CanTho (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 10 attendedthe inauguration of the FPT University and Software Park Complex (first phase)in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.
Coveringan area of 17 hectares, the complex was built at a cost of 2 trillion VND(around 88 million USD). As the fourth complex of the FPT Corporation in thecountry, it is expected to train 25,000 students within the next 10 years andcreate thousands of new jobs in the fields of software, IT services, tourismand hi-tech agriculture.
Speakingat the inauguration ceremony, PM Phuc highly evaluated the FPT Corporation’sstrategy on human resource development, including the model of FPT Universitywhich has attracted a large number of domestic and foreign students.
Thegovernment has paid due attention to digital human resources to serve the buildingof an e-government, towards a digital economy and a digital society amidst thefourth industrial revolution, he said.
ThePM held that the FPT University and Software Park Complex is an effective modelfor training new technologies, especially in the fourth industrial revolution,helping students to acquire skills and practical experiences and therebysatisfying the needs of recruiters.
Heexpected that the FPT University would have aspirations and visions to become abig university, a leading centre for training and scientific-technologicalresearch in Vietnam and a symbol of tertiary education reforms of the country.
Theuniversity should reach out to the region and the world and become a providerof human resources in the field of science and technology, particularlypersonnel for digital technology, for the Mekong Delta and the whole Mekongregion, PM Phuc said.
ThePM took this occasion to request leaders of ministries, sectors, localities anduniversities, including the FPT University, to effectively implement the PartyCentral Committee’s Resolution 29 on comprehensive education and trainingreforms.
Heemphasized the need to build mechanisms and policies to realize the target ofdigital human resource development, striving to turn Vietnam into a trainingcentre that is able to provide high-quality digital human resources for theregion and the world as well.
Alsoon August 10, PM Phuc and his entourage visited and presented gifts to a numberof revolutionary contributors, heroic Vietnamese mothers and veteran officialsin Can Tho city.-VNA
Coveringan area of 17 hectares, the complex was built at a cost of 2 trillion VND(around 88 million USD). As the fourth complex of the FPT Corporation in thecountry, it is expected to train 25,000 students within the next 10 years andcreate thousands of new jobs in the fields of software, IT services, tourismand hi-tech agriculture.
Speakingat the inauguration ceremony, PM Phuc highly evaluated the FPT Corporation’sstrategy on human resource development, including the model of FPT Universitywhich has attracted a large number of domestic and foreign students.
Thegovernment has paid due attention to digital human resources to serve the buildingof an e-government, towards a digital economy and a digital society amidst thefourth industrial revolution, he said.
ThePM held that the FPT University and Software Park Complex is an effective modelfor training new technologies, especially in the fourth industrial revolution,helping students to acquire skills and practical experiences and therebysatisfying the needs of recruiters.
Heexpected that the FPT University would have aspirations and visions to become abig university, a leading centre for training and scientific-technologicalresearch in Vietnam and a symbol of tertiary education reforms of the country.
Theuniversity should reach out to the region and the world and become a providerof human resources in the field of science and technology, particularlypersonnel for digital technology, for the Mekong Delta and the whole Mekongregion, PM Phuc said.
ThePM took this occasion to request leaders of ministries, sectors, localities anduniversities, including the FPT University, to effectively implement the PartyCentral Committee’s Resolution 29 on comprehensive education and trainingreforms.
Heemphasized the need to build mechanisms and policies to realize the target ofdigital human resource development, striving to turn Vietnam into a trainingcentre that is able to provide high-quality digital human resources for theregion and the world as well.
Alsoon August 10, PM Phuc and his entourage visited and presented gifts to a numberof revolutionary contributors, heroic Vietnamese mothers and veteran officialsin Can Tho city.-VNA
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