(VOVworld) – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan on Monday attended a workshop on strategic cooperation in education and science-technology during his ongoing visit to Russia. Nhan expressed his hope at the event that education and science-technology will remain the cornerstone of the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic cooperation between 2014 and 2020. He went on to say that Vietnam is renewing its education system and implementing a program to send 10,000 students abroad for post-graduate training, noting that Russia is one of the top potential partners for this plan.
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| A round-table workshops discuss Vietnam-Russia cooperation. (Photo: VOV) |
Nhan’s visit to Russia aims to concretize cooperation agreements between the two countries in education and science-technology, including bio-technology, new material technology, aerospace, renewable energy, pharmaceuticals, and marine science. He revealed that Vietnam plans to send approximately 4,000 students a year to Russia for training from now till 2020. He asked the workshop to work out special measures and set goals for the strategic relationship in the 2014-2020 period.
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| Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan speaks at the workshop. (Photo: VGP) |
Nhan said: "Present here are the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Far Eastern Studies, and several Vietnamese educational institutions. It will be a significant beginning if Vietnam and Russia have 3 collaborative projects by November. I hope the two sides will design a roadmap for our strategic cooperation in the next 30 years."
On this occasion, Nhan witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding at a meeting of the Russia-Vietnam Committee of Education Cooperation.