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Vietnam, Russia elevate culture, education ties

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked to boost Vietnam-Russia cooperation in culture, education and science to the level of the two countries’ strategic partnership.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhanhas asked to boost Vietnam-Russia cooperation in culture, education andscience to the level of the two countries’ strategic partnership.

Deputy PM Nhan made the proposal at his working session with theRussian Centre for Culture and Science in Vietnam on April 15.

The country now only has nearly 300 Russian language teachers, morethan 8,300 students and seven establishments specifically designed forRussian language training, said the session.

Nevertheless, the number of Russian language teachers is still quitesmall, said Deputy PM Nhan, asking the Ministry of Education andTraining to finalise a scheme to improve the quality of Russian languageteaching by May 2010 and launch a programme to train 300 additionalteachers of the language.

To encourage and create stable jobs for around 2,000 Russian languagestudents nationwide, the deputy PM emphasised the need to have astudent summer exchange programme to help both learners and teachersgain a chance to explore Russia.

He also asked Russian language teaching establishments to renovateand apply international standard programmes.

Additionally, Nhan called for the re-establishment of the PuskinSub-institute system in the country, sending at least 10 Russianlanguage experts to Vietnam and the implementation of an electroniclibrary project connecting Vietnam and Russia.

Other key bilateral cooperation projects, including the establishmentof the Vietnam-Russia International University at Le Quy Don Universityand the bilateral arts educational cooperation project at the HanoiConservatoire must be implemented soon, he said.

He went on to emphasise the necessity of regularly organising commonevents in music, theatre and cinematography.

The Russian language Olympiad Contest will be continued. Apart from10 scholarships granted by the Russian Centre for Culture and Science,the Ministry of Education and Training will grant scholarships tostudents with good Russian language results in south and central Vietnamand prizes for teachers for training top-performing students.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and relevant ministriesand sectors will facilitate the finalisation of legal procedures,promote the activities of the Russian Centre for Culture and Science andthe establishment of the Vietnamese Culture-Science Centre in Moscow,affirmed the deputy PM./.
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