Vietnam, Czech Republic review educational cooperation
Hanoi (VNA) – Educational cooperation between Vietnam and the Czech Republic was the focus of a seminar held in Prague on January 12.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech
Republic Truong Manh Son said the Czech Republic has trained more than 10,000
Vietnamese bachelors, engineers and doctors. Many of them have been holding high-ranking
positions in the political, education-training and scientific research systems
in Vietnam.
Educational cooperation between
the two countries has diminished in the past 20 years. However, the Czech
Republic still provides between 7-10 undergraduate and graduate scholarships
for Vietnamese students each year, he added.
Over the past five years, the Prague
University of Agriculture sends from 20 to 30 students to the Vietnam University
of Agriculture to study each summer.
Leaders of Czech universities pointed
out barriers in educational cooperation, including languages and complicated
visa procedures which make it hard for Vietnamese students to study in the
Czech Republic.
Ambassador Truong Manh Son
recommended the Czech side simplify visa procedures for Vietnamese students.
Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign
Affairs Lukas Kaucky said he would discuss the problems raised at the seminar with
the Czech Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Education.
The Czech Republic is
considering the opening of a consulate in Ho Chi Minh City in the near future
to reduce overloading at the Czech Embassy in Hanoi.-VNA