Vietnam, Thailand forge educational cooperation

Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 28 for a delegation of Thailand’s Udon Thani Rajabhat University led by its President Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khanisara Thansunthornsakun.
Vietnam, Thailand forge educational cooperation ảnh 1Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong (R) and President of Udon Thani Rajabhat University Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khanisara Thansunthornsakun. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vice Chairman of theVietnamese National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 28 for adelegation of Thailand’s Udon Thani Rajabhat University led by its President Assoc.Prof. Dr. Khanisara Thansunthornsakun.

Phuong commended the university’s establishment of acentre of Vietnamese studies in November on the occasion of the university’s100th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of theVietnam-Thailand strategic partnership, calling it a meaningful event in politicsand culture.

The legislator expressed his hope that the centre willnot only perform its education-training tasks, but also contribute to deepeningthe cultural relations between the two countries.

For her part, Thansunthornsakun briefed the hosts on cooperation between the university and educational institutions in Da Nangcity, and Quang Tri, Thai Nguyen and Dien Bien provinces, adding that 20Vietnamese students are studying at the university, and 80 Thai students arestudying the Vietnamese language.

To date, the school has trained nearly 300 studentswho have Vietnamese language proficiency, contributing to promoting the friendshipbetween the two countries, she said.

On this occasion, the NA Vice Chairman presented theThai university with a set of books by Party General Secretary Nguyen PhuTrong, and others, with the hope that its students will have an insight into theland, people, culture, reform and development of Vietnam./.
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