India, Vietnam aim for high-quality human resource development for education
VOV.VN - India and Vietnam have run numerous cooperation programmes, of which developing high-quality human resources is one of the common goals that both nations are targeting.
Madan Mohan Sethi, Indian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City was speaking this at the India-Vietnam Meet in Education Sector, themed “InnovEdu: Training and Partnership” which was launched by the Indian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on April 24.
In her address, Le Thuy My Chau, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Education and Training, said that the southern metropolis has close to 60 higher education institutions which have been providing high quality human resources for national development.
It also serves as a venue to promote technology transfer, apply scientific and technical advances to life, meeting the requirements of industrialisation, modernisation and international integration, she said. Some of the universities have made their way on to prestigious regional and world rankings.
"With that strength, we look forward to exchanging and cooperating with Indian higher education institutions to strengthen each other's strengths amidst globalisation of education," Chau said.
According to the Indian Consul General, his nation desires to bolster cooperation with Vietnam in education and training in the time ahead.
Representatives of Indian and Vietnamese universities and businesses affirmed that they will boost collaboration to build joint education and training programmes in many industries, particularly automation and educational innovation.
Nguyen Thi Thu Suong, acting head of the Office for Science Management under municipal Department of Science and Technology, proposed that units can consider establishing exchange programmes for students, lecturers, and scientists as well as jointly organising seminars, exchanging in-depth knowledge and conducting joint research projects.
Programmes in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) that the city is carrying out are relevant to those that have been developed in India.
With extensive experience and achievements in software and information technology, India can provide Vietnam amd HCM City in particular with experience and high quality training courses, especially in priority areas such as AI, IoT and microchips, Suong added.
