On the afternoon of February 18, at the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Phuc received and worked with Canadian Minister of Trade and Export Development, Mr. Warren Kaeding and the delegation who are visiting and working in Vietnam.
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Working scene
Attending the meeting were leaders of units of the Canadian Ministry of Trade and Export Development, the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam, and leaders of a number of units under the Ministry of Education and Training.
Welcoming the delegation of the Canadian Ministry of Trade and Export Development to visit and work with the Ministry of Education and Training, Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Phuc shared: Vietnam and Canada have a close, close relationship and cooperation in many fields, including education and training.
The Deputy Minister said that Vietnam has a population of about 100 million people, including more than 25 million students with a great demand for learning. Currently, there are more than 21,000 Vietnamese students studying in Canada. Universities of the two countries are also increasing exchanges and cooperation. Canada is one of the countries with good education, so educational cooperation with Canada is also one of the priorities for the Vietnamese education sector.
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Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Phuc at the working session
The Deputy Minister expressed his hope that Canadian investors would pay more attention to investing in Vietnam's education, and suggested that Canada consider providing ODA for education, especially in the field of higher education. He suggested that Canada support scholarships for Vietnamese students to study in Canada in two forms: reducing tuition fees, supporting students' expenses under scholarship programs using the state budget, and creating additional annual postgraduate scholarships for Vietnamese students.
“In the process of implementing educational innovation, Vietnam hopes that Canada will help in sending educational experts to work and exchange experiences, especially in the field of educational quality assessment; organize seminars, exchange experiences, and train educational managers,” Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Phuc shared.
The Deputy Minister also requested the Canadian Embassy to cooperate closely with the Ministry of Education and Training in providing information on the situation of Vietnamese students studying in Canada under both scholarships and self-funded programs and providing support for students. Encourage higher education institutions and organizations to establish representative offices or branches/campuses in Vietnam.
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Canadian Minister of Trade and Export Development Warren Kaeding at the working session
Thanking Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Phuc and the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training for taking the time to welcome him, Mr. Warren Kaeding, Minister of Trade and Export Development of Canada, said: In recent years, Vietnam has always created conditions for the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam and the Canadian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City to promote Canadian education through annual education fairs in October in Vietnam. Therefore, the number of Vietnamese students studying in Canada in recent years has had the highest increase among ASEAN countries, with the number of nearly 21,300 Vietnamese students currently studying in Canada.
Minister Warren Kaeding said that today's meeting is a great opportunity for both sides to share and seek more cooperation opportunities.
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Minister Warren Kaeding and Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Phuc signed a cooperation agreement.
At the meeting, the two sides signed a higher education cooperation agreement between the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam and the Government of Saskatchewan, Canada. The cooperation agreement promises to open up more cooperation opportunities for higher education institutions and students of the two countries.
Source: https://moet.gov.vn/tintuc/Pages/tin-tong-hop.aspx?ItemID=10281
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