April 25, 2023 | 21:18 (GMT+7)
Vietnam, U.S. cooperate in higher education
A seminar on building partnerships between Vietnam and the U.S. in higher education was organized on April 25 by the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City with the participation of representatives from more than 30 Vietnamese higher education institutions.
The event aims to help Vietnamese universities to establish educational cooperation with U.S. institutions and to organize exchange programs with U.S. students. Measures that can be applied to increase the number of U.S. students studying in Vietnam were also been discussed.
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An overview of the seminar |
At the seminar, U.S. education experts and representatives of Vietnamese universities discussed prominent trends of foreign education programs at U.S. higher education institutions and features of educational programs that easily attract U.S. students to developing countries.
According to the Institute of International Education (IIE)’s 2022 “Open Doors” Report on international education exchange, the number of U.S. students studying abroad was more than 347,000 before the COVID-19 pandemic. It decreased to more than 14,500 in the 2020-2021 school year.
According to Graham B. Harlow, Acting Deputy U.S. Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, education has always been one of the top priorities of the U.S. diplomatic mission to Vietnam. More than 30,000 Vietnamese students are learning in the U.S., making the fifth largest group of foreign students there.
In the coming time, the U.S. will continue to work with Vietnamese partners to increase the number of Vietnamese students in the U.S. as well as the number of U.S. students and scholars in Vietnam, he said.
Source: VNA