On December 2nd, the Vietnam Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar and the Ministries of Education and Training in Vietnam and Myanmar held a Vietnam-Myanmar education cooperation forum in Yangon, Myanmar, to promote partnerships among educational institutions of the two countries.
The Vietnam Ambassador to Myanmar, Dr. Luan Thuy Duong; Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thanh Minh, Vice-Director of the International Cooperation Department of MoET; Provosts & Vice-Provosts and lecturers from the Hanoi University of Science & Technology, the HCMC University of Science & Technology, the Hong Bang International University, Duy Tan University; Mr. Myint Thein from the Ministry of Education of Myanmar, the Provost of Yangon Technological University and representatives from 30 universities, colleges and high schools in Myanmar attended.
Addressing the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to Myanmar, Dr. Luan Thuy Duong, said: “The forum was an opportunity for Vietnamese universities to get to know universities and high schools in Myanmar. It was part of an effort to realize a Memorandum of Understanding between the two ministries, contributing to further strengthening of the comprehensive cooperation partnership between Vietnam and Myanmar even further. In addition to scholarship programs involving the Vietnamese government, ministries, agencies, universities and the Vietnamese business community in Myanmar, we are willing to support Myanmar in education development. The collaboration and exchange between schools, institutions and students will help reinforce our bilateral relations.”
Mr. Le Tuan, Director of the American Degree Program (ADP) at Duy Tan University overviewed DTU scholarship programs for foreign students, especially from Myanmar. With Troy University and Keuka College, DTU has developed the American Degree Program (ADP) and the On-Site Study-Abroad programs, which offer students nationwide the opportunity to obtain a high-quality college education and an American degree, without leaving Vietnam. ADP has already awarded full scholarships to several international students, including four from Myanmar, who all enrolled in Hospitality Management.
The representatives at the forum acquired a better understanding of the 25-year history of DTU by reading the Duy Tan Experience booklet and the Impressions of Time & Aspirations document.
Representatives from Vietnamese universities introduced training and scholarship programmes for foreign students in general and those from Myanmar in particular.
The Myanmar delegation offered their sincere thanks to the Vietnamese government for providing Myanmar students with such valuable scholarships and called upon Vietnamese investors to increase their support for educational development in Myanmar.
(Media Center)