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NA Chairwoman meets Australian students

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted a reception in Canberra on November 29 for Australian students joining the New Colombo Plan (NCP) programme in Vietnam.
NA Chairwoman meets Australian students ảnh 1NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan meets Australian students (Source: VNA)
Canberra (VNA) – National Assembly ChairwomanNguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted a reception in Canberra on November 29 for Australianstudents joining the New Colombo Plan (NCP) programme in Vietnam.

The top legislator welcomed the Australian government’sinitiative to offer 100 million USD scholarships to Australian students inIndian-Pacific countries, including Vietnam.

She wished that the Australian government would continuehelping develop education system and human resources, thus facilitatingexchange between the two peoples.

Ngan expressed her hope that overseas students joining the NCPprogramme will contribute to the effective and practical development of Vietnam-Australiaties.

The number of Australian students joining NCP programme inVietnam is increasingly rising, from 161 in 2015 to 340 in 2017 which isforecast to reach 748 next year.

In 2017, Vietnam welcomed the seventh largest number ofstudents among 38 countries and territories in the Indo-Pacific region joiningthe NCP.

Apart from the NCP programme, the two countries also havealso worked closely together on the Australia – Vietnam human resourcesdevelopment project for 2016-2020, the Australia – ASEAN Bridge SchoolPartnership Programme for 2016-2018 for the exchange of elementary andsecondary school lecturers, and 20  otherpartnership programmes between the two countries’ universities.-VNA
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