Vietnam, Laos work to improve training cooperation quality
The Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam and the Ministry of Education and Sports of Laos co-hosted a forum in Vientiane on May 29, seeking to improve the quality of training cooperation of the two countries.
Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc (Source: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – The Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam and the Ministry ofEducation and Sports of Laos co-hosted a forum in Vientiane on May 29, seekingto improve the quality of training cooperation of the two countries.
Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc told participantsthat universities in Vietnam have increasingly been focusing on internationalquality assurance and partnering with foreign universities in training.
He stated that Vietnam has so far joined the Asia-Pacific Quality Network(APQN), the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in HigherEducation (INQAAHE), and the ASEAN Quality Assurance Network (AQAN).
He said he hopes the forum will help further education and training cooperationbetween the two countries, bringing immense benefits for their economic, trade,service and scientific-technological development in the coming time.
Deputy head of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry ofEducation and Training Nguyen Hai Thanh said his ministry has adopted solutionsto better the education cooperation with Laos, including the provision of alist of certified educational units and the building of a portal on Vietnam’seducation to help Lao students in Vietnam to select vocational trainingfacilities for their future jobs.
Deputy Minister ofEducation and Sports of Laos Khanthali Siliphuaphan said Laos will increase theteaching of Vietnamese language for its students before coming to Vietnam tostudy along with working more closely with the Vietnamese side to better manageits students in Vietnam.
At the forum, 15 cooperation deals were signed between Vietnamese universitiesand their Lao peers and Lao businesses.
An exhibition on Vietnam’s education with the participation of 40 universitieswas held as part of the event, helping to forge partnerships between universities.-VNA
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Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc (Source: VNA) 
