Leighton Ernsberger, Director Education and English for the British Council in East Asia, shared that Vietnam is one of the priority countries of the British Council in building educational partnerships.
Students from the Hanoi-based Thanh Xuan Secondary School in Hanoi won second place at a video competition held by the British Council across the East Asia region.
The British Council and the Can Tho University on May 15 held a ceremony in the Mekong Delta province of Can Tho to launch a programme on climate skills in a bid to promote green transition.
The Vietnamese Intellectual Society in the UK and Ireland (VIS) will contribute to the building of Vietnam's strategic policies while actively strengthening bilateral relations, and attracting the UK Government-funded projects in the fields of research and science-technology, said its Chairman Prof. Nguyen Xuan Huan.
A delegation from the Ministry of Education and Training, led by Deputy Minister Hoang Minh Son, paid a working visit to the UK on November 20-23 to enhance cooperation between education establishments of the two sides.
The annual event, which is organised by the British Council, provides opportunities for leaders in international education to connect, share knowledge, find solutions to global issues, and foster the future of further and higher education.
A dialogue themed “Hanoi Creative City – City Branding and Sector Development” was held in Hanoi by the municipal Department of Culture and Sports and the British Council in Vietnam.
The British Council, the UK’s international organization for educational opportunities and cultural relations, on June 14th announced the UK/Vietnam Season 2023, a series of programmes running from June through December that showcase and celebrate educational and cultural exchange and collaboration between the two countries.
The Vietnam-Wales education cooperation workshop took place in Cardiff, Wales, gathering representatives of the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), the Global Wales programme, the British Council, eight universities from Wales, and 30 from Vietnam.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long has made a working trip to Belfast city in Northern Ireland to foster bilateral connections and cooperation, especially in education and trade.
Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son and British Secretary of State for Education Nadhim Zahawi agreed to enhance the countries’ educational cooperation during a meeting in London on June 29.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong called for the British Council’s continued support for Vietnam in cultural and creative sectors while meeting with council leaders in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 2.
Organisations, collectives and craftsmen from 18 countries, including Vietnam, have the opportunity to receive financial support for the sustainable development of traditional handicrafts.
The British Council on May 26 debut its “Digital Learning Innovation Fund” that aims to optimise digital technologies in English learning, teaching and testing as part of a strategy to provide more equal education access to all amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Up to 72 percent of 1,200 Vietnamese youngsters and adolescents said they believe that in the next 15 years, things will get better than they were before 2019.
