The Ministry of Education and Training on Mar. 19 presented the insignia “For the Cause of Education” to Prof. Edward J. Baker from the US in recognition of his contributions to educational development in Vietnam.
Baker was the first US professor to receive this title.
Over the past 25 years, as Deputy Director of the Harvard Yenching Institute, a foundation affiliated with Harvard University , he has worked in China , Japan and Thailand .
He was one of the first to initiate educational cooperation with Vietnam in the 1980s-1990s. He met with Vietnamese scholars, seeking opportunities to help the country’s students to study at US universities, especially Harvard. Baker nominated over 200 Vietnamese students who then received scholarships to study as postgraduates in the US .
Baker was also the first person to take part in the implementation of education cooperation programmes between Vietnam and the US .
He has worked with the Hue University , the Can Tho University, the Hanoi and the Ho Chi Minh City University ’s Departments of Social Sciences and Humanities as well as various research institutes./.
Baker was the first US professor to receive this title.
Over the past 25 years, as Deputy Director of the Harvard Yenching Institute, a foundation affiliated with Harvard University , he has worked in China , Japan and Thailand .
He was one of the first to initiate educational cooperation with Vietnam in the 1980s-1990s. He met with Vietnamese scholars, seeking opportunities to help the country’s students to study at US universities, especially Harvard. Baker nominated over 200 Vietnamese students who then received scholarships to study as postgraduates in the US .
Baker was also the first person to take part in the implementation of education cooperation programmes between Vietnam and the US .
He has worked with the Hue University , the Can Tho University, the Hanoi and the Ho Chi Minh City University ’s Departments of Social Sciences and Humanities as well as various research institutes./.
