Irish President meets Vietnamese students
VOV.VN - On November 8, Irish President Michael Daniel Higgins held an exchange with lecturers and students of the Vietnam National University (VNU) in Hanoi as part of his ongoing State-level visit to Vietnam November 5-14.
President Higgins hailed the great efforts by Vietnam and Ireland to cope with challenges and become middle-income nations, saying both nations have been actively engaging in climate change adaptation activities and realising the UN sustainable development goals to build a green and peaceful world for future generations.
The President also praised the cooperation between Vietnamese and Irish universities and research institutes, and encouraged Vietnamese students to actively acquire knowledge and integrate into the world.
VNU Director Nguyen Kim Son highlighted expanded collaboration in education and vocational training between Vietnam and Ireland over recent years thanks to the support of the Irish Embassy in Vietnam, Enterprise Ireland, and Irish Aid under the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
The cooperation with top Irish universities has opened up ample opportunities for students and young lecturers to exchange with each other to improve their qualifications, while facilitating the building of new training programmes in Vietnam, he added.
As a national leading university, the VNU has carried out a number of cooperative projects with the Irish Embassy in Vietnam such as a training programme for young lecturers, the Vietnam Ireland Bilateral Education Exchange (VIBE), and the annual education report, Son noted.
The VNU Director hoped that the Irish President’s ideas will help Vietnam improve its sustainable development model and strategy in the future.
A day earlier, the VNU and the Cork University of Ireland signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement, under the witness of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang and his Irish counterpart Michael Daniel Higgins.