Vietnam seeks to step up education cooperation with Hong Kong
Vietnamese Consul General in Hong Kong (China) Pham Binh Dam on July 28 met with leaders of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) to discuss ways to step up cooperation in education between Vietnam and the territory in education.
Vietnamese Consul General in Hong Kong (China) Pham Binh Dam (third from left) meets with President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Prof. Wei Shyy (second from left) on July 28. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese Consul General in HongKong (China) Pham Binh Dam on July 28 met with leaders of the Hong KongUniversity of Science and Technology (HKUST) to discuss ways to step up cooperation in education between Vietnam and the territory in education.
The meeting also sought to expand partnership between HKUSTand Vietnamese universities, with an aim to increasing the number of Vietnamesestudents in the Hong Kongese university.
Welcoming Dam, HKUST President Prof. Wei Shyy said he has agood impression about Vietnam’s history, people and nature. He also highlyspoke of Vietnamese students stuyding at the university for their outstanding academicperformance as well as successful Vietnamese alumni.
HKUST wants to welcome more excellent Vietnamese students toits main campus in Hong Kong and another soon to be launched in Guangzhou, mainlandChina, he said, adding that the university also expects to foster ties with highereducation institutions, via student and lecturer exchanges.
About 40 Vietnamese are studying at HKUST, comprising 30graduate and ten post-graduate students, and many of Vietnamese students at the univeristy havebeen awarded at international competitions, according to Vice President Prof. YangWang.
Dam, for his part, pledged the Consulate General of Vietnam inHong Kong will support and connect so ensure that more Vietnamese students have an educational opportunity atuniversities in Hong Kong every year as they are expected to become high-quality workforce that helpsaccelerate Vietnam’s growth in both short and long term.
Dam took the occasion to ask Prof. Wei Shyy to adda voice to call on Hong Kong authorities to remove visa restriction on skilledworkers from Vietnam, deemed as a barrier to the bilateral cooperation fordevelopment.
HKUST was placed the second among this year’s QuacquarelliSymonds (QS) Top 50 Under 50 which lists the world’s best universities that are50 years old or younger.
Previously, the Vietnamese Consul General had a meeting withleaders of Hong Kong Baptist University, one of eight public universities inHong Kong./.
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Vietnamese Consul General in Hong Kong (China) Pham Binh Dam (third from left) meets with President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Prof. Wei Shyy (second from left) on July 28. (Photo: VNA)
