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Jul 02, 2014 / 15:31

Vietnam, Belgium hope to strengthen tertiary cooperation

The meeting between Vietnam’s Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan and representatives from 11 Belgium universities took placeon the sidelines at the Second Global Partnership (GPE) for Education Replenishment Conference ongoing in Brussels from June 25-28.

Vietnam’s Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan met with representatives from 11 Belgium universities, who expressed a desire to strengthen tertiary cooperation with the nation.
 
The meeting took place on the sidelines at the Second Global Partnership (GPE) for Education Replenishment Conference ongoing in Brussels from June 25-28. 
Luan and Micheline Scheys, the secretary general of the Education and Training Department within the Flemish Ministry in Belgium, exchanged measures to expand tertiary education cooperation.
At the meeting, 11 university representatives in Flanders expressed their desire to cooperate with Vietnamese partners and to hold a meeting between headmasters of universities and Asia-Europe Education Conference in Hanoi in 2015.
Flanders will sign a cooperative agreement with Vietnam on exchanging lecturers and students, mutually recognising degrees and certificates and boosting cooperation in MA and doctorate training.
Receiving Luan, Director-General of the Wallonia-Brussels International (WBI) Philippe Suinen said WBI will further foster cooperation with Vietnam in teaching, including granting scholarships for Vietnamese teachers and students.
Belgium annually grants around 30 scholarships for Vietnamese students.