education centre in Asia, participants at the eventsaid.
Theworkshop brought together policy makers, educators and businesses from Vietnamand India. Many well-known universities of India also came to enroll Vietnamesestudents.
Vietnamnow ranks fifth globally in the number of overseas students in the US andsecond in the Republic of Korea (RoK), Japan and Australia.
InIndia, there are about 500 Vietnamese students studying under different educationalcooperation programmes between the two countries.
Vietnamand India agreed to step up education cooperation during the State visit to India from March2-4, 2018 by President Tran Dai Quang.
PresidentQuang thanked India for increasing scholarships to Vietnamese students,researchers, academic professionals and government officials, especiallythrough the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme, theMekong - Ganga Cooperation (MGC) framework, as well as the projects under thefund of Quick Impact Projects (QIPs).
Heappreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s offering of 1,000 fellowships tostudents and researchers from the ASEAN member states for studying integratedPhD programmes in the Indian Institute of Technology.
PrimeMinister Modi offered to organise customised courses in areas of interest toVietnam through the ITEC programme.-VNA