Vietnam, Japan Strengthen Cooperation in Education

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with Hiroshi Hase, Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, in Hanoi on May 4, noting education as the countries’ best cooperation realm, state media reported. Accordingly, Prime Minister asked the Japanese minister to press on with the strategic cooperation program on education, supporting Vietnam in human resources development, boosting affiliation between the nations’ universities, and fostering the partnership in scientific research. Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training inked agreements with 17 universities in Japan on support and tuition fee reduction for students. The two Governments have also actively carried out training programs to help Vietnam have skilled manpower. Especially, Japan will help Vietnam to train 1,000 Ph.D. candidates by 2020. In addition, Japan is ready to give training to Vietnamese doctors in cancer treatment using radiation therapy, which Japan has strength in. It will also work with the Southeast Asian nation to preserve old cultural publications, according to the Japanese minister. The official also conveyed PM Shinzo Abe’s invitation to his Vietnamese counterpart to visit Japan in the near future. (qdnd.vn May 4)