At the reception (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc onJanuary 17 received Douglas Elmendorf, Dean ofthe Harvard Kennedy School at the Harvard University; Thomas Vallely,Director of the Vietnam Programme at Harvard University; and representatives ofthe Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV).
During the reception, PM Phuc said the Vietnam-US comprehensivepartnership has developed practically and effectively in all fields, notingthat economic - trade - investment and education-training cooperation continueto be important motivations.
The Harvard University hasmaintained the Vietnam Executive LeadershipProgramme (VELP), which helps Vietnamese leaders to exchange viewswith professors and experts from the US university, policy makers and entrepreneursfrom leading US businesses, contributing to the building of visions and ideasfor senior policy makers of the Southeast Asian nation, he said.
The PM applauded the initial successes of the FUV, expressing his hope that the working visit toVietnam will open a new chapter in education and training cooperation between theHarvard University and Vietnam.
PM Phuc suggested theHarvard University and Fulbright University continue organising the VELPprogramme and offer scholarships to Vietnamese students, thus helping todevelop human resources for Vietnam.
For his part, Elmendorf expressed hisdelight at the flourishing development in bilateral relations after after 25 years of normalisingrelations between the two countries, including cooperation in education andtraining.
The school pledges to continue supporting and promoting projectsand initiatives for education and training cooperation between the two nations inthe near future, he stressed.
Elmendorf said the US and many countries had faced challengessimilar to those facing Vietnam today, therefore majors taught at theuniversity will help Vietnam in policy making, public management, and urbanization.
Meanwhile, Vallely said the ongoing visit aims to exchangeviews and propose cooperation programmes in the coming time.
Establishedin 2016 with its headquarter in Ho Chi Minh City, the FUV is an independent andnon-profit higher education institution. It is the next step of the existing Fulbright Economics TeachingProgramme, a public policy master’s programme that the Ash Centre at theHarvard Kennedy School at the Harvard University, established in 1994 incooperation with the HCM City-based University of Economics./.
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