November 29, 2017 | 20:42 (GMT+7)
NA Chairwoman meets Australian students
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted a reception in Canberra on November 29 for Australian students joining the New Colombo Plan (NCP) program in Vietnam.
NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Australian students joining NCP program in Vietnam
The top legislator welcomed the
Australian government’s initiative to offer USD 100 million scholarships to
Australian students in Indian-Pacific countries, including Vietnam.
She wished that the Australian
government would continue helping develop education system and human resources,
thus facilitating exchange between the two peoples.
Ngan expressed her hope that
overseas students joining the NCP program will contribute to the effective and
practical development of Vietnam-Australia ties.
The number of Australian students
joining NCP program in Vietnam
is increasingly rising, from 161 in 2015 to 340 in 2017 which is forecast to
reach 748 next year.
In 2017, Vietnam welcomed the seventh
largest number of students among 38 countries and territories in the
Indo-Pacific region joining the NCP.
Apart from the NCP program, the two
countries also have also worked closely together on the Australia - Vietnam
human resources development project for 2016-2020, the Australia - ASEAN Bridge
School Partnership Program for 2016-2018 for the exchange of elementary and
secondary school lecturers, and 20 other
partnership programs between the two countries’ universities.
Source: VNA