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Deputy PM receives President of The Vietnam Foundation

The VNF representative expressed his hope that more individuals, organisations, and local departments of education and training in Vietnam would gain access to the foundation's educational programmes.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long (R) and Pham Duc Trung Kien, President and Co- Founder of The Vietnam Foundation (VNF), at their meeting in Hanoi on May 12. (Photo: baochinhphu.vn)
Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long (R) and Pham Duc Trung Kien, President and Co- Founder of The Vietnam Foundation (VNF), at their meeting in Hanoi on May 12. (Photo: baochinhphu.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long on May 12 received Pham Duc Trung Kien, President and Co- Founder of The Vietnam Foundation (VNF), a US-based non-profit educational organisation operating in Vietnam with the mission of improving the quality of life for Vietnamese people through education.

Kien informed the official on the foundation’s implementation of a number of free educational initiatives, including the Vietnam Open Educational Resources (VOER) programme, support for the visually impaired through audiobook libraries, scholarship schemes for students, and the free online learning platform Khan Academy Vietnam (KAV).

The VNF representative expressed his hope that more individuals, organisations, and local departments of education and training in Vietnam would gain access to the foundation's educational programmes. The VNF wishes to contribute feedback during the formulation of Vietnam’s education development policies, he said.

Deputy PM Long welcomed the VNF’s proposals, particularly its plan to strengthen and expand cooperation with Vietnamese localities and schools to deliver more educational and training programmes. He recommended the organisation continue ensuring and enhancing the quality of its initiatives,.

He assigned the Ministry of Education and Training to work directly with the VNF to implement these proposals, thereby contributing to the country’s ongoing fundamental and comprehensive education reform.

As of the end of 2024, Vietnam had recorded over 2 million registered users on the KAV platform, making it the second-highest globally in terms of usage time. Currently, 5,300 schools nationwide have adopted the KAV-open-school model, with 25,000 teachers trained in using the platform as part of their teaching./.

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