The Indian Embassy in Hanoi held an Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day in Hanoi on Dec. 1 to meet students who had received scholarships from the programme.
In his speech delivered at the meeting, Ambassador Ranjit Rae said the government of India has offered about 95 ITEC scholarships annually to Vietnam and around 1,255 people in Vietnam have received the scholarships since 1992.
“We see you as friends and ambassadors of India and would like to keep in touch with you in order to further strengthen India-Vietnam friendship, particularly at people-to-people level,” the ambassador said.
The programme was initiated in 1964 by late Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and has a presence in 158 countries. It covers several fields including IT and telecommunications, management, small and medium enterprise and rural development, environment, English language training, finance and accounts.
Head of the Ministry of Education and Training’s International Education Development Department Nguyen Xuan Vang said he hoped the Indian Government would provide more scholarships to Vietnamese people as a contribution to Vietnam ’s human resources training for its development.
Also at the event, the ambassador said the Indian Government would donate 20 billion VND (100,000 USD) for the flood-hit provinces in central Vietnam./.
