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Seminar discusses English learning in Vietnam

The British Council in conjunction with the Ministry of Education and Training held a seminar, themed “Internationalise education – Improve English learning capacity”, on May 29 in Hanoi.
The British Council in conjunction with the Ministry of Education andTraining held a seminar, themed “Internationalise education – ImproveEnglish learning capacity”, on May 29 in Hanoi.

Theevent aimed to raise people’s awareness of the importance of English ineducational internationalisation, as well as support Vietnam ’suniversities and colleges in improving English teaching capacity.

Addressing the seminar, Kate Harrisson, Deputy Ambassador of theUnited Kingdom to Vietnam , said the event contributed toconsolidating long-term cooperative relations among the British Council,the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Labour, WarInvalids and Social Affairs. It also helped affirm the UK ’s commitmentto support Vietnam ’s educational initiatives.

She said educational cooperation was one of seven areas in theVietnam-UK Strategic Partnership Agreement signed in 2010, under whichthe UK pledges to help Vietnam improve the capacity and standard ofuniversities and colleges in Vietnam .

Also atthe seminar, the British Council announced the results of comprehensiveEnglish tests at Thai Nguyen University and Hai Phong VocationalCollege, which were implemented by the British Council and the Centrefor Research in English Language Learning and Assessment under the UKUniversity of Bedfordshire.-VNA
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