Minister Nguyen Kim Son receives Ambassadors of Laos, Japan, Singapore

On June 24, at the Ministry of Education and Training (Education and Training), Minister Nguyen Kim Son had a courtesy meeting with the Ambassador of the Lao People's Democratic Republic; Japanese Ambassador and Singapore Ambassador to Vietnam. At the meeting, Minister Nguyen Kim Son and the Ambassadors affirmed the view of continuing to promote extensive cooperation in the field of education and training between Vietnam and other countries.

To further tighten Vietnam - Laos cooperation in the field of education and training

Expressing his pleasure to receive Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Plenipotentiary of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in Vietnam, Mr. Shengphet Hung-bunnuong, Minister Nguyen Kim Son at the same time congratulated the Lao People's Revolutionary Party for its victory. successfully organized the 11th National Congress of Deputies. Through the Ambassador, the Minister sent his best wishes to the senior leaders of the Lao Party, National Assembly and Government for the term 2021-2025.

Minister Nguyen Kim Son receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Lao PDR in Vietnam

The Minister said that Vietnam's education and training is in a period of strong innovation from high school to university. This includes focusing on developing a contingent of teachers; strengthening facilities, as well as digital transformation in education; promote university autonomy, gradually improve the quality of education and training to provide high-quality human resources for the development of the country.

The document of the 11th Party Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party especially emphasizes the role of human resource development. According to the Minister, this is the similarity between Vietnam and Laos. The cooperation between the Lao Ministry of Education and Sports and the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training also contributes to the development of high-quality human resources of the two countries.

Affirming that the cooperation in the field of education and training between Vietnam and Laos is progressing well, the Minister of Information, in December 2020, the Lao Ministry of Education and Sports and the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam signed 3 documents important version. These are: Project on improving the quality and effectiveness of Vietnam-Laos cooperation in the field of education and human resource development in the 2021-2030 period; Agreement on the implementation plan of the project to bring the content of historical works of special relations between the two countries Vietnam - Laos, Laos - Vietnam into teaching at schools of the two countries; Education cooperation plan for 2021 between the two ministries of Education Vietnam - Laos.

Believing that the cooperation between the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam and the Ministry of Education and Sports of Laos will be further developed in the coming time, Mr. between Vietnam and Laos in human resource training. The fact that Lao students in Vietnam are given increased scholarships, are well taken care of... is one of the specific manifestations of this help.

At the meeting, through sharing and exchanging, the two sides expressed their efforts in close coordination to cooperate in education, science and technology and develop human resources of Vietnam - Laos more and more quality and effective. ; contributing to consolidating and cultivating the friendship, solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two parties, the two states and the two peoples of Vietnam - Laos.

Proposing many contents to strengthen Vietnam - Japan cooperation

Speaking at the meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Plenipotentiary of Japan in Vietnam, Mr. Yamada Takio, Minister Nguyen Kim Son affirmed that the cooperation relationship between the two countries Vietnam - Japan is getting better and better and constantly developing. develop. Through the Ambassador, the Minister thanked the Japanese Government for its effective support for Vietnamese education, of which most recently, the Japanese Government approved a budget of 2,608 million Japanese Yen for the Project. JDS Human Resource Development Scholarship for the period 2021-2025.

Minister Nguyen Kim Son receives Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Vietnam, Mr. Yamada Takio

At the meeting, Minister Nguyen Kim Son and Ambassador Yamada Takio had discussions related to the project of Vietnam Japan University; Japanese language teaching activities in Vietnam and exchange activities, educational cooperation projects. The two sides also have proposals to support to well implement the above contents.

It is known that by the end of June 2019, there were about 370,000 Vietnamese people residing in Japan, including about 80,000 international students. The number of international students studying at Japanese language schools accounts for nearly 50%.

The number of international students studying at intermediate and vocational schools accounts for about 35% and the number of international students studying at colleges and above accounts for over 20%. A Memorandum of Understanding between the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training and the Japanese side on Vietnamese international students was signed on January 8, 2018, in Tokyo.

Regarding teaching Japanese in Vietnam, Japanese has been taught in secondary schools since 2003. Japanese language teaching in primary schools has been piloted for 3 years and officially switched to the popularization phase from September. 2019 is based on the needs of learners and parents and needs to ensure continuity when transferring to secondary school. Currently, Japanese is officially taught in two primary schools in Hanoi.

Bridge for sustainable cooperation between Vietnam and Singapore

Minister Nguyen Kim Son discussed with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Singapore to Vietnam, Mr. Jaya Ratnam

Sharing about the transformation process of Vietnam's education, Minister Nguyen Kim Son said that Vietnamese education is currently focusing on a number of important tasks such as digital transformation in education, strengthening the workforce. teachers,  investing in the infrastructure system for education and training... Lessons from Singapore's success in education reform, according to the Minister, is a valuable experience for Vietnamese education in the innovation process.

Recalling the effective cooperation between the two countries in education and training over the past time, Minister Nguyen Kim Son expressed his wish to continue receiving support and cooperation from Singapore in training English teachers. and teach science subjects in English; sharing information and experiences on using technology in teaching and learning; creating conditions for Vietnamese teachers and education administrators to participate in training courses to improve their educational management capacity, university administration, and professional qualifications

On the side of the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training, the Minister pledged to continue to cooperate with Singapore in multilateral cooperation activities within the framework of ASEAN, SEAMEO and support the Minister of Education of Singapore in his position as the Chairman of the Ministry Council. Education Minister of Southeast Asian countries term 2021-2023.

Noting the exchange of ideas and wishes of Minister Nguyen Kim Son, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Singapore to Vietnam, Mr. Jaya Ratnam said he would transfer the information to the Singapore Ministry of Education to implement the appropriate contents. cooperation, because these are all important cooperation, Singapore is very interested.

Regarding cooperation in education and training with Vietnam, Ambassador Jaya Ratnam said that Singapore wants to increase the number of Vietnamese students coming to Singapore to study; at the same time committed to taking good care of Vietnamese students. In addition, the Singapore side also hopes that more Singaporean students will come to Vietnam to study and practice capacity building and capacity building.

According to the Ambassador, the cooperation to increase understanding of students of the two countries is an investment source for the future of the two sides, a bridge for cooperation between the two countries not only for today but also for the future.