Australian university establishes Sydney Vietnam Institute
The University of Sydney in Australia has set up the Sydney Vietnam Institute with a view to further promoting its cooperation with leading educational and research establishments of Vietnam and contributing to relations between the two countries.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh speaks at the seminar held by the University of Sydney on September 21. (Photo: VNA)
Sydney (VNA) – The University of Sydney inAustralia has set up the Sydney Vietnam Institute with a view to further promotingits cooperation with leading educational and research establishments of Vietnamand contributing to relations between the two countries.
Addressing a seminar held by the university on September 21, VietnameseAmbassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh affirmed that the Southeast Asiannation always welcomes Australian universities to join in and expandpartnerships with its universities and research facilities.
He highlighted the two countries’ flourishing relations, notingthat last year, Vietnam and Australia approved a strategy for enhancingeconomic cooperation which has opened up many new opportunities in key areas,including agriculture, energy, services, digital economy, and education.
The diplomat welcomed the University of Sydney’sestablishment of the Sydney Vietnam Institute to connect with Vietnamesepartners to resolve common issues facing both sides.
Prof. Robyn Ward, Executive Dean of the Medicine and HealthFaculty at the University of Sydney, said his school boasts over-30-year academicties in such fields as health care, economy, agriculture, social sciences, andhumanity with many universities and research institutes of Vietnam.
The foundation of the Sydney Vietnam Institute is a stridehelping intensify existing relations and create new chances for the university’scooperation with Vietnamese partners, he noted.
The institute's director Prof. Greg Fox said the institute willconnect researchers and educators in Australia and Vietnam to seek solutions tocommon issues to improve the life of people in Vietnam and other countriesthrough sharing new knowledge in seven fields, namely economy and reform, foodand the environment, infectious diseases, chronic diseases, maternal and childhealth, arts - social sciences, and education./.
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Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh speaks at the seminar held by the University of Sydney on September 21. (Photo: VNA) 
