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Seminar held to promote Francophone scientific research at Vietnamese universities

The Ministry of Education and Training is ready to collaborate with the Francophone University Association (AUF) to build a national consultation framework and facilitate the further promotion of the AUF's activities with priorities on the use of French language in the development of education and training, science and technology, a senior official has said.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc speaks at the seminar (Photo: moet.gov.vn)
Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc speaks at the seminar (Photo: moet.gov.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Education and Training is ready to collaborate with the Francophone University Association (AUF) to build a national consultation framework and facilitate the further promotion of the AUF's activities with priorities on the use of French language in the development of education and training, science and technology, a senior official has said.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc made the remarks at a seminar on Francophone scientific research activities at Vietnamese universities which was co-organised by the AUF and Hanoi University of Science and Technology in Hanoi on September 25.

Currently, many universities in Vietnam have French language departments, which help train thousands of bachelors in French as well as bachelors of science and technology who are using French. This is an important factor in promoting Francophone research activities in Vietnamese universities, he noted.

The AUF has had an office in the Asia-Pacific region since 1992, and to date, 47 Vietnamese universities are members.

The Deputy Minister held that with the support of the Asia-Pacific office, higher education institutions have carried out many projects and scientific research topics, aimed at improving the environment and quality of higher education at these universities, contributing to the development of higher education in Vietnam. He highly valued the team of scientists using French and the quality of their scientific research work.

Regional Director of AUF Asia-Pacific Office Nicolas Mainetti said that changes in education and training create opportunities but also pose challenges for the French language. This requires the AUF to seek solutions for the Francophone community to become a driving force for promoting research and innovating the research ecosystem.

Through this forum, the AUF aims to create a national consultation framework to assess the current state and gather consensus on the use of French in the development of scientific research in Vietnam, he said. It wants to provide practical and theoretical foundation for future reforms in Vietnam's higher education and research system, thereby creating better conditions to speed up scientific research with the use of French in the country./.

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