(VOVworld) – Vietnam and Cuba have signed a cooperation agreement on academic exchanges between their tertiary education establishments. Signatories to the document were Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan and the Cuban Minister of Higher Education, Rodolfo Alarcon, during Luan’s visit to Cuba, which concluded on Saturday. Earlier, the two ministers compared notes on the development of the educational systems in the two countries and introduced plans to improve the quality of education and training to meet the increasing demands in the new period. Both sides agreed to further strengthen bilateral relations according to the agreement, particularly in training human resources and scientific research.