Cooperation in education and training between Ho Chi Minh City and Germany’s Hessen state was discussed on September 7. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Cooperation in education and training between HoChi Minh City and Germany’s Hessen state was discussed in Ho Chi Minh City onSeptember 7.
Welcoming parliamentarians from Hessen state who came to attend the 10thanniversary of the Vietnam-Germany University, Vice Chairwoman of the municipalPeople’s Committee Nguyen Thi Thu said that the university is a vividillustration of the effective friendship collaboration between the two nations.
Cooperation in education and training has been a highlight of the two nations’ bilateralties, Thu stressed, adding that the Vietnam-Germany University, InternationalGerman School, and Goethe Institute have been backed by both leaders of HCMCity and its partners in Germany.
Thu thanked Hessen state and other German localities for supporting the city indeveloping high-quality human resources, while also speaking highly ofGermany’s education and training standards.
HCM City wants Hessen state’s parliamentarians to connect education andtraining centres in Hessen with partners in the city, as well as introduceprestigious universities so that the city’s officials can pursue studies thereto better their capacity, she stressed.
Head of the Hessen parliamentary delegation Judith Lannert, for her part,expressed her delight over the robust achievements of the Vietnam-GermanyUniversity, which is a cooperative product of Hessen and HCM City.
As a locality with long-standing traditional cooperative ties with Vietnam,Hessen hopes to work with the Vietnamese locality to bolster long-termcollaboration in education and training, she said.
Since 1992, Hessen state has granted some 110 scholarships for outstandingstudents at Vietnamese universities through Germany’s world universityservice.–VNA
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Cooperation in education and training between Ho Chi Minh City and Germany’s Hessen state was discussed on September 7. (Photo: VNA) 
