Vietnam and Switzerland should further their cooperation in highereducation to create more opportunities for students to study overseas, aconference in Hanoi heard on Oct. 12.
Deputy Minister of Education and Training Tran Quang Quy said improvinghigher education standards is a key national goal. However, how best toboost standards to meet socio-economic development goals remains achallenge, she said.
"Deeper co-operation between top-rankinguniversities and colleges in Switzerland and Vietnam, especially in thefields of banking, finance, insurance, tourism and hotels, will benefitVietnam's development," he said.
At the moment, 460 students are participating in five joint programmes between Swiss and Vietnamese universities.
Swiss Ambassador to Vietnam Andrej Motyl said Vietnamese students are both diligent and thirsty for knowledge.
NguyenThi Thanh Minh, deputy director of the ministry's General Departmentfor Vietnam Education Development, said many Vietnamese students wantedto study in Switzerland but find tuition fees and accommodationexpensive.
She said more Vietnamese students will study in Switzerland if tuition fees are reduced and accommodation grants made available.
Since2010, 2,820 graduates have won places to study in Europe, North Americaand Asia through programmes funded by the Government.
There are at the moment 364 joint programmes between Vietnam and 47 countries that have allowed 25,140 students to study abroad.
At the conference, partnership agreements were signed between Swiss and Vietnamese universities. /.
Deputy Minister of Education and Training Tran Quang Quy said improvinghigher education standards is a key national goal. However, how best toboost standards to meet socio-economic development goals remains achallenge, she said.
"Deeper co-operation between top-rankinguniversities and colleges in Switzerland and Vietnam, especially in thefields of banking, finance, insurance, tourism and hotels, will benefitVietnam's development," he said.
At the moment, 460 students are participating in five joint programmes between Swiss and Vietnamese universities.
Swiss Ambassador to Vietnam Andrej Motyl said Vietnamese students are both diligent and thirsty for knowledge.
NguyenThi Thanh Minh, deputy director of the ministry's General Departmentfor Vietnam Education Development, said many Vietnamese students wantedto study in Switzerland but find tuition fees and accommodationexpensive.
She said more Vietnamese students will study in Switzerland if tuition fees are reduced and accommodation grants made available.
Since2010, 2,820 graduates have won places to study in Europe, North Americaand Asia through programmes funded by the Government.
There are at the moment 364 joint programmes between Vietnam and 47 countries that have allowed 25,140 students to study abroad.
At the conference, partnership agreements were signed between Swiss and Vietnamese universities. /.
