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Campus France - the French national agency for the promotion of higher education, international student services, and international mobility - held a Vietnam Day in Paris on April 24 to provide an overview of Vietnam’s university system and the students’ demand for training. 

The event aims to help universities in France to learn about the process of building training programmes with Vietnamese partners.

Addressing the opening ceremony, Campus France Director General Antoine Grassin said that remarkable improvements have been made in Vietnam’s tertiary teaching programmes, enabling them to keep up with regional and international universities.

Many cooperative programmes have been implemented between the Vietnamese Government and other governments. Especially, Germany, France, the UK and Japan signed documents to run education projects in Vietnam.

Antoine Grassin reviewed the results of cooperative projects between foreign partners and Vietnam over the years including European Excellence in Management Education(CFVG) and Excellent Engineer Training Program (PFIEV) and the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH).

He underlined the Vietnamese Government’s determination to implement higher education projects with France. France has made substantial financial contribution to projects in Vietnam and grant scholarships for Vietnamese students to follow tertiary education programmes or training courses in the country.

Nguyen Thanh Huyen, deputy head the Ministry of Education and Training’s International Cooperation Department said that the close co-ordination between Vietnamese and French universities has facilitated Vietnamese students’ selection of fields of study.

At present, France takes the lead among nations which have cooperative programmes with Vietnam with 72, followed by the US (65), the UK (45), Australia (39) and China (35).

Jackques Frere, the French Embassy’s Attaché in charge of higher education and scientific cooperation said that the USTH cooperative project on university and scientific research and has been implemented since 2009 with a view to building a university of international standards and training outstanding students in the field of science and technology.

The university is expected to take shape in Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park in the time ahead.