(VOVWORLD) - 40,000 Vietnamese people studying abroad each year, a 2.5-fold increase compared to the figure before 2013, said Pham Quang Hung, Director of the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET)’s International Cooperation Department on Tuesday.
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During a symposium that reviewed ten years of implementing Resolution 29 on fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training in the fields of science, technology, and international cooperation, Hung noted that there are currently nearly 200,000 Vietnamese students studying abroad at the high school, university, and post-graduate levels.
In the last decade, the number of foreign students in Vietnam has also increased, reaching approximately 22,000 at present. Of these, 4,000 students come to Vietnam under signed agreements.
According to the official, in the past 10 years, the MoET has proactively negotiated and signed 161 international treaties and agreements; promoted relations with more than 100 countries and territories; and participated in a number of sub-regional, regional and inter-regional mechanisms, thus enhancing the level of international cooperation in education and training.
In the period, there have been over 3,500 memoranda of understanding and agreements on cooperation in training, scientific research, and student and lecturer exchanges signed between Vietnamese and foreign educational institutions.
According to data of the MoET, as of June 2023, 44 Vietnamese higher education institutions had 408 joint training programs with 102 educational institutions of 26 countries and territories.
Statistics of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment showed that as of June 2022, there had been 605 foreign investment projects worth 4.5 billion USD in Vietnam’s education sector from 33 countries and territories.