Capacity building project for Vietnam-Korea university kick-starts
Da Nang (VNA) – A project on improving the capacity of education-training,
governance and research for the Vietnam-Korea University of Information and
Communication Technology (VKU) for the 2022-2027 period kick-started in the
central city of Da Nang on December 19.
The
project costs nearly 8.5 million USD, including 7.7 million USD in non-refundable
aid provided by the Government of the Republic of Korea (RoK) via the Korea International Cooperation
Agency (KOICA).
It
aims to develop VKU into the first digital university in the central region with
breakthrough curricula and a contingent of qualified lecturers. It is expected to become a hub for
start-ups and innovation as well as cultural and academic exchange with the RoK and the world.
Speaking
at the event, VKU Rector Huynh Cong Phap expressed a wish to build VKU into a
model of success and a cultural exchange hub between Vietnam and the RoK in the central and Central Highland regions.
In the
afternoon the same day, the VKU inaugurated a research and innovation space under
the Digital Science and Technology Institute (eSTI)./.