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Vietnam fourth in student numbers in Australia

More than 24,000 Vietnamese students were enrolled at Australian educational facilities last year, making the country the fourth-largest source of students in the country behind China, India, and Nepal.
Vietnam fourth in student numbers in Australia ảnh 1Foreign students at a university in Sydney, Australia (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Sydney (VNA) - More than 24,000 Vietnamesestudents were enrolled at Australian educational facilities last year, makingthe country the fourth-largest source of students in the country behind China,India, and Nepal.

The figure was 2,000 less than in 2019.

Dang Thuy Chi, First Secretary in charge of education at theVietnamese Embassy in Australia, said a large number of Vietnamese students inthe country returned home last year but still took classes online.

According to figures from Australia’s Department ofEducation, Skills and Employment, COVID-19-related border closures resulted inthe number of foreign students in the country standing at 686,104 in 2020, anannual decline of 9 percent. The figure does not include those taking onlinecourses offered by Australian educational establishments from outside of thecountry.

Australia has largely brought the pandemic under control andbegun a vaccination campaign. The Australian Government, however, is yet tomake a decision on opening its border to international students, as it isprioritising the arrival of tens of thousands of Australians from overseas./.
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