PM Pham Minh Chinh receives his student record from the UTCB's rector (Photo: VNA) Bucharest, (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse and the Vietnamesedelegation visited the TechnicalUniversity of Civil Engineering of Bucharest (UTCB), where Chinh studied in his youth, on January 21 (local time).
Speaking in front of officials and lecturers of the university, the PMrecalled the Vietnam-Romania over the past nearly 75 years, highlighting thehelp that Romania gave Vietnam during the time of national liberation in thepast and national development later.
Mostrecently, Romania actively worked to push the negotiations and signing of theEU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and the EU-Vietnam Investment ProtectionAgreement. In particular, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Romania provided Vietnamwith 300,000 doses of vaccines.
“Vietnam will never forgetthe whole-hearted help and close cooperation of Vietnam over the past nearly 75years,” PM Chinh said.
He affirmed that Vietnamtreasures the traditional friendship and good cooperation with Romania andwants to enhance the cooperative ties between the two countries, particularlyin education-training.
Henoted that Romania has so far trained about 4,000 Vietnamese students, withmany of them later becoming leading scientists or holding high positions in theVietnamese Party and State. The PM expressed his hope that Romania will grantmore scholarships for Vietnam.
The UTCB, in particular,trained around 1,000 Vietnamese students in the period from 1970-1980. Since 2008to now, five Vietnamese students have received scholarships under the twoGovernments’ agreement to study at the university. The university has signedwith the University of Liège of Belgium and Thuyloi Universityof Vietnam a tripartite agreement on cooperation in research and training incivil engineering.
PMChinh said he hoped the UTCB will further promote cooperation in training andresearch with Vietnamese partners, contributing to the relations between Vietnamand Romania.
Visitingthe university’s laboratory and the dormitory for international students, PMChinh recalled the beautiful memories of the time he studied and researched atthe university, which he will never forget.
Heexpressed deep gratitude to generations of teachers and his thanks to friendswho had accompanied and helped him a lot at the university./.
