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Number of Vietnamese students in RoK increases

The number of Vietnamese students at the Republic of Korea’s universities and colleges reached 37,426 in 2019, up over 10,000 against 2018.
Number of Vietnamese students in RoK increases ảnh 1Vietnamese students at a writing workshop held at Chung-Ang University in Seoul (Photo: vsak.com.vn)

Seoul (VNA) – The number of Vietnamesestudents at the Republic of Korea’s universities and colleges reached 37,426 in2019, up over 10,000 against 2018.

The figure is projected to continue growing in the future,in line with Korean investors’ higher investment in Vietnam and increasing impactof K-pop music and Korean dramas.

Official data from the Republic of Korea’s education authoritiesrecorded more than 160,165 foreign students across universities and collegesthis year, an annual increase of 12.6 percent and almost doubling the figurefor 2009. The number of those from Vietnam accounted for 23.4 percent of thetotal, expanding 14 times in a decade.

China has so far sent the highest number of student to RoK,at 71,067 this year. However the figure reflected an annual decline of 3.9percent./. 
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