Scene at the ceremony (Photo: nhandan.com.vn) Kien Giang (VNA) – The Kien Giang Universitysigned a cooperation pact, on Phu Quoc island on August 31, regarding trainingand scientific research with two Cambodian universities.
According the deal, the Vietnamese university will grant 80training scholarships for the Royal University of Phnom Penh and the Chea SimUniversity of Kamchaymear. The former of the two will receive scholarships inEnglish language, IT, applied biotechnology, accounting, and mathematicsteaching. Meanwhile the latter will receive scholarships in in construction,food, and environment technologies, as well as botany, and aquaculture.
The scholarships will prioritise students residing across thefour Cambodian border provinces of Sihanoukville, Kep, Kampot, and Ta Keo – allof which are partner localities to the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.Scholarship holders will be sponsored throughout their study in Kien Giang.
Regarding cooperation in scientific research, the Kien GiangUniversity will send experts to the two Cambodian universities to jointly carryout clean farming models, build high-tech models for the production of short-termplants, and to run studies on industrial trees.
Rector of Kien Giang University Thai Thanh Luom said thethree establishments will collaborate in studying industrial trees,particularly cashew, to help Cambodian development.
He also highlighted their joint research in rice productionand organic agriculture.
According to political counsellor Le Thanh Tac at theVietnam Embassy in Cambodia, who attended the signing ceremony, the VietnameseGovernment grants more than 1,000 short- and long-term scholarships to Cambodiaper year, while Cambodia helps Vietnam train students following requests fromVietnamese public agencies and sectors. –VNA
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