Students from the University of Adelaide of Australia have shared their deep impression of Vietnamese culture after joining a two-week study tour in Vietnam through the New Colombo Plan Scholarship Programme.
A project launched by the Vietnam Centre, a non-profit organisation established last year by a group of Vietnamese-Australian students, has encouraged young people to replicate traditional Vietnamese clothes worn by royalty of various dynasties.
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.
More Australian students will head to Vietnam in 2018 to study and undertake work placements under the Australian Government’s New Colombo Plan mobility programme, announced the Australian Embassy in Vietnam.
As many as 340 Australian undergraduates will take short-term courses and internship programmes in Vietnam in 2017 as part of the New Colombo Plan Scholarship Programme.
Nearly 270 Australian undergraduates will enter short-term courses and internship programmes in Vietnam in 2016 as part of the New Colombo Plan Scholarship Programme.