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Prime Minister attends education forum in Canberra
VGP - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the Australian National University (ANU) and attended an education forum in Canberra on March 8 (local time) as part of his official visit to Australia.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) shakes hands with Australian Minister of Education Anthony Chisholm, Canberra, March 8, 2024 - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
The event drew the attendance of Vietnamese Minister of Education Nguyen Kim Son, Australian Minister of Education Anthony Chisholm and representatives of 30 universities from both Australia and Viet Nam.
Prime Minister Pham said that educational cooperation is a bright spot in the bilateral.
He also suggested raising the number and quality of cooperation programs between educational institutions of the two countries, with more attention to science-technology research, development and application, and such areas as AI, big data, green energy, and biotechnology, which are Viet Nam’s needs and Australia’s strengths.
The Prime Minister hoped that the forum will open up a new period of educational cooperation between the two countries, and that there will be more Australian educational institutions to operate in Viet Nam, and diverse, effective cooperation and research forms, with special attention to projects at the regional level.
On this occasion, Prime Minister Pham and representatives from ministries and agencies witnessed the exchange of eight cooperation documents between the two countries’ universities, covering the exchange of students and lecturers, and training in new and important fields like AI, big data, semiconductors, health sciences, environment, digital technology and green energy./.