Vietnam and Cuba have freshly signed an agreement on higher educationexchange and cooperation and renewed commitments to continuouslycementing their ties on human resource training and scientific research.
That outcome came from the talks between Ministerof Education and Training Pham Vu Luan and Cuban Minister of HigherEducation Rodolfo Alarcon during the former’s visit to Cuba fromApril 16-20.
At the talks, Minister Luan thanked the Cuban Partyand Government for training thousands of Vietnamese officials, expertsand engineers in the last decades.
Rodolfo Alarcon told his guestthat education has been a top priority of the Cuban Government over thepast 50 years, and that recent educational reforms in his country haveconcentrated much on improving the quality of tertiary education.
During the visit, Minister Luan met with Cuban FirstVice President of State Council and Council of Ministers Miguel DiazCanel, who stated that Cuba always stands side by side with Vietnamin educating their young generations on patriotism and equipping themwith knowledge to make their nations strong, just and civilised.
Luan also had a working session with Cuban Education Minister Ena ElsaHernandez to share experience and information on the local educationsystem, particularly the education for the disabled.
He met with Vietnamese students studying at Cuban universities in Havana.-VNA