Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan held a reception for theChairman of Austria’s Krems University, Professor Heinz Boyer, inHanoi on April 12.
Nhan voiced pleasure at thecooperation between Vietnam and Austria, particularly inpolitics–diplomacy, economics–trade–investment and culture–education.
He added that Austrian President Heinz Fischer’s working visit toVietnam in 2012 strongly boosted bilateral cooperation between the twocountries.
The Deputy PM stressed that education playsan important role in Vietnam–Austria ties, in which Krems Universityis the highlight, with a number of cooperative programmes withseveral universities in Vietnam, including the NationalUniversity-Hanoi and National University-Ho Chi Minh City.
He expressed his hope that Krems University will enhance tieswith Vietnam ’s universities and provide scholarships for Vietnamesestudents.
Boyer spoke highly of Vietnam’s policy todevelop high quality education and training, adding that he hopes tiesbetween the two countries will develop in more areas.
Thesame day, Deputy PM Nhan met with the President of the Olympic Councilof Asia (OCA) cum President of the Association of National OlympicCommittee (ANOC), Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah.
Nhanthanked the OCA president for his support to sport development inVietnam , especially those related to Olympic movements and events.
The Deputy PM affirmed Vietnam’s pledge to follow OCA requirementsto host the 5th Asian Beach Games in 2016 and 18th Asian Games in2019. Vietnam has infrastructure to successfully organise theevents, he added.
The OCA president expressed his beliefthat after these two events, Vietnam’s sporting image will bepopularised in the Asian region.-VNA