National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan speaks at the Kazan Federal University (Source: VNA)Moscow (VNA) – National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan visited theKazan Federal University in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, on December 9 aspart of her ongoing official visit to Russia.
During a meeting with leaders and students of the educational institution, she expressedher pleasure to visit the 200-year-old university, where many Russian leaderspursued their studies, especially the great leader Vladimir Ilych Lenin.
She briefed them on socio-economic achievements after 30 years of Vietnam’s Doimoi (renewal) process, highlighting the importance of education and training,human resources development and application of advanced technologies to the country’sachievements.
Vietnam has identified education as a top priority in its national developmentstrategy, and a decisive factor for poverty reduction as well as rapid andsustainable development, Ngan said.
She affirmed Vietnam’s policy of developing friendship and cooperation with countrieshaving traditional relations with Vietnam, noting that its relations withRussia is a priority.
Ngan thanked the Russian side for its support in training nearly 40,000 Vietnameseofficials and experts, noting that Russia has continued to help train human resourcesfor Vietnam and provided 1,000 scholarships for Vietnamese students.
Ngan expressed her hope that the university will continue to expand cooperationwith Vietnam’s universities in the coming time, saying that majors that KazanFederal University is training are very suitable for Vietnam’s demands.
The top legislator called on Vietnamese students studying Kazan University to serveas a bridge to boost friendship between the two countries, as well ascontribute to popularising Vietnam’s culture identities in Russia, thus furtherpromoting the Vietnam – Russia comprehensive strategic partnership.
For his part, Rector of the Kazan Federal University Ilshat Gafurov said theuniversity has cooperated with 369 foreign universities and research centresover the world, including those from Vietnam.
He hoped that the Kazan Federal University will partner with more Vietnamese educationalestablishments in the coming time./.
VNA
